Ranking of Illinois Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.60M people in Illinois with Unclassified ancestry. Among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest population with Unclassified ancestry (830.05K), followed by DuPage County (148.82K), and Lake County (130.24K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Illinois.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Cook County
DuPage County
Lake County
Will County
Kane County
Madison County
St. Clair County
McHenry County
Winnebago County
Champaign County
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Cook County 830054
2 DuPage County 148818
3 Lake County 130243
4 Will County 126038
5 Kane County 99890
6 Madison County 71745
7 St. Clair County 64274
8 McHenry County 58002
9 Winnebago County 57864
10 Champaign County 55016
11 Sangamon County 53229
12 Peoria County 48876
13 Rock Island County 43478
14 Tazewell County 38550
15 McLean County 34825
16 Kendall County 32684
17 Macon County 28102
18 Vermilion County 26512
19 LaSalle County 24409
20 Williamson County 23519
21 Kankakee County 23025
22 DeKalb County 20964
23 Adams County 20163
24 Jackson County 17930
25 Knox County 16588
26 Coles County 15996
27 Macoupin County 15567
28 Franklin County 14338
29 Christian County 14225
30 Jefferson County 13795
31 Whiteside County 13703
32 Henry County 13641
33 Marion County 13337
34 Ogle County 13275
35 Boone County 11468
36 Fulton County 11240
37 Stephenson County 10984
38 Morgan County 10119
39 Grundy County 9593
40 Montgomery County 9542
41 Woodford County 9430
42 Shelby County 8941
43 McDonough County 8836
44 Randolph County 8766
45 Bureau County 8597
46 Lee County 8561
47 Clinton County 8402
48 Saline County 8132
49 Livingston County 7847
50 Fayette County 7655
51 Monroe County 7568
52 Union County 7479
53 Effingham County 7465
54 Logan County 7446
55 Perry County 7302
56 Edgar County 6501
57 Crawford County 6436
58 Douglas County 6429
59 Iroquois County 6407
60 Mercer County 6372
61 Warren County 6287
62 Clark County 6073
63 Wayne County 6056
64 Jersey County 5813
65 Johnson County 5684
66 Lawrence County 5662
67 De Witt County 5456
68 Moultrie County 5380
69 Pike County 5319
70 Hancock County 5314
71 Massac County 5193
72 White County 5140
73 Piatt County 5029
74 Bond County 5016
75 Richland County 5007
76 Clay County 4862
77 Mason County 4550
78 Cass County 3966
79 Cumberland County 3853
80 Greene County 3845
81 Carroll County 3842
82 Menard County 3819
83 Ford County 3711
84 Jo Daviess County 3408
85 Wabash County 3362
86 Washington County 3227
87 Henderson County 3163
88 Jasper County 3150
89 Marshall County 3043
90 Hamilton County 2746
91 Edwards County 2290
92 Schuyler County 2285
93 Alexander County 2094
94 Gallatin County 2079
95 Pulaski County 1678
96 Brown County 1673
97 Pope County 1609
98 Stark County 1579
99 Hardin County 1270
100 Scott County 1261
101 Putnam County 1101
102 Calhoun County 842