RANKING · 2024 ACS · 101 SHOWN OF 101

Largest Swedish population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 101 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 101 is 270. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lawrence County, IL, up 24 places to #71.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62559,653−24%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29819,238−29%

03Winnebago County, ILIL283,67418,046−30%

04Lake County, ILIL719,33913,394−35%

05Kane County, ILIL525,75712,183−33%

06Will County, ILIL712,25311,415−35%

07McHenry County, ILIL317,75110,461−22%

08Rock Island County, ILIL141,8695,948−41%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,136−37%

10Henry County, ILIL48,0953,994−36%

11▲2McLean County, ILIL171,4193,336−13%

12Knox County, ILIL47,7673,093−50%

13▼2Boone County, ILIL53,5682,752−28%

14▲1Peoria County, ILIL178,5532,680−44%

15▼1Ogle County, ILIL51,3992,630−7%

16▲4Kendall County, ILIL145,4702,595−21%

17▼1Champaign County, ILIL209,9722,345−43%

18Tazewell County, ILIL130,0492,327−15%

19Sangamon County, ILIL194,1702,073−14%

20▲1LaSalle County, ILIL107,7731,897−41%

21▼4Kankakee County, ILIL105,5251,679−35%

22▲1Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,600−40%

23▼1Madison County, ILIL263,1101,491−37%

24Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,281−41%

25Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,203−22%

26St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,140−46%

27Stephenson County, ILIL43,2201,132−36%

28▲10Woodford County, ILIL38,1111,087+26%

29▲1Grundy County, ILIL54,052916−28%

30▲2Lee County, ILIL32,914838−31%

31▲2Adams County, ILIL64,267770−3%

32▼4McDonough County, ILIL25,916767−24%

33▼4Macon County, ILIL99,300687−44%

34▼3Warren County, ILIL16,222664−62%

35Fulton County, ILIL32,901622−25%

36▼2Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594479−18%

37▲16Carroll County, ILIL15,419435−25%

38▲1Iroquois County, ILIL26,150424−47%

39▲1Christian County, ILIL33,443416+113%

40▲6Livingston County, ILIL35,057415−51%

41▲1Jackson County, ILIL52,501388−53%

42▼6Vermilion County, ILIL71,259388−66%

43▲1Monroe County, ILIL34,840383+219%

44▲8Logan County, ILIL27,182379−22%

45▼8Coles County, ILIL46,607375−47%

46▲3Montgomery County, ILIL28,076375+116%

47▼2Williamson County, ILIL67,225352−56%

48▲3Franklin County, ILIL36,916344+18%

49▲1Henderson County, ILIL5,984323−26%

50▼9Ford County, ILIL13,216308−40%

51▼3Effingham County, ILIL34,519270+3%

52▲7Piatt County, ILIL16,791267−26%

53▲4Putnam County, ILIL5,619267−12%

54▲2Hancock County, ILIL16,803264−51%

55▼8Marshall County, ILIL11,473229−54%

56▲9Macoupin County, ILIL43,748225−59%

57▼3Morgan County, ILIL32,515224−50%

58▲22Perry County, ILIL20,160206+33%

59▲3De Witt County, ILIL15,118184+14%

60▲12Edgar County, ILIL16,323182+37%

61▲2Cass County, ILIL12,463179+1%

62▼19Fayette County, ILIL20,790179+111%

63▼3Shelby County, ILIL20,576174+64%

64▼9Jefferson County, ILIL36,147166−51%

65▲6Douglas County, ILIL19,880156−6%

66▲3Marion County, ILIL36,382151−37%

67▼6Richland County, ILIL15,219146+23%

68▼10Stark County, ILIL5,319138−77%

69▲8Wayne County, ILIL15,882134+29%

70▼2Randolph County, ILIL29,921133−18%

71▲24Lawrence County, ILIL13,790131+96%

72▲2Union County, ILIL16,656128−18%

73▼9Menard County, ILIL11,863125−49%

74▼8Clinton County, ILIL37,128123−52%

75▲15Johnson County, ILIL13,363122+15%

76▲10Wabash County, ILIL10,907111−4%

77▲7Crawford County, ILIL18,648109−16%

78▲7Washington County, ILIL13,564102+117%

79▼6Jersey County, ILIL21,16098−69%

80▼1Bond County, ILIL16,95993+69%

81▼14Mason County, ILIL12,41190−52%

82▼7Clark County, ILIL15,11475−29%

83▼5Cumberland County, ILIL10,20871−27%

84▼1Massac County, ILIL13,50263−36%

85▲8Jasper County, ILIL9,03262+32%

86▲1White County, ILIL13,25055−59%

87▲14Pope County, ILIL3,67253−16%

88▼7Saline County, ILIL22,77246−76%

89▲2Pike County, ILIL14,23141−72%

90▼20Moultrie County, ILIL14,37140−71%

91▼3Greene County, ILIL11,31334−69%

92▲5Alexander County, ILIL4,57031+35%

93▲3Brown County, ILIL6,40122−69%

94▲4Pulaski County, ILIL4,82022+38%

95▼6Hardin County, ILIL3,58819−53%

96▲3Calhoun County, ILIL4,300120%

97▼5Hamilton County, ILIL7,85912−80%

98▼22Schuyler County, ILIL6,65710−94%

99▼5Scott County, ILIL4,8669−74%

100▼18Clay County, ILIL12,7938−96%

101▼1Edwards County, ILIL5,8987−87%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES