Cook County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 5.27M Cook County, IL population, 2.58M had Other Groups ancestry (49.08%), 830.05K had Unclassified ancestry (15.76%), and 488.91K had German ancestry (9.29%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other Illinois counties, and for Illinois.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Cook County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 2584260 | 49.08 |
| Unclassified | 830054 | 15.76 |
| German | 488906 | 9.29 |
| Irish | 447375 | 8.50 |
| Polish | 393798 | 7.48 |
| Italian | 263947 | 5.01 |
| English | 168774 | 3.21 |
| American | 117102 | 2.22 |
| Subsaharan African | 67684 | 1.29 |
| Swedish | 64271 | 1.22 |
| Russian | 58637 | 1.11 |
| European | 50313 | 0.96 |
| French (except Basque) | 50009 | 0.95 |
| Greek | 46683 | 0.89 |
| Norwegian | 38263 | 0.73 |
| Scottish | 37623 | 0.72 |
| Dutch | 37518 | 0.71 |
| Czech | 35858 | 0.68 |
| Ukrainian | 33249 | 0.63 |
| Lithuanian | 32418 | 0.62 |
| African | 30282 | 0.57 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 24604 | 0.47 |
| Eastern European | 21894 | 0.42 |
| Romanian | 21503 | 0.41 |
| Nigerian | 19028 | 0.36 |
| Hungarian | 17252 | 0.33 |
| Croatian | 16889 | 0.32 |
| British | 15363 | 0.29 |
| Austrian | 15332 | 0.29 |
| Scotch Irish | 15002 | 0.28 |
| Serbian | 14841 | 0.28 |
| Palestinian | 13232 | 0.25 |
| Danish | 12848 | 0.24 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 12722 | 0.24 |
| Slovak | 12660 | 0.24 |
| Welsh | 12536 | 0.24 |
| Bulgarian | 11985 | 0.23 |
| Arab | 11321 | 0.22 |
| Yugoslavian | 10750 | 0.20 |
| Jamaican | 10440 | 0.20 |
| French Canadian | 9709 | 0.18 |
| Jordanian | 8568 | 0.16 |
| Swiss | 8086 | 0.15 |
| Scandinavian | 8075 | 0.15 |
| Albania | 7457 | 0.14 |
| Haitian | 6821 | 0.13 |
| Iranian | 6338 | 0.12 |
| Finnish | 5993 | 0.11 |
| Belgian | 5465 | 0.10 |
| Czechoslovakian | 5236 | 0.10 |
| Lebanese | 5225 | 0.10 |
| Turkish | 5146 | 0.10 |
| Iraqi | 5096 | 0.10 |
| Canadian | 5049 | 0.10 |
| Ethiopian | 4875 | 0.09 |
| Syrian | 4734 | 0.09 |
| Armenian | 4723 | 0.09 |
| Northern European | 4309 | 0.08 |
| Brazilian | 4160 | 0.08 |
| Macedonian | 4049 | 0.08 |
| Egyptian | 4021 | 0.08 |
| Portuguese | 3960 | 0.08 |
| Slovene | 3781 | 0.07 |
| Ghanaian | 3554 | 0.07 |
| Belizean | 3532 | 0.07 |
| Moroccan | 3266 | 0.06 |
| Latvian | 2510 | 0.05 |
| Israeli | 2383 | 0.05 |
| West Indian | 2065 | 0.04 |
| Luxembourger | 1884 | 0.04 |
| Slavic | 1861 | 0.04 |
| Australian | 1746 | 0.03 |
| South African | 1235 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 944 | 0.02 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 909 | 0.02 |
| Afghan | 873 | 0.02 |
| Guyanese | 739 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 738 | 0.01 |
| Liberian | 734 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 609 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 593 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 558 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 517 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 360 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 360 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 348 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 312 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 299 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 279 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 277 | 0.01 |
| Ugandan | 276 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 229 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 209 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 206 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 196 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 190 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verdean | 171 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 158 | 0.00 |
| Bermudan | 116 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 104 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 87 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 76 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 45 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 42 | 0.00 |