RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 101 SHOWN OF 101

Largest Swedish population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish ancestry, 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 101 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62564,209−18%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29822,555−17%

03Winnebago County, ILIL283,67420,981−18%

04Lake County, ILIL719,33916,426−21%

05Kane County, ILIL525,75714,169−22%

06Will County, ILIL712,25313,473−23%

07McHenry County, ILIL317,75111,637−13%

08Rock Island County, ILIL141,8697,451−26%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,8355,314−19%

10Henry County, ILIL48,0954,393−29%

11Boone County, ILIL53,5683,942+4%

12Knox County, ILIL47,7673,923−36%

13McLean County, ILIL171,4193,559−7%

14Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,082+9%

15Peoria County, ILIL178,5533,005−38%

16Champaign County, ILIL209,9722,563−37%

17Kankakee County, ILIL105,5252,454−5%

18Tazewell County, ILIL130,0492,355−14%

19Sangamon County, ILIL194,1702,123−12%

20Kendall County, ILIL145,4701,982−40%

21LaSalle County, ILIL107,7731,979−38%

22Madison County, ILIL263,1101,833−22%

23Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,577−41%

24Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,401−36%

25Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,383−11%

26St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,369−36%

27Stephenson County, ILIL43,2201,206−31%

28McDonough County, ILIL25,9161,163+15%

29Macon County, ILIL99,3001,025−16%

30Grundy County, ILIL54,0521,022−19%

31Warren County, ILIL16,222984−44%

32Lee County, ILIL32,914863−29%

33Adams County, ILIL64,267837+6%

34Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594812+39%

35Fulton County, ILIL32,901802−4%

36Vermilion County, ILIL71,259687−41%

37Coles County, ILIL46,607686−2%

38Woodford County, ILIL38,111632−27%

39Iroquois County, ILIL26,150475−41%

40Christian County, ILIL33,443468+140%

41Ford County, ILIL13,216411−21%

42Jackson County, ILIL52,501405−51%

43Fayette County, ILIL20,790381+348%

44Monroe County, ILIL34,840380+217%

45Williamson County, ILIL67,225377−53%

46Livingston County, ILIL35,057357−58%

47Marshall County, ILIL11,473353−30%

48Effingham County, ILIL34,519351+34%

49Montgomery County, ILIL28,076341+96%

50Logan County, ILIL27,182327−33%

51Franklin County, ILIL36,916327+12%

52Henderson County, ILIL5,984327−25%

53Carroll County, ILIL15,419299−48%

54Morgan County, ILIL32,515296−34%

55Jefferson County, ILIL36,147278−19%

56Hancock County, ILIL16,803277−48%

57Putnam County, ILIL5,619260−14%

58Stark County, ILIL5,319254−57%

59Piatt County, ILIL16,791246−32%

60Shelby County, ILIL20,576224+111%

61Richland County, ILIL15,219199+67%

62De Witt County, ILIL15,118198+23%

63Cass County, ILIL12,463187+6%

64Menard County, ILIL11,863185−25%

65Macoupin County, ILIL43,748178−68%

66Mason County, ILIL12,411170−9%

67Clinton County, ILIL37,128170−34%

68Randolph County, ILIL29,921166+2%

69Marion County, ILIL36,382157−35%

70Moultrie County, ILIL14,371153+12%

71Douglas County, ILIL19,880150−10%

72Edgar County, ILIL16,323150+13%

73Jersey County, ILIL21,160143−54%

74Union County, ILIL16,656139−11%

75Clark County, ILIL15,114128+22%

76Schuyler County, ILIL6,657123−29%

77Wayne County, ILIL15,882123+18%

78Cumberland County, ILIL10,208122+26%

79Bond County, ILIL16,959120+118%

80Perry County, ILIL20,160108−30%

81Saline County, ILIL22,77283−56%

82Clay County, ILIL12,79380−62%

83Massac County, ILIL13,50269−30%

84Crawford County, ILIL18,64866−49%

85Washington County, ILIL13,56463+34%

86Wabash County, ILIL10,90758−50%

87White County, ILIL13,25051−62%

88Greene County, ILIL11,31347−56%

89Hardin County, ILIL3,58842+5%

90Johnson County, ILIL13,36340−62%

91Pike County, ILIL14,23139−74%

92Hamilton County, ILIL7,85938−38%

93Jasper County, ILIL9,03233−30%

94Scott County, ILIL4,86633−3%

95Lawrence County, ILIL13,79031−54%

96Brown County, ILIL6,40128−61%

97Alexander County, ILIL4,57012−48%

98Pulaski County, ILIL4,82011−31%

99Calhoun County, ILIL4,3009−25%

100Edwards County, ILIL5,8989−83%

101Pope County, ILIL3,6725−92%

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