Chicago city, IL Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 5, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Chicago city, IL was 553,354, which was 20.18% of the population of Chicago city, IL.
The highest percentage of the Chicago city foreign-born population were born in Mexico (39.90%), followed by China (7.03%), and Poland (5.75%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Chicago city Foreign-born population as a percentage of the total Chicago city foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Chicago city foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Chicago city, IL Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 220792 | 39.90 |
| China | 38911 | 7.03 |
| Poland | 31825 | 5.75 |
| India | 24796 | 4.48 |
| Philippines | 21647 | 3.91 |
| Ecuador | 11748 | 2.12 |
| Guatemala | 11345 | 2.05 |
| Nigeria | 8941 | 1.62 |
| Korea | 8534 | 1.54 |
| Vietnam | 8235 | 1.49 |
| Ukraine | 7958 | 1.44 |
| Canada | 6446 | 1.17 |
| Pakistan | 6025 | 1.09 |
| Colombia | 5790 | 1.05 |
| Romania | 5180 | 0.94 |
| Honduras | 4759 | 0.86 |
| Russia | 4699 | 0.85 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4389 | 0.79 |
| Germany | 3966 | 0.72 |
| Peru | 3930 | 0.71 |
| El Salvador | 3793 | 0.69 |
| Brazil | 3335 | 0.60 |
| Thailand | 3312 | 0.60 |
| Ghana | 3253 | 0.59 |
| Iraq | 3002 | 0.54 |
| Venezuela | 2996 | 0.54 |
| France | 2929 | 0.53 |
| Italy | 2827 | 0.51 |
| Hong Kong | 2792 | 0.51 |
| Ethiopia | 2779 | 0.50 |
| Ireland | 2765 | 0.50 |
| Serbia | 2733 | 0.49 |
| Bulgaria | 2316 | 0.42 |
| Cuba | 2262 | 0.41 |
| Japan | 2222 | 0.40 |
| England | 2125 | 0.38 |
| Syria | 1929 | 0.35 |
| Jordan | 1900 | 0.34 |
| Greece | 1880 | 0.34 |
| Dominican Republic | 1868 | 0.34 |
| Jamaica | 1861 | 0.34 |
| Haiti | 1782 | 0.32 |
| Iran | 1712 | 0.31 |
| Taiwan | 1662 | 0.30 |
| Belize | 1620 | 0.29 |
| Israel | 1524 | 0.28 |
| Morocco | 1467 | 0.27 |
| Belarus | 1444 | 0.26 |
| Argentina | 1395 | 0.25 |
| Turkey | 1390 | 0.25 |
| Croatia | 1370 | 0.25 |
| Spain | 1305 | 0.24 |
| North Macedonia | 1303 | 0.24 |
| Australia | 1265 | 0.23 |
| Malaysia | 1263 | 0.23 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1116 | 0.20 |
| Cambodia | 1075 | 0.19 |
| Nepal | 1023 | 0.19 |
| Moldova | 878 | 0.16 |
| Chile | 853 | 0.15 |
| Austria | 838 | 0.15 |
| Lithuania | 829 | 0.15 |
| Burma | 802 | 0.14 |
| Egypt | 710 | 0.13 |
| Eritrea | 685 | 0.12 |
| Albania | 658 | 0.12 |
| Czechoslovakia | 623 | 0.11 |
| Yemen | 567 | 0.10 |
| Costa Rica | 564 | 0.10 |
| Panama | 557 | 0.10 |
| Nicaragua | 549 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | 538 | 0.10 |
| Somalia | 536 | 0.10 |
| Lebanon | 504 | 0.09 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 489 | 0.09 |
| Guyana | 471 | 0.09 |
| Bangladesh | 454 | 0.08 |
| Sweden | 438 | 0.08 |
| Indonesia | 427 | 0.08 |
| Netherlands | 426 | 0.08 |
| Singapore | 376 | 0.07 |
| Cameroon | 374 | 0.07 |
| Afghanistan | 369 | 0.07 |
| Switzerland | 355 | 0.06 |
| Uzbekistan | 336 | 0.06 |
| Armenia | 336 | 0.06 |
| Kenya | 319 | 0.06 |
| Laos | 315 | 0.06 |
| Latvia | 299 | 0.05 |
| Kuwait | 297 | 0.05 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 290 | 0.05 |
| Sri Lanka | 288 | 0.05 |
| Scotland | 264 | 0.05 |
| Denmark | 252 | 0.05 |
| Sudan | 235 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 228 | 0.04 |
| Liberia | 225 | 0.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 219 | 0.04 |
| Bahamas | 214 | 0.04 |
| Congo | 196 | 0.04 |
| Uruguay | 177 | 0.03 |
| Zimbabwe | 128 | 0.02 |
| Uganda | 127 | 0.02 |
| Senegal | 124 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 110 | 0.02 |
| Norway | 104 | 0.02 |
| Fiji | 82 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leone | 77 | 0.01 |
| Portugal | 73 | 0.01 |
| Dominica | 24 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 12 | 0.00 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 | 0.00 |