McDonough 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 27.74K McDonough County, IL population, 8.84K had Unclassified ancestry (31.85%), 5.37K had German ancestry (19.34%), and 3.96K had Other Groups ancestry (14.26%).

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.
McDonough County, IL Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Swedish
Italian
European
Dutch
McDonough County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified 8836 31.85
German 5365 19.34
Other Groups 3957 14.26
Irish 3348 12.07
English 2936 10.58
American 2618 9.44
Swedish 957 3.45
Italian 826 2.98
European 724 2.61
Dutch 686 2.47
Polish 628 2.26
Scottish 545 1.96
French (except Basque) 364 1.31
Norwegian 279 1.01
Subsaharan African 267 0.96
African 192 0.69
Scotch Irish 156 0.56
Danish 150 0.54
Welsh 104 0.38
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 99 0.36
British 98 0.35
Greek 93 0.34
Lithuanian 93 0.34
Czech 92 0.33
French Canadian 76 0.27
Scandinavian 68 0.25
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 67 0.24
Russian 64 0.23
Finnish 62 0.22
Nigerian 56 0.20
Northern European 49 0.18
Hungarian 45 0.16
Romanian 38 0.14
Swiss 34 0.12
Eastern European 29 0.11
Belgian 28 0.10
Turkish 26 0.09
Croatian 25 0.09
Austrian 21 0.08
Lebanese 19 0.07
Iranian 16 0.06
Jamaican 15 0.05
Yugoslavian 15 0.05
Barbadian 10 0.04
Pennsylvania German 8 0.03
Brazilian 7 0.03
Bermudan 7 0.03
Portuguese 6 0.02
Slavic 5 0.02
Maltese 3 0.01
Ethiopian 1 0.00