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Largest South American population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are South American origin, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 70 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSOUTH AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62564,647+28%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2987,425+17%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3394,389+4%

04Will County, ILIL712,2532,790−0%

05Kane County, ILIL525,7572,767+29%

06McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,884+91%

07Champaign County, ILIL209,972971−6%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,674838−10%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,835819+180%

10McLean County, ILIL171,419665+185%

11Kendall County, ILIL145,470422−18%

12Peoria County, ILIL178,553409+62%

13Rock Island County, ILIL141,869362+122%

14Sangamon County, ILIL194,170305−36%

15Madison County, ILIL263,110285+161%

16Macon County, ILIL99,300256−30%

17Kankakee County, ILIL105,525227+116%

18Boone County, ILIL53,568162−37%

19Jackson County, ILIL52,501160−27%

20St. Clair County, ILIL250,708147−60%

21Logan County, ILIL27,182107+723%

22Tazewell County, ILIL130,049103+63%

23Stephenson County, ILIL43,22097+646%

24Adams County, ILIL64,26784+27%

25Macoupin County, ILIL43,74877–

26Iroquois County, ILIL26,15074+640%

27LaSalle County, ILIL107,77372−73%

28Fulton County, ILIL32,90169+82%

29Henry County, ILIL48,09563−35%

30Vermilion County, ILIL71,25952−56%

31Warren County, ILIL16,22251+240%

32Lee County, ILIL32,91450+56%

33McDonough County, ILIL25,91639+144%

34Jersey County, ILIL21,16036+9%

35Grundy County, ILIL54,05235+192%

36Menard County, ILIL11,86334+62%

37Shelby County, ILIL20,57630–

38Williamson County, ILIL67,22530−75%

39Moultrie County, ILIL14,37129–

40Marion County, ILIL36,38228+367%

41Massac County, ILIL13,50226+117%

42Mercer County, ILIL15,22925–

43Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59423–

44Richland County, ILIL15,21923–

45Washington County, ILIL13,56423–

46Bond County, ILIL16,95919−86%

47Coles County, ILIL46,60716−60%

48Livingston County, ILIL35,05716−75%

49Whiteside County, ILIL54,12116−80%

50White County, ILIL13,25016–

51Pulaski County, ILIL4,82015+200%

52Woodford County, ILIL38,11115–

53Knox County, ILIL47,76714−96%

54Douglas County, ILIL19,88013+8%

55Bureau County, ILIL32,51013−86%

56Morgan County, ILIL32,51512–

57Franklin County, ILIL36,91612–

58Ford County, ILIL13,21611+450%

59Brown County, ILIL6,4019–

60Lawrence County, ILIL13,7909–

61Marshall County, ILIL11,4739+200%

62Ogle County, ILIL51,3999−18%

63Hancock County, ILIL16,8037–

64Cass County, ILIL12,4636–

65Jefferson County, ILIL36,1473−67%

66Effingham County, ILIL34,5193–

67Pike County, ILIL14,2312–

68Jasper County, ILIL9,0321–

69Crawford County, ILIL18,6481–

70Greene County, ILIL11,3131–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS