Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home

Cicero, IL had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 225 cities in 2022, at 81.5%. Godfrey, IL had the lowest, at 1.1%. The median was 16.3% and the figure for Illinois was 23.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest81.5Cicero, IL

Lowest1.1Godfrey, IL

Median16.3225 cities

Illinois23.4History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Cicero, IL	81.5	-0.3 pts
2	Melrose Park, IL	72.1	-0.1 pts
3	Summit, IL	70.9	-1.1 pts
4	Schiller Park, IL	65.1	-1.1 pts
5	Wheeling, IL	64	+3 pts
6	Franklin Park, IL	61.7	+0.8 pts
7	Niles, IL	58.5	+2.1 pts
8	Burbank, IL	57.6	+1 pts
9	Northlake, IL	57.5	+1.6 pts
10	Prospect Heights, IL	57.5	-1.5 pts
11	Glendale Heights, IL	56.9	+3 pts
12	Carpentersville, IL	56.8	+1.2 pts
13	Addison, IL	56	+0.4 pts
14	Hanover Park, IL	55.9	+2.6 pts
15	Berwyn, IL	54.5	-1 pts
16	Hickory Hills, IL	54.3	-2.1 pts
17	Waukegan, IL	52.9	-0.4 pts
18	Norridge, IL	52.5	-1.1 pts
19	West Chicago, IL	52.4	-0.2 pts
20	Morton Grove, IL	50.3	-0.9 pts
21	Lincolnwood, IL	50.1	-1.2 pts
22	Lyons, IL	50	-2 pts
23	Bensenville, IL	49.9	-1.5 pts
24	Round Lake Beach, IL	49.2	+1 pts
25	Skokie, IL	48.8	-0.2 pts
26	Wood Dale, IL	48.8	+1.7 pts
27	River Grove, IL	48.7	+1.7 pts
28	Streamwood, IL	48	-2.1 pts
29	Elgin, IL	46.9	+0.3 pts
30	Aurora, IL	46.3	+0.9 pts
31	Justice, IL	46.2	+3 pts
32	Elmwood Park, IL	46.1	-1.1 pts
33	Hoffman Estates, IL	45.7	-1.4 pts
34	Bridgeview, IL	45.1	+2.4 pts
35	Beach Park, IL	45	+6.7 pts
36	Des Plaines, IL	44.9	-1.6 pts
37	Buffalo Grove, IL	44.7	+3.3 pts
38	Palos Hills, IL	43.6	+4.2 pts
39	Round Lake, IL	43.3	+1.9 pts
40	Mundelein, IL	43.3	-1.2 pts
41	Rolling Meadows, IL	42.3	+0.3 pts
42	Mount Prospect, IL	42.2	-0.3 pts
43	Vernon Hills, IL	42.1	+0.7 pts
44	Schaumburg, IL	41.3	+2.4 pts
45	Chicago Ridge, IL	41	-0 pts
46	Romeoville, IL	39.6	+0.3 pts
47	Blue Island, IL	38.5	-1.6 pts
48	Carol Stream, IL	36.1	-0.5 pts
49	Palatine, IL	36	-0.6 pts
50	Chicago, IL	35.2	0 pts
51	Worth, IL	35	-0.8 pts
52	North Chicago, IL	33.8	+1.3 pts
53	Bolingbrook, IL	33.7	+1 pts
54	Roselle, IL	33.4	+3.8 pts
55	Zion, IL	33.1	+3.5 pts
56	Chicago Heights, IL	32.8	-0.5 pts
57	Elk Grove Village, IL	32.1	0 pts
58	Burr Ridge, IL	31.8	-1 pts
59	Woodridge, IL	31.3	-0.4 pts
60	Westmont, IL	31.2	+0.3 pts
61	Belvidere, IL	31.1	+0.9 pts
62	Harvey, IL	31	+5.2 pts
63	Bartlett, IL	29.6	+0.5 pts
64	Maywood, IL	29.5	-0.7 pts
65	Oak Lawn, IL	29	-1.4 pts
66	Glenview, IL	28.9	-0.1 pts
67	Joliet, IL	28.8	-0 pts
68	Arlington Heights, IL	28.4	+0.1 pts
69	Villa Park, IL	26.6	+1.3 pts
70	Naperville, IL	26.5	+0.6 pts
71	Plano, IL	25.8	+1.6 pts
72	Darien, IL	25.6	+0.9 pts
73	Bloomingdale, IL	25.6	+0.6 pts
74	Midlothian, IL	25.3	+3 pts
75	Lemont, IL	25.1	-0.1 pts
76	South Elgin, IL	24.5	-0 pts
77	Gurnee, IL	24.5	+0.3 pts
78	Orland Park, IL	24.3	-1.6 pts
79	Urbana, IL	24.1	-0.5 pts
80	Montgomery, IL	24.1	+1.9 pts
81	Northbrook, IL	24	+0.1 pts
82	Warrenville, IL	23.9	+0.4 pts
83	East Moline, IL	23.9	+2.5 pts
84	Westchester, IL	23.8	+0.8 pts
85	Champaign, IL	23.5	+0.8 pts
86	Wauconda, IL	23.2	+0.6 pts
87	Lombard, IL	23.2	-0.7 pts
88	Oswego, IL	22.4	+3.1 pts
89	Park Ridge, IL	22.3	+0.6 pts
90	Evanston, IL	22.3	-0.5 pts
91	Homer Glen, IL	21.7	+0.9 pts
92	Woodstock, IL	21.1	-0 pts
93	Rockford, IL	20.8	-0.7 pts
94	Lisle, IL	20.8	+0.3 pts
95	Kankakee, IL	20.7	-0.4 pts
96	Bellwood, IL	20.5	-0.1 pts
97	Crest Hill, IL	20.2	+1.1 pts
98	Alsip, IL	20.1	-0.4 pts
99	Hinsdale, IL	20	+0.2 pts
100	Brookfield, IL	19.7	-3.2 pts
101	North Aurora, IL	19.6	-0 pts
102	Lake Zurich, IL	19.2	-1.1 pts
103	Lake in the Hills, IL	19.1	-0.3 pts
104	Algonquin, IL	19	-0.2 pts
105	DeKalb, IL	19	-1.2 pts
106	Wilmette, IL	18.9	+2 pts
107	Calumet City, IL	18.2	+0.6 pts
108	Lansing, IL	17.7	+0.5 pts
109	Oak Forest, IL	17.4	-0.8 pts
110	Grayslake, IL	17.2	+0.4 pts
111	Pingree Grove, IL	16.5	-2.6 pts
112	Palos Heights, IL	16.4	-0.3 pts
113	Crestwood, IL	16.3	-1.8 pts
114	Plainfield, IL	16.2	+0.7 pts
115	Highland Park, IL	16.1	-0.3 pts
116	Elmhurst, IL	16	+1 pts
117	St. Charles, IL	16	+1.3 pts
118	Tinley Park, IL	15.9	+0.5 pts
119	Moline, IL	15.9	-1.5 pts
120	Lindenhurst, IL	15.8	+0.2 pts
121	McHenry, IL	15.1	+2 pts
122	Glen Ellyn, IL	14.9	+0.2 pts
123	Evergreen Park, IL	14.7	+0.2 pts
124	Rock Island, IL	14.5	-1 pts
125	La Grange Park, IL	14.4	+1.6 pts
126	Fox Lake, IL	14.4	+3.6 pts
127	Downers Grove, IL	14.3	-0.3 pts
128	Wheaton, IL	14.1	-0.4 pts
129	Barrington, IL	14	+0.2 pts
130	Forest Park, IL	13.3	+1.3 pts
131	Lockport, IL	13.2	-2.6 pts
132	Sterling, IL	13.2	+0.8 pts
133	Oak Park, IL	13.2	+0.2 pts
134	Rantoul, IL	13.1	-0.7 pts
135	Lake Forest, IL	13	-1.2 pts
136	Carbondale, IL	12.9	+0.6 pts
137	Crystal Lake, IL	12.9	+1.7 pts
138	Peoria, IL	12.5	0 pts
139	Antioch, IL	12.3	+2.8 pts
139	Libertyville, IL	12.3	0 pts
141	Bloomington, IL	12.3	-0 pts
142	Winfield, IL	12.1	+0.1 pts
143	Deerfield, IL	12.1	+0.1 pts
144	Loves Park, IL	11.9	+0.2 pts
145	La Grange, IL	11.7	+1.1 pts
146	River Forest, IL	11.6	-1.8 pts
147	Yorkville, IL	11.4	+0.5 pts
148	Shorewood, IL	11.2	+0.9 pts
149	Huntley, IL	11.1	+0.8 pts
150	Streator, IL	10.9	+0.3 pts
151	Winnetka, IL	10.6	0 pts
152	Frankfort, IL	10.1	+1.5 pts
153	Cary, IL	9.9	+0.4 pts
154	Galesburg, IL	9.7	+0.5 pts
155	Bradley, IL	9.6	-0.4 pts
156	Roscoe, IL	9.5	-0.6 pts
157	Morris, IL	9.5	-0.7 pts
158	Markham, IL	9.1	+0.1 pts
159	South Holland, IL	9	-0.5 pts
160	Normal, IL	8.3	+0.6 pts
161	Batavia, IL	8.2	-1 pts
162	Minooka, IL	8.1	+1.5 pts
163	Kewanee, IL	7.9	+0.3 pts
163	Park Forest, IL	7.9	-0.6 pts
165	Geneva, IL	7.8	-1.3 pts
165	Western Springs, IL	7.8	+0.8 pts
167	Danville, IL	7.6	+0.6 pts
168	Homewood, IL	7.4	+0.9 pts
169	Bourbonnais, IL	7	-0.3 pts
169	Ottawa, IL	7	+0.7 pts
171	Machesney Park, IL	6.9	+1.4 pts
172	Shiloh, IL	6.8	+0.1 pts
173	Sycamore, IL	6.6	-1 pts
174	Collinsville, IL	6.6	-0.1 pts
175	Effingham, IL	6.5	+0.7 pts
176	Hazel Crest, IL	6.5	+1.5 pts
177	Herrin, IL	6.3	-0.6 pts
178	O'Fallon, IL	6	-1.1 pts
179	Springfield, IL	5.9	-0.1 pts
180	Macomb, IL	5.4	-0.2 pts
181	Richton Park, IL	5.2	+1.9 pts
182	Matteson, IL	5	+0.8 pts
183	Campton Hills, IL	5	+0.8 pts
184	Charleston, IL	4.9	+0.2 pts
185	Glen Carbon, IL	4.8	+0.2 pts
186	Edwardsville, IL	4.7	-0.1 pts
187	Granite City, IL	4.7	-0 pts
188	Decatur, IL	4.6	+0.5 pts
188	Dixon, IL	4.6	-0.8 pts
190	Centralia, IL	4.6	+1.7 pts
191	Chatham, IL	4.5	+1.8 pts
191	Manhattan, IL	4.5	+1.5 pts
193	Swansea, IL	4.5	-1.4 pts
194	Channahon, IL	4.4	+0.7 pts
195	Country Club Hills, IL	4.3	+1.1 pts
196	Belleville, IL	4.3	+0.7 pts
197	Mahomet, IL	4.1	+1 pts
197	Troy, IL	4.1	-1.3 pts
199	Freeport, IL	4.1	+0.1 pts
200	Highland, IL	4	-0.9 pts
201	Mokena, IL	4	-0.6 pts
202	Jacksonville, IL	4	0 pts
203	Canton, IL	3.9	-0.9 pts
204	Pontiac, IL	3.8	-0.7 pts
205	Marion, IL	3.7	+0.7 pts
206	Lincoln, IL	3.5	-0.3 pts
207	Mount Vernon, IL	3.4	+0.6 pts
208	New Lenox, IL	3.3	+0.2 pts
209	Quincy, IL	3.3	+0.5 pts
210	East Peoria, IL	3.3	-0.5 pts
211	Alton, IL	3.2	-0 pts
212	Washington, IL	3.2	+0.8 pts
213	Riverdale, IL	3.1	-0.2 pts
214	Morton, IL	3.1	-0.7 pts
215	Pekin, IL	2.9	+1 pts
216	Fairview Heights, IL	2.9	-1.2 pts
217	Columbia, IL	2.8	+0.7 pts
218	Dolton, IL	2.5	+0.6 pts
219	Taylorville, IL	2.5	+0.9 pts
220	Cahokia Heights, IL	2.5	n/a
221	Waterloo, IL	2.1	-0.7 pts
222	Mattoon, IL	1.8	+0.5 pts
223	Wood River, IL	1.5	0 pts
224	East St. Louis, IL	1.2	+0.2 pts
225	Godfrey, IL	1.1	+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_cities_in_illinois_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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