Editing Illinois (section)

=== Ancestry ===
According to 2022 estimates from the American Community Survey, 16% of the population had [[German Americans|German]] ancestry, 14% had [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] ancestry, 10.4% had [[Irish Americans|Irish]] ancestry, 7.1% had [[English Americans|English]] ancestry, 6.2% had [[Polish Americans|Polish]] ancestry, 5.2% had [[Italian Americans|Italian]] ancestry, 3.4% listed themselves as [[American ancestry|American]], 2.3% had [[Indian Americans|Indian]] ancestry, 1.7% had [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] ancestry, 1.7% had [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]] ancestry, 1.4% had [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]] ancestry, 1.4% had [[French Americans|French]] ancestry, and 1.2% had [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]] ancestry. The state also has a large population of [[African Americans|African-Americans]], making up 15.3% of the population alone or in combination.<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=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03001&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02009 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02009&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
This table displays all self-reported [[Ancestries of Americans|ancestries]] with over 50,000 members in Illinois, alone or in combination, according to estimates from the 2022 American Community Survey. Hispanic groups are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Ancestry
!Number in 2022 (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=2024-07-25 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02015 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02015&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
!Number as of 2022 (Alone or in any combination)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03001&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17#valueType%7Cpercentage |access-date=2024-07-25 |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 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=04000US17&primary_geo_id=04000US17 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>
!% Total
|-
|[[German Americans|German]]
|649,997
|2,014,297
|16.0%
|-
|[[African Americans|Black or African American]]
<small>(Including Afro-Caribbean & Sub-Saharan African)</small>
|1,689,724
|1,931,027
|15.3%
|-
|[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]
|—
|1,759,842
|14.0%
|-
|[[Irish Americans|Irish]]
|338,198
|1,312,888
|10.4%
|-
|[[English Americans|English]]
|278,564
|891,189
|7.1%
|-
|[[Polish Americans|Polish]]
|336,810
|780,152
|6.2%
|-
|[[Italian Americans|Italian]]
|205,189
|657,830
|5.2%
|-
|[[American ancestry|American]]
<small>(Mostly [[Old Stock Americans|old-stock]] white Americans of British descent)</small>
|345,772
|428,431
|3.4%
|-
|[[Indian Americans|Indian]]
|270,311
|287,101
|2.3%
|-
|[[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]]
|—
|214,835
|1.7%
|-
|[[Swedish Americans|Swedish]]
|48,814
|210,128
|1.7%
|-
|[[Filipino Americans|Filipino]]
|131,433
|175,619
|1.4%
|-
|[[French Americans|French]]
|27,025
|174,964
|1.4%
|-
|[[Chinese Americans|Chinese]]
|130,864
|153,277
|1.2%
|-
|Broadly "[[European Americans|European]]"
<small>(No country specified)</small>
|114,209
|146,671
|1.2%
|-
|[[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]
|33,638
|136,636
|1.1%
|-
|[[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]]
|33,099
|133,538
|1.1%
|-
|[[Dutch Americans|Dutch]]
|32,184
|122,139
|1.0%
|-
|[[Arab Americans|Arab]]
|74,779
|106,612
|0.8%
|-
|[[Czech Americans|Czech]]
|21,168
|83,090
|0.7%
|-
|[[Greek Americans|Greek]]
|39,290
|82,360
|0.7%
|-
|[[Russian Americans|Russian]]
|27,532
|79,623
|0.6%
|-
|[[Lithuanian Americans|Lithuanian]]
|27,001
|73,207
|0.6%
|-
|[[Korean Americans|Korean]]
|55,515
|71,709
|0.6%
|-
|[[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]]
|16,817
|60,693
|0.5%
|-
|[[Ukrainian Americans|Ukrainian]]
|37,306
|60,623
|0.5%
|}