Evanston 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 Evanston city, IL was 13,527, which was 17.24% of the population of Evanston city, IL.
The highest percentage of the Evanston city foreign-born population were born in China (12.00%), followed by Mexico (11.85%), and Jamaica (6.43%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Evanston city Foreign-born population as a percentage of the total Evanston city foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Evanston city foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Evanston 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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| China | 1623 | 12.00 |
| Mexico | 1603 | 11.85 |
| Jamaica | 870 | 6.43 |
| India | 731 | 5.40 |
| Korea | 601 | 4.44 |
| Nigeria | 491 | 3.63 |
| Haiti | 443 | 3.28 |
| Philippines | 400 | 2.96 |
| Russia | 330 | 2.44 |
| Ghana | 288 | 2.13 |
| Germany | 266 | 1.97 |
| Turkey | 264 | 1.95 |
| Brazil | 253 | 1.87 |
| Poland | 247 | 1.83 |
| Sudan | 212 | 1.57 |
| Vietnam | 211 | 1.56 |
| Ukraine | 202 | 1.49 |
| Netherlands | 196 | 1.45 |
| Japan | 193 | 1.43 |
| Canada | 179 | 1.32 |
| England | 176 | 1.30 |
| Guatemala | 175 | 1.29 |
| Colombia | 171 | 1.26 |
| France | 146 | 1.08 |
| Israel | 146 | 1.08 |
| Venezuela | 123 | 0.91 |
| Peru | 119 | 0.88 |
| Ireland | 102 | 0.75 |
| Sierra Leone | 96 | 0.71 |
| Chile | 89 | 0.66 |
| Grenada | 83 | 0.61 |
| Yemen | 78 | 0.58 |
| El Salvador | 76 | 0.56 |
| Spain | 72 | 0.53 |
| Romania | 68 | 0.50 |
| Argentina | 60 | 0.44 |
| Cuba | 56 | 0.41 |
| Scotland | 55 | 0.41 |
| Pakistan | 54 | 0.40 |
| Iran | 52 | 0.38 |
| Australia | 51 | 0.38 |
| Thailand | 49 | 0.36 |
| Sweden | 47 | 0.35 |
| Lithuania | 47 | 0.35 |
| Bulgaria | 46 | 0.34 |
| Italy | 45 | 0.33 |
| Iraq | 42 | 0.31 |
| Afghanistan | 40 | 0.30 |
| Singapore | 39 | 0.29 |
| Czechoslovakia | 36 | 0.27 |
| Taiwan | 36 | 0.27 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34 | 0.25 |
| Belgium | 33 | 0.24 |
| Nepal | 31 | 0.23 |
| Senegal | 28 | 0.21 |
| Honduras | 27 | 0.20 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 0.19 |
| Panama | 26 | 0.19 |
| Norway | 25 | 0.19 |
| Croatia | 25 | 0.19 |
| Ecuador | 25 | 0.19 |
| Belize | 24 | 0.18 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 0.17 |
| Belarus | 22 | 0.16 |
| Greece | 21 | 0.16 |
| Fiji | 21 | 0.16 |
| Moldova | 19 | 0.14 |
| Guyana | 19 | 0.14 |
| Uruguay | 18 | 0.13 |
| Hong Kong | 17 | 0.13 |
| Cambodia | 16 | 0.12 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 0.12 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 0.10 |
| Denmark | 12 | 0.09 |
| North Macedonia | 12 | 0.09 |
| Saudi Arabia | 12 | 0.09 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 0.09 |
| Dominican Republic | 12 | 0.09 |
| Morocco | 11 | 0.08 |
| Serbia | 10 | 0.07 |
| Jordan | 10 | 0.07 |
| Syria | 10 | 0.07 |
| Bahamas | 10 | 0.07 |
| Latvia | 9 | 0.07 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 0.07 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 0.07 |
| Hungary | 8 | 0.06 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 0.05 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0.04 |
| Burma | 4 | 0.03 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 0.03 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 4 | 0.03 |
| Egypt | 4 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.01 |