McLean 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 171.46K McLean County, IL population, 45.78K had German ancestry (26.70%), 35.85K had Other Groups ancestry (20.91%), and 34.83K had Unclassified ancestry (20.31%).

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.

McLean County, IL Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Other Groups
Unclassified
Irish
English
American
Italian
Polish
Swedish
European
McLean County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 45782 26.70
Other Groups 35849 20.91
Unclassified 34825 20.31
Irish 25603 14.93
English 19269 11.24
American 7142 4.17
Italian 5804 3.39
Polish 5324 3.11
Swedish 3600 2.10
European 3200 1.87
Scottish 2981 1.74
French (except Basque) 2822 1.65
Norwegian 2245 1.31
Dutch 1962 1.14
Russian 1559 0.91
Subsaharan African 1395 0.81
Scotch Irish 1103 0.64
Welsh 975 0.57
Danish 935 0.55
British 766 0.45
Czech 765 0.45
Swiss 654 0.38
African 639 0.37
Hungarian 632 0.37
Scandinavian 489 0.28
Greek 482 0.28
French Canadian 472 0.28
Northern European 393 0.23
Slovak 380 0.22
Belgian 333 0.19
Austrian 319 0.19
Eastern European 313 0.18
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 303 0.18
Lithuanian 287 0.17
Croatian 209 0.12
Arab 202 0.12
Jamaican 181 0.11
Ukrainian 164 0.10
Canadian 158 0.09
Finnish 148 0.09
Nigerian 148 0.09
Czechoslovakian 145 0.09
Slovene 145 0.09
Lebanese 142 0.08
Romanian 139 0.08
Turkish 138 0.08
Portuguese 120 0.07
Moroccan 88 0.05
Ethiopian 82 0.05
Slavic 78 0.05
Palestinian 76 0.04
Serbian 72 0.04
Yugoslavian 68 0.04
Haitian 55 0.03
Jordanian 46 0.03
German Russian 44 0.03
Iranian 42 0.02
Pennsylvania German 40 0.02
Australian 38 0.02
Luxembourger 37 0.02
Belizean 31 0.02
Macedonian 29 0.02
Brazilian 27 0.02
Latvian 27 0.02
Estonian 23 0.01
Cajun 22 0.01
Icelander 18 0.01
Celtic 17 0.01
Dutch West Indian 17 0.01
Syrian 16 0.01
Albania 15 0.01
South African 14 0.01
Cape Verdean 13 0.01
Senegalese 12 0.01
West Indian 12 0.01
Alsatian 7 0.00
Ghanaian 7 0.00
Basque 6 0.00
Cypriot 6 0.00
Barbadian 4 0.00
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 3 0.00
Israeli 1 0.00