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 2023, at 81.8%. East St. Louis, IL had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 17.4% and the figure for Illinois was 23.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest81.8Cicero, IL

Lowest1.2East St. Louis, IL

Median17.4225 cities

Illinois23.8History

Top 40 cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Cicero, IL	81.8	+0.3 pts
2	Melrose Park, IL	72.5	+0.4 pts
3	Summit, IL	72.4	+1.5 pts
4	Wheeling, IL	63	-1 pts
5	Franklin Park, IL	62.1	+0.4 pts
6	Niles, IL	60.1	+1.6 pts
7	Burbank, IL	59.6	+2 pts
8	Prospect Heights, IL	59.2	+1.8 pts
9	Addison, IL	59.1	+3 pts
10	Glendale Heights, IL	58.9	+2 pts
11	Norridge, IL	58.1	+5.6 pts
12	Northlake, IL	56.8	-0.7 pts
13	Schiller Park, IL	56.1	-9.1 pts
14	Carpentersville, IL	55.5	-1.4 pts
15	Hanover Park, IL	55.4	-0.5 pts
16	Waukegan, IL	55.1	+2.2 pts
17	Hickory Hills, IL	55	+0.6 pts
18	Bensenville, IL	53.6	+3.7 pts
19	Berwyn, IL	53.6	-0.9 pts
20	Streamwood, IL	52.4	+4.4 pts
21	Lincolnwood, IL	52.2	+2 pts
22	West Chicago, IL	51.5	-1 pts
23	Round Lake Beach, IL	51.1	+1.9 pts
24	Morton Grove, IL	50.9	+0.6 pts
25	Skokie, IL	49.8	+1 pts
26	Elgin, IL	48.6	+1.7 pts
27	Elmwood Park, IL	48.1	+2 pts
28	Wood Dale, IL	47.3	-1.5 pts
29	River Grove, IL	47	-1.6 pts
30	Aurora, IL	46.7	+0.4 pts
31	Hoffman Estates, IL	46.7	+1 pts
32	Des Plaines, IL	46.2	+1.3 pts
33	Lyons, IL	45.9	-4.1 pts
34	Buffalo Grove, IL	45.7	+0.9 pts
35	Mundelein, IL	45.5	+2.3 pts
36	Beach Park, IL	45.1	+0.1 pts
37	Rolling Meadows, IL	44.3	+2 pts
38	Bridgeview, IL	44.2	-0.9 pts
39	Justice, IL	44.2	-2 pts
40	Mount Prospect, IL	42.4	+0.2 pts
41	Palos Hills, IL	42.4	-1.2 pts
42	Round Lake, IL	41.1	-2.2 pts
43	Vernon Hills, IL	41	-1.1 pts
44	Schaumburg, IL	40.5	-0.8 pts
45	Carol Stream, IL	40	+4 pts
46	Chicago Ridge, IL	39.5	-1.4 pts
47	Romeoville, IL	38.4	-1.2 pts
48	North Chicago, IL	36.6	+2.8 pts
49	Palatine, IL	35.9	-0.1 pts
50	Zion, IL	35.9	+2.8 pts
51	Bolingbrook, IL	35.8	+2.1 pts
52	Chicago, IL	35.5	+0.3 pts
53	Blue Island, IL	35.1	-3.5 pts
54	Worth, IL	34.8	-0.3 pts
55	Harvey, IL	34.6	+3.6 pts
56	Elk Grove Village, IL	33.2	+1 pts
57	Chicago Heights, IL	32.8	0 pts
58	Roselle, IL	32.6	-0.8 pts
59	Maywood, IL	32.2	+2.7 pts
60	Burr Ridge, IL	31.9	+0.1 pts
61	Westmont, IL	30.6	-0.6 pts
62	Woodridge, IL	30.5	-0.8 pts
63	Glenview, IL	30	+1 pts
64	Oak Lawn, IL	29.7	+0.7 pts
65	Joliet, IL	29.3	+0.5 pts
66	Bartlett, IL	29.1	-0.5 pts
67	Arlington Heights, IL	29	+0.6 pts
68	Plano, IL	28.8	+3 pts
69	Warrenville, IL	28.6	+4.7 pts
70	Belvidere, IL	28.3	-2.8 pts
71	Montgomery, IL	28	+3.9 pts
72	South Elgin, IL	27.7	+3.1 pts
73	Naperville, IL	27.2	+0.7 pts
74	Gurnee, IL	26.2	+1.7 pts
75	Darien, IL	26.2	+0.5 pts
76	Lemont, IL	25.6	+0.4 pts
77	Northbrook, IL	25.4	+1.4 pts
78	Orland Park, IL	25.4	+1.1 pts
79	Villa Park, IL	25.3	-1.3 pts
80	Bloomingdale, IL	25.2	-0.4 pts
81	Westchester, IL	24.8	+0.9 pts
82	Midlothian, IL	24.6	-0.7 pts
83	Urbana, IL	24.3	+0.1 pts
84	East Moline, IL	23.9	0 pts
85	Lombard, IL	23.8	+0.6 pts
86	Champaign, IL	23.3	-0.2 pts
87	Crest Hill, IL	23.2	+3 pts
88	Homer Glen, IL	23.1	+1.4 pts
89	Wauconda, IL	22.5	-0.7 pts
90	Kankakee, IL	22.5	+1.8 pts
91	Oak Forest, IL	22.5	+5.1 pts
92	Alsip, IL	22.4	+2.3 pts
93	Park Ridge, IL	22.3	-0 pts
94	Evanston, IL	22.2	-0.1 pts
95	Woodstock, IL	22.1	+1 pts
96	Bellwood, IL	22	+1.5 pts
97	Rockford, IL	21.4	+0.6 pts
98	Lake in the Hills, IL	21.3	+2.2 pts
99	Pingree Grove, IL	21.2	+4.8 pts
100	Oswego, IL	21	-1.3 pts
101	Lisle, IL	21	+0.2 pts
102	North Aurora, IL	20.9	+1.2 pts
103	Hinsdale, IL	20.8	+0.9 pts
104	Algonquin, IL	20.6	+1.6 pts
105	Lake Zurich, IL	20.6	+1.4 pts
106	Wilmette, IL	19.6	+0.7 pts
107	Brookfield, IL	19.4	-0.3 pts
108	Highland Park, IL	18.4	+2.3 pts
109	DeKalb, IL	18.2	-0.8 pts
110	Crestwood, IL	18.1	+1.8 pts
111	Glen Ellyn, IL	18.1	+3.2 pts
112	Plainfield, IL	18	+1.8 pts
113	Moline, IL	17.4	+1.6 pts
114	Calumet City, IL	17.1	-1 pts
115	Evergreen Park, IL	17.1	+2.3 pts
116	St. Charles, IL	16.7	+0.8 pts
117	Rantoul, IL	16.7	+3.6 pts
118	Lansing, IL	16.3	-1.4 pts
119	Yorkville, IL	16.3	+4.9 pts
120	Elmhurst, IL	16.3	+0.2 pts
121	Lindenhurst, IL	15.9	+0.2 pts
122	McHenry, IL	15.8	+0.7 pts
123	Palos Heights, IL	15.7	-0.6 pts
124	Tinley Park, IL	15.6	-0.4 pts
125	Forest Park, IL	15.4	+2.2 pts
126	La Grange Park, IL	15.2	+0.8 pts
127	Fox Lake, IL	15	+0.6 pts
128	Grayslake, IL	14.8	-2.3 pts
129	Crystal Lake, IL	14.3	+1.5 pts
130	Wheaton, IL	13.9	-0.2 pts
131	Barrington, IL	13.8	-0.3 pts
132	Markham, IL	13.4	+4.3 pts
133	Rock Island, IL	13.4	-1.2 pts
134	Downers Grove, IL	13.3	-0.9 pts
135	Carbondale, IL	13.3	+0.4 pts
136	Oak Park, IL	13.1	-0.1 pts
137	South Holland, IL	13	+4 pts
138	Winfield, IL	13	+0.9 pts
139	River Forest, IL	12.7	+1.1 pts
140	Lake Forest, IL	12.6	-0.5 pts
141	Peoria, IL	12.6	0 pts
142	Sterling, IL	12.4	-0.8 pts
143	Deerfield, IL	12.2	+0.1 pts
144	Bradley, IL	12.2	+2.6 pts
145	Lockport, IL	12.2	-1.1 pts
146	Bloomington, IL	12.1	-0.2 pts
147	Libertyville, IL	12.1	-0.2 pts
148	Antioch, IL	12.1	-0.2 pts
149	Huntley, IL	12	+0.9 pts
150	La Grange, IL	12	+0.3 pts
151	Winnetka, IL	11.4	+0.8 pts
152	Frankfort, IL	11.2	+1.2 pts
153	Loves Park, IL	10.8	-1.1 pts
154	Park Forest, IL	10.4	+2.5 pts
155	Cary, IL	10.3	+0.4 pts
156	Morris, IL	10.2	+0.7 pts
157	Shorewood, IL	9.6	-1.6 pts
158	Manhattan, IL	9.6	+5.1 pts
159	Normal, IL	9.3	+1 pts
160	Mahomet, IL	9.1	+5 pts
161	Streator, IL	8.9	-2 pts
162	Galesburg, IL	8.9	-0.8 pts
163	Roscoe, IL	8.6	-0.9 pts
164	Minooka, IL	8.6	+0.4 pts
165	Batavia, IL	8.4	+0.2 pts
166	Kewanee, IL	8.4	+0.5 pts
167	Homewood, IL	8.2	+0.8 pts
168	Geneva, IL	7.9	+0.1 pts
169	Western Springs, IL	7.6	-0.2 pts
170	Sycamore, IL	7.3	+0.6 pts
171	Collinsville, IL	7.1	+0.5 pts
172	O'Fallon, IL	7.1	+1.1 pts
173	Machesney Park, IL	6.8	-0.1 pts
174	Danville, IL	6.8	-0.8 pts
175	Shiloh, IL	6.7	-0.1 pts
176	Bourbonnais, IL	6.7	-0.3 pts
177	Granite City, IL	6.4	+1.7 pts
178	Macomb, IL	6.3	+0.9 pts
179	Channahon, IL	6.3	+1.9 pts
180	Springfield, IL	6	+0.1 pts
181	Ottawa, IL	6	-1 pts
182	Hazel Crest, IL	5.9	-0.6 pts
183	Effingham, IL	5.8	-0.7 pts
184	Dixon, IL	5.7	+1.1 pts
185	Richton Park, IL	5.4	+0.2 pts
186	Herrin, IL	5.4	-1 pts
187	Chatham, IL	5.3	+0.8 pts
188	Mokena, IL	5.2	+1.2 pts
189	Campton Hills, IL	5.2	+0.2 pts
190	Dolton, IL	5.1	+2.6 pts
191	Highland, IL	4.9	+0.9 pts
192	Charleston, IL	4.8	-0 pts
193	Decatur, IL	4.7	0 pts
194	Edwardsville, IL	4.5	-0.2 pts
195	Centralia, IL	4.5	-0.1 pts
196	Fairview Heights, IL	4.3	+1.4 pts
197	Country Club Hills, IL	4.2	-0 pts
198	Swansea, IL	4.2	-0.2 pts
199	Matteson, IL	4.2	-0.8 pts
200	Canton, IL	4.1	+0.2 pts
200	Freeport, IL	4.1	+0.1 pts
200	Marion, IL	4.1	+0.5 pts
203	Belleville, IL	3.9	-0.4 pts
204	Pontiac, IL	3.8	-0 pts
205	Alton, IL	3.7	+0.4 pts
205	Troy, IL	3.7	-0.5 pts
207	Jacksonville, IL	3.4	-0.6 pts
208	Cahokia Heights, IL	3.3	+0.8 pts
209	Quincy, IL	3.3	0 pts
210	New Lenox, IL	3.3	-0.1 pts
211	Mattoon, IL	3.2	+1.4 pts
212	Lincoln, IL	3.2	-0.3 pts
213	Morton, IL	3	-0 pts
214	Mount Vernon, IL	2.9	-0.4 pts
215	Wood River, IL	2.8	+1.3 pts
216	Pekin, IL	2.7	-0.2 pts
217	Columbia, IL	2.6	-0.2 pts
218	Glen Carbon, IL	2.5	-2.2 pts
219	Riverdale, IL	2.5	-0.6 pts
220	Washington, IL	2.3	-1 pts
221	East Peoria, IL	2.2	-1.1 pts
222	Taylorville, IL	1.9	-0.6 pts
223	Waterloo, IL	1.4	-0.8 pts
224	Godfrey, IL	1.2	+0.1 pts
225	East St. Louis, IL	1.2	0 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_cities_in_illinois_by_2023,
  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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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