Editing Cook County, Illinois (section)

===Race/ethnicity===

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|+'''Cook County, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cook County, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US17031&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cook County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17031&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 5, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405135724/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17031&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cook County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17031&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 5, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405135725/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17031&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,558,709
|2,278,358
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 2,135,243
|47.59%
|43.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 40.47%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,390,448
|1,265,778
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 1,185,601
|25.86%
|24.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 22.47%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|6,754
|6,682
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 5,655
|0.13%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 0.11%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|257,843
|318,869
|style='background: #ffffe6; |408,691
|4.80%
|6.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 7.75%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1,543
|1,043
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 961
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|7,291
|7,751
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,538
|0.14%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 0.39%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|82,413
|71,432
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 136,074
|1.53%
|1.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 2.58%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,071,740
|1,244,762
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 1,382,778
|19.93%
|23.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6;| 26.21%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,376,741'''
|'''5,194,675'''
|style='background: #ffffe6;| '''5,275,541'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6;| '''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]], the population of the county was 5,194,675, [[White American]]s made up 55.4% of Cook County's population; [[non-Hispanic whites]] represented 43.9% of the population. African Americans made up 24.8% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.4% of Cook County's population. Asian Americans made up 6.2% of the population (1.8% Indian, 1.2% Filipino, 1.2% Chinese, 0.7% Korean, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese, 0.8% Other). [[Pacific Islander American]]s made up less than 0.1% of the population.  People from other races made up 10.6% of the population; people from [[Multiracial American|two or more races]] made up 2.5% of the county's population. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics and Latinos]] (of any race) made up 24.0% of Cook County's population.

As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> there were 5,376,741 people, 1,974,181 households, and 1,269,398 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|5,686|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,096,121 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,216|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the county was 56.27% white, 26.14% [[Black people|Black]] or African American, 0.29% Native American, 4.84% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.05% Pacific Islanders, 9.88% from other races, and 2.53% from two or more races. 19.93% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or Latino of any race. 9.1% were of Polish, 8.1% German, 7.9% Irish and 5.7% Italian ancestry. 17.63% reported speaking Spanish at home; 3.13% speak [[Polish language|Polish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D17%26county_id%3D31%26mode%3Dgeographic%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3Dall%26a%3D%26ea%3D%26order%3Dr|title=Language Map Data Center|website=www.mla.org|access-date=October 7, 2006|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016151332/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D17%26county_id%3D31%26mode%3Dgeographic%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3Dall%26a%3D%26ea%3D%26order%3Dr|url-status=live}}</ref>

Whites (Hispanic and non-Hispanic) number roughly 2,793,500.  There are about 2,372,500 non-Hispanic whites residing in Cook County. Sizeable non-Hispanic white populations are those of [[German American|German]] (11.4%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (10.3%), [[Polish American|Polish]] (9.7%), [[Italian American|Italian]] (6.1%), and [[British American|British]] (4.1%) descent. There are also significant groups of [[Swedish American|Swedish]] (1.5%), [[Russian American|Russian]] (1.5%), [[French American|French]] (1.3%), [[Greek American|Greek]] (1.2%), [[Czech American|Czech]] (1.0%), [[Dutch American|Dutch]] (1.0%), [[Lithuanian American|Lithuanian]] (0.9%), and [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] (0.8%) descent.

Cook County has more Black residents than any county in the United States.<Ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/cook-countys-black-populations-continues-decline | title=Cook County continues to lose Black residents, along with other big cities | date=July 5, 2023 }}</ref> Black Americans are the second largest racial group in the county, accounting for slightly over one-quarter (25.4%) of Cook County's population. Blacks of non-Hispanic origin form 25.2% of the population; black Hispanics make up the remaining 0.2% of the populace. There are roughly 1,341,000 African Americans of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin living in Cook County; 1,328,000 are non-Hispanic blacks. Roughly 52,500 people were of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, making up 1.0% of the total population.

Approximately 10,300 residents of Cook County are of Native American ancestry. They consist of [[Cherokee]], [[Chippewa]], [[Navajo people|Navajo]], and [[Sioux]]. Native Americans of Hispanic origin represent a sizeable portion of the Native American population. Nearly 6,000 Native Americans are of non-Hispanic origin, and some 4,300 are of Hispanic origin. Over 40% of the Native American racial group is of Hispanic descent.

[[File:Bar Chart of Non-English Speakers in Cook County, Il (2015).svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Non-English speakers in Cook County]]
Asian Americans are a very sizeable racial group in the county, numbering about 301,000. The Asian population is ethnically diverse, and includes roughly 87,900 [[Indian American|Indians]], 61,700 [[Filipino American|Filipinos]], 60,700 [[Chinese American|Chinese]], 35,000 [[Korean American|Koreans]], 13,700 [[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]], and 11,100 [[Japanese American|Japanese]]. Roughly 30,800 are of other Asian ethnic groups, such as [[Thai American|Thai]], [[Cambodian American|Cambodian]], and [[Hmong American|Hmong]].

Approximately 3,000 residents are of Pacific Islander heritage. This group includes roughly [[Native Hawaiians]], Guamanians, [[Samoan American|Samoans]], and various people of other Pacific Islander groups.

Hispanic and Latino Americans make up over one-fifth (22.8%) of Cook County's population. Roughly 1,204,000 Latinos live in the county. [[Mexican American|Mexicans]] are the most common Latino group. Cook County's 925,000 Mexican Americans make up 17.5% of its population. Roughly 127,000 [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Ricans]] live in the county, while over 12,200 [[Cuban American|Cubans]] reside in the county. There are some 140,000 Hispanics and Latinos of other nationalities living in Cook County (i.e. [[Colombian American|Colombian]], [[Bolivian American|Bolivian]], etc.), and they collectively make up 2.6% of the county's population.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US17031&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on American FactFinder<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200210225008/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US17031&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |date=February 10, 2020 }}</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US17031&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR2&-ds_name=&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false American FactFinder<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200210212340/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US17031&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR2&-ds_name=&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false |date=February 10, 2020 }}</ref>