Kankakee County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 108.10K Kankakee County, IL population, 23.03K had Unclassified ancestry (21.30%), 22.95K had German ancestry (21.23%), and 22.71K had Other Groups ancestry (21.01%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other Illinois counties, and for Illinois.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Kankakee County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 23025 | 21.30 |
| German | 22947 | 21.23 |
| Other Groups | 22714 | 21.01 |
| Irish | 13092 | 12.11 |
| Subsaharan African | 8611 | 7.97 |
| African | 8371 | 7.74 |
| English | 6840 | 6.33 |
| French (except Basque) | 6837 | 6.32 |
| Polish | 6374 | 5.90 |
| Italian | 5275 | 4.88 |
| American | 3754 | 3.47 |
| Swedish | 2254 | 2.09 |
| Dutch | 1965 | 1.82 |
| Scottish | 1823 | 1.69 |
| French Canadian | 1486 | 1.38 |
| Danish | 893 | 0.83 |
| Norwegian | 796 | 0.74 |
| European | 645 | 0.60 |
| Scotch Irish | 617 | 0.57 |
| Welsh | 586 | 0.54 |
| Czech | 516 | 0.48 |
| Lithuanian | 416 | 0.39 |
| Swiss | 394 | 0.36 |
| Scandinavian | 351 | 0.33 |
| Greek | 304 | 0.28 |
| Croatian | 293 | 0.27 |
| Hungarian | 236 | 0.22 |
| British | 234 | 0.22 |
| Eastern European | 199 | 0.18 |
| Slovak | 192 | 0.18 |
| Austrian | 171 | 0.16 |
| Arab | 133 | 0.12 |
| Canadian | 118 | 0.11 |
| Russian | 110 | 0.10 |
| Kenyan | 102 | 0.09 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 95 | 0.09 |
| Northern European | 80 | 0.07 |
| Belgian | 71 | 0.07 |
| Slovene | 66 | 0.06 |
| Finnish | 65 | 0.06 |
| Nigerian | 61 | 0.06 |
| Czechoslovakian | 57 | 0.05 |
| Serbian | 51 | 0.05 |
| Portuguese | 49 | 0.05 |
| Ukrainian | 46 | 0.04 |
| Israeli | 45 | 0.04 |
| Romanian | 42 | 0.04 |
| Haitian | 42 | 0.04 |
| Jamaican | 33 | 0.03 |
| Slavic | 32 | 0.03 |
| Bulgarian | 28 | 0.03 |
| Bahamian | 20 | 0.02 |
| Armenian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 11 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 11 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 7 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 6 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 5 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Ghanaian | 4 | 0.00 |