Lee 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 34.37K Lee County, IL population, 10.68K had German ancestry (31.07%), 8.56K had Unclassified ancestry (24.91%), and 5.57K had Other Groups ancestry (16.21%).
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).
Lee County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| German | 10678 | 31.07 |
| Unclassified | 8561 | 24.91 |
| Other Groups | 5572 | 16.21 |
| Irish | 5446 | 15.84 |
| English | 3667 | 10.67 |
| American | 1901 | 5.53 |
| Italian | 1194 | 3.47 |
| Polish | 1154 | 3.36 |
| Dutch | 961 | 2.80 |
| French (except Basque) | 777 | 2.26 |
| Swedish | 755 | 2.20 |
| Norwegian | 711 | 2.07 |
| Scottish | 389 | 1.13 |
| European | 373 | 1.09 |
| Scotch Irish | 267 | 0.78 |
| French Canadian | 207 | 0.60 |
| Belgian | 196 | 0.57 |
| British | 193 | 0.56 |
| Ukrainian | 178 | 0.52 |
| Swiss | 147 | 0.43 |
| Hungarian | 146 | 0.43 |
| Danish | 142 | 0.41 |
| Czech | 141 | 0.41 |
| Russian | 128 | 0.37 |
| Greek | 89 | 0.26 |
| Welsh | 83 | 0.24 |
| Scandinavian | 68 | 0.20 |
| Lithuanian | 59 | 0.17 |
| Slovak | 55 | 0.16 |
| Pennsylvania German | 54 | 0.16 |
| Bulgarian | 53 | 0.15 |
| Eastern European | 47 | 0.14 |
| Subsaharan African | 40 | 0.12 |
| Canadian | 35 | 0.10 |
| African | 34 | 0.10 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 33 | 0.10 |
| Czechoslovakian | 30 | 0.09 |
| Basque | 29 | 0.08 |
| Albania | 25 | 0.07 |
| Croatian | 25 | 0.07 |
| Northern European | 22 | 0.06 |
| Austrian | 21 | 0.06 |
| Haitian | 21 | 0.06 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 20 | 0.06 |
| Serbian | 19 | 0.06 |
| Luxembourger | 17 | 0.05 |
| Finnish | 15 | 0.04 |
| Palestinian | 12 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 12 | 0.04 |
| Jamaican | 7 | 0.02 |
| Ethiopian | 6 | 0.02 |
| Romanian | 5 | 0.02 |
| West Indian | 5 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 4 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 3 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 2 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 1 | 0.00 |