Editing Illinois (section)

==== European-Americans ====
In 2023, 7,260,529 Illinoisans identified as non-Hispanic white alone, making up 57.9% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03002 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03002&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> Although a majority of white residents in the state live in the Chicago area, the counties with the highest percent share of white population are all located in rural areas with smaller populations, with non-Hispanic white people making up over 80 or 90% of the population in most non-urban counties in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population by Race and Ethnicity |url=https://dph.illinois.gov/data-statistics/vital-statistics/illinois-population-data/population-race-ethnicity.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=dph.illinois.gov |language=en}}</ref> 

In the Chicago metro area, the white population is located mostly in suburban areas, with non-Hispanic white residents making up a majority of the population (between 53%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Kane County, IL |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US17089-kane-county-il/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref> and 75%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: McHenry County, IL |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US17111-mchenry-county-il/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref>) in every metropolitan county other than [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], while making up only 31.7% of the population in the city of Chicago itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Chicago, IL |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US1714000-chicago-il/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref> Within Chicago, there is significant [[racial segregation]], with the white population concentrated primarily on the [[North Side, Chicago|North Side]] of the city, while many predominantly African-American or Hispanic neighborhoods on the [[West Side, Chicago|West Side]] and [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of the city have almost no non-Hispanic white residents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Serrato |first=Jacqueline |last2=Sier |first2=Pat |last3=Runes |first3=Charmaine |last4=Weekly |first4=South Side |date=2022-02-17 |title=Mapping Chicago’s Racial Segregation {{!}} FIRSTHAND: Segregation |url=https://www.wttw.com/firsthand/segregation/mapping-chicago-racial-segregation |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=WTTW Chicago |language=en}}</ref>

The largest European ancestry reported in Illinois is [[German Americans|German]]. 1,983,050 Illinoisans, or 15.8% of the total population, identify with German ancestry, making it the single largest ancestry group in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> German ancestry predominates among the white population in every county in [[northern Illinois]], as well as most counties in the southwestern part of the state, while [[English Americans|English-Americans]], making up 6.8% of Illinois' population, predominate in most of the southeastern counties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=US Census |title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref> The state's white population also includes a large number of [[Irish people|Irish]] (10.5%), [[Polish Americans|Polish]] (6.1%), and [[Italian Americans|Italian-Americans]] (5.5%), with these groups concentrated mainly in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=31000US16980&primary_geo_id=31000US16980 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> Illinois' Polish-American population of 761,948 is the highest out of any state. The state is also home to a significant population of other [[Eastern Europe|Eastern European]] ethnicities, also largely concentrated around the Chicago area, including 86,814 [[Russian Americans|Russians]], 83,679 [[Czech Americans|Czechs]], 71,279 [[Ukrainian Americans|Ukrainians]], and 35,407 [[Croatian Americans|Croatians]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cpercentage |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US16980-chicago-naperville-elgin-il-in-metro-area/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref>

Most Illinoisans who report any European ancestry identify with multiple ancestries. Those of partial descent make up the majority of most European ancestry groups in Illinois, including 58% of Polish-Americans, 68% of English-Americans, 69% of German-Americans, and 75% of Irish-Americans in the state. Of all European ancestries numbering over 50,000 in Illinois, those identifying solely with that ancestry are only a majority among the state's 71,279 [[Ukrainian Americans|Ukrainian-Americans]], with two thirds of this group identifying as Ukrainian alone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04004 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04004&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> 

Along with white residents reporting multiple European ancestries, around 3% of the state's population identifies as non-Hispanic white in combination with another racial group.<ref name=":9" /> Additionally, while those of Hispanic ethnicity are not distinguished between total and partial Hispanic origin, an estimated 1.7% of Illinois' population are Hispanics who report a non-Spanish European ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPUMS USA |url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=usa.ipums.org}}</ref>

Non-Hispanic whites have the second highest per-capita income of any racial group in the state, at $53,591, just slightly below that of Asians.<ref name=":8" /> The white poverty rate, at only 8.3%, is the lowest of all major racial or ethnic groups in the state, including Asians.<ref name=":7" /> The median age of non-Hispanic white residents is the oldest of all racial or ethnic groups in the state, at 44.2 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B01002H - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B01002H&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>