Elgin 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 114.16K Elgin city, IL population, 55.73K had Other Groups ancestry (48.82%), 21.12K had Unclassified ancestry (18.50%), and 13.72K had German ancestry (12.02%).
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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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Elgin city, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 55726 | 48.82 |
| Unclassified | 21115 | 18.50 |
| German | 13716 | 12.02 |
| Irish | 9403 | 8.24 |
| Italian | 6415 | 5.62 |
| Polish | 5603 | 4.91 |
| English | 4888 | 4.28 |
| American | 2671 | 2.34 |
| Swedish | 2194 | 1.92 |
| Norwegian | 1341 | 1.18 |
| European | 1307 | 1.15 |
| French (except Basque) | 1171 | 1.03 |
| Scottish | 1095 | 0.96 |
| Russian | 1027 | 0.90 |
| Lithuanian | 825 | 0.72 |
| Dutch | 653 | 0.57 |
| Czech | 541 | 0.47 |
| Hungarian | 530 | 0.46 |
| Scotch Irish | 508 | 0.45 |
| Subsaharan African | 500 | 0.44 |
| Greek | 411 | 0.36 |
| Danish | 396 | 0.35 |
| Serbian | 346 | 0.30 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 317 | 0.28 |
| Romanian | 311 | 0.27 |
| Welsh | 276 | 0.24 |
| Swiss | 274 | 0.24 |
| Eastern European | 226 | 0.20 |
| British | 214 | 0.19 |
| French Canadian | 205 | 0.18 |
| Ukrainian | 204 | 0.18 |
| Canadian | 183 | 0.16 |
| Albania | 176 | 0.15 |
| Croatian | 170 | 0.15 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 162 | 0.14 |
| Finnish | 134 | 0.12 |
| Egyptian | 131 | 0.12 |
| Austrian | 131 | 0.12 |
| African | 126 | 0.11 |
| Macedonian | 113 | 0.10 |
| Bulgarian | 108 | 0.10 |
| Belgian | 98 | 0.09 |
| Slovak | 98 | 0.09 |
| Ghanaian | 97 | 0.09 |
| Turkish | 89 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakian | 78 | 0.07 |
| Scandinavian | 77 | 0.07 |
| Haitian | 75 | 0.07 |
| Brazilian | 74 | 0.07 |
| Slovene | 63 | 0.06 |