DeKalb city, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 7, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 41.08K DeKalb city, IL population, 12.73K had Other Groups ancestry (30.98%), 8.55K had Unclassified ancestry (20.81%), and 8.00K had German ancestry (19.48%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

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DeKalb city, IL Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
Italian
Polish
Swedish
Norwegian
French (except Basque)
DeKalb city, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 12726 30.98
Unclassified 8550 20.81
German 8004 19.48
Irish 6957 16.93
English 2790 6.79
Italian 2527 6.15
Polish 2143 5.22
Swedish 1440 3.51
Norwegian 1400 3.41
French (except Basque) 893 2.17
American 664 1.62
European 541 1.32
Subsaharan African 525 1.28
Scottish 523 1.27
Russian 338 0.82
Czech 325 0.79
African 302 0.74
Hungarian 251 0.61
Palestinian 242 0.59
Ukrainian 186 0.45
Welsh 171 0.42
Greek 168 0.41
Scotch Irish 164 0.40
Dutch 157 0.38
Scandinavian 157 0.38
French Canadian 141 0.34
British 139 0.34
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 138 0.34
Jamaican 138 0.34
Danish 115 0.28
Swiss 111 0.27
Lithuanian 107 0.26
Austrian 103 0.25
Nigerian 102 0.25
Slovene 101 0.25
Finnish 100 0.24
Slovak 98 0.24
Lebanese 87 0.21
Australian 80 0.20
Brazilian 71 0.17
Belgian 59 0.14
Estonian 59 0.14
Croatian 56 0.14
Israeli 56 0.14
Jordanian 52 0.13
Sudanese 52 0.13
Canadian 48 0.12
Ghanaian 43 0.11
Latvian 39 0.10
Czechoslovakian 36 0.09