Cities in Illinois by population speaking Spanish at home

Cicero, IL had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 225 cities in 2022, at 80%. Swansea, IL had the lowest, at 0.5%. The median was 6.3% and the figure for Illinois was 13.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest80Cicero, IL

Lowest0.5Swansea, IL

Median6.3225 cities

Illinois13.6History

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	80	-0 pts
2	Melrose Park, IL	69	+0.2 pts
3	Summit, IL	62.7	-0.5 pts
4	Northlake, IL	49.6	+1.7 pts
5	Berwyn, IL	49.1	-0.7 pts
6	Carpentersville, IL	47.7	+1.6 pts
7	Franklin Park, IL	46.3	+0.5 pts
8	Round Lake Beach, IL	45.2	+2 pts
9	Waukegan, IL	44.7	-0.7 pts
10	West Chicago, IL	41.7	-1.3 pts
11	Beach Park, IL	40.7	+5.9 pts
12	Lyons, IL	40.3	+0.9 pts
13	Elgin, IL	39.3	-0.4 pts
14	Burbank, IL	37.3	+3.9 pts
15	Blue Island, IL	36.7	-1.7 pts
16	Bensenville, IL	35.2	-1.9 pts
17	Aurora, IL	34.2	+0.5 pts
18	Addison, IL	34	-0.7 pts
19	Hanover Park, IL	33.5	-0.6 pts
20	Chicago Heights, IL	30.1	-1 pts
21	Belvidere, IL	29.5	+0.8 pts
22	Wheeling, IL	29.3	+3.1 pts
23	Streamwood, IL	29.2	-2.5 pts
24	Prospect Heights, IL	28.9	-0.7 pts
25	Zion, IL	28.5	+3.8 pts
26	Maywood, IL	28.3	-0.6 pts
27	Glendale Heights, IL	28	+2.8 pts
28	North Chicago, IL	27.8	+1.5 pts
29	Harvey, IL	27.3	+4.8 pts
30	Mundelein, IL	27.2	-0.5 pts
31	Romeoville, IL	26.2	+0.2 pts
32	Schiller Park, IL	25.4	+5.2 pts
33	Joliet, IL	25	-0.5 pts
34	Plano, IL	24	+0.7 pts
35	Chicago, IL	23.5	0 pts
36	Round Lake, IL	23.2	+3 pts
37	Bridgeview, IL	23.1	+4.1 pts
38	River Grove, IL	22.5	+1.4 pts
39	Montgomery, IL	22	+1.2 pts
40	Elmwood Park, IL	21.6	-1.7 pts
41	Rolling Meadows, IL	21.1	-3.1 pts
42	Bolingbrook, IL	20.6	+1.5 pts
43	Wood Dale, IL	19.8	-0.5 pts
44	Bellwood, IL	19.4	-0.1 pts
45	Midlothian, IL	19.4	+0.9 pts
46	Kankakee, IL	19.2	-0.3 pts
47	Villa Park, IL	18	+1.1 pts
48	Woodstock, IL	17.3	-0.4 pts
49	Warrenville, IL	16.7	+0.4 pts
50	Palatine, IL	16.4	-0.6 pts
51	Wauconda, IL	15.6	+0.9 pts
52	Calumet City, IL	15.2	+1.4 pts
53	Des Plaines, IL	15.2	+0.7 pts
54	Hoffman Estates, IL	14.5	-1.3 pts
55	Alsip, IL	14.4	-0.6 pts
55	Rockford, IL	14.4	-0.1 pts
57	Oswego, IL	14	+2.2 pts
58	Lansing, IL	13.8	+0.5 pts
59	Oak Lawn, IL	13.8	-1 pts
59	South Elgin, IL	13.8	-1.3 pts
61	Crest Hill, IL	13.3	+1.6 pts
62	Westchester, IL	13	-0.9 pts
63	Brookfield, IL	12.8	-2.9 pts
64	Carol Stream, IL	12.6	+0.8 pts
64	Mount Prospect, IL	12.6	+0.1 pts
66	Justice, IL	12.3	+3.4 pts
67	East Moline, IL	11.9	+0.2 pts
68	Woodridge, IL	11.9	0 pts
69	Rantoul, IL	11.5	+0.1 pts
70	Hickory Hills, IL	11.4	+0.5 pts
71	Chicago Ridge, IL	11.4	+3 pts
72	Worth, IL	11.3	-0.1 pts
73	Pingree Grove, IL	11.2	-4 pts
74	McHenry, IL	11.2	+0.3 pts
75	Moline, IL	11	-1.1 pts
76	North Aurora, IL	10.9	+0.4 pts
77	DeKalb, IL	10.7	-0.8 pts
78	Evergreen Park, IL	10.2	-0.7 pts
79	Sterling, IL	10	+0.7 pts
80	Gurnee, IL	9.3	-0.2 pts
80	Streator, IL	9.3	+1.4 pts
82	Bartlett, IL	9.3	+1 pts
83	Vernon Hills, IL	9.3	-0.6 pts
84	Niles, IL	9.3	-0.5 pts
85	Westmont, IL	9.3	-0.8 pts
86	Lake in the Hills, IL	9	-0.1 pts
87	Elk Grove Village, IL	9	+2.4 pts
88	Markham, IL	8.7	-0.1 pts
89	Oak Forest, IL	8.4	-0.9 pts
90	Bradley, IL	8.1	+0.2 pts
91	Fox Lake, IL	8.1	+2.3 pts
92	Highland Park, IL	7.9	-0.2 pts
93	Skokie, IL	7.9	-0.4 pts
94	Crestwood, IL	7.9	-1 pts
95	Crystal Lake, IL	7.9	+0.6 pts
96	Schaumburg, IL	7.8	+1.1 pts
97	Norridge, IL	7.8	+1.8 pts
97	Rock Island, IL	7.8	+0.8 pts
99	Kewanee, IL	7.7	+0.4 pts
100	St. Charles, IL	7.6	+1.3 pts
101	La Grange, IL	7.6	+0.3 pts
102	Evanston, IL	7.5	-0.7 pts
103	Yorkville, IL	7.5	-0 pts
104	Lincolnwood, IL	7.5	+1.9 pts
105	La Grange Park, IL	7.4	+0.5 pts
106	Algonquin, IL	7.3	+0.6 pts
107	Shorewood, IL	7.2	+1.6 pts
108	Lombard, IL	6.9	+0.3 pts
109	Forest Park, IL	6.8	+1.9 pts
110	Grayslake, IL	6.8	+0.3 pts
111	Morris, IL	6.7	-0.4 pts
112	Minooka, IL	6.5	+0.8 pts
113	Danville, IL	6.3	+0.7 pts
114	Cary, IL	6.2	+0.5 pts
115	Oak Park, IL	6.2	-0.2 pts
116	Buffalo Grove, IL	6.1	+0.8 pts
117	Urbana, IL	5.9	-0.2 pts
118	Lindenhurst, IL	5.9	-0.5 pts
119	Park Forest, IL	5.8	-0.8 pts
120	Glenview, IL	5.8	-0.3 pts
121	Galesburg, IL	5.7	+0.7 pts
122	Arlington Heights, IL	5.5	-0.3 pts
123	Palos Heights, IL	5.4	+1.2 pts
124	Loves Park, IL	5.4	-0.7 pts
125	Batavia, IL	5.3	-0.7 pts
126	Elmhurst, IL	5.3	+0.5 pts
127	Effingham, IL	5.2	+0.2 pts
127	Plainfield, IL	5.2	+0.2 pts
129	Ottawa, IL	5.2	+1.2 pts
130	Bloomingdale, IL	5.1	-0.3 pts
131	Antioch, IL	5.1	+2.1 pts
132	Orland Park, IL	5	-0.2 pts
133	Sycamore, IL	4.9	+0.2 pts
134	Burr Ridge, IL	4.8	+1 pts
135	Tinley Park, IL	4.7	-0.1 pts
136	Champaign, IL	4.7	-0.3 pts
137	Winfield, IL	4.6	-0 pts
138	Roselle, IL	4.6	+0.3 pts
139	Collinsville, IL	4.5	-0 pts
139	Geneva, IL	4.5	-0.7 pts
141	Wheaton, IL	4.5	+0.3 pts
142	Palos Hills, IL	4.4	-1 pts
143	Peoria, IL	4.4	-0.1 pts
144	Huntley, IL	4.3	+0.9 pts
145	Darien, IL	4.2	+0.1 pts
145	Homewood, IL	4.2	+0.7 pts
147	South Holland, IL	4.2	-0.8 pts
148	Lisle, IL	4.2	+0.2 pts
149	Bourbonnais, IL	4.1	-0.1 pts
149	Morton Grove, IL	4.1	-0.3 pts
151	Hinsdale, IL	4.1	+0.6 pts
152	Naperville, IL	4.1	+0.1 pts
153	Park Ridge, IL	4	+0.3 pts
154	Bloomington, IL	4	-0.1 pts
154	Hazel Crest, IL	4	+1.2 pts
156	Herrin, IL	4	+1.1 pts
157	Glen Ellyn, IL	3.8	-0.3 pts
158	Carbondale, IL	3.7	-1.1 pts
159	Lake Forest, IL	3.7	-0.5 pts
160	Shiloh, IL	3.7	+0.5 pts
161	Roscoe, IL	3.7	+0.4 pts
162	Frankfort, IL	3.6	+0.5 pts
163	Wilmette, IL	3.5	+1.1 pts
164	Libertyville, IL	3.5	+0.6 pts
165	River Forest, IL	3.4	-0.6 pts
166	Lockport, IL	3.4	-1.2 pts
167	Manhattan, IL	3.4	+1.7 pts
168	Canton, IL	3.3	-1.1 pts
169	Granite City, IL	3.3	-0.2 pts
170	Troy, IL	3.3	-0.3 pts
171	Homer Glen, IL	3.3	-0 pts
171	Normal, IL	3.3	-0.1 pts
173	Downers Grove, IL	3.2	+0.1 pts
174	Pontiac, IL	3.2	-0.5 pts
175	Dixon, IL	2.9	-1.1 pts
176	Channahon, IL	2.8	+0.3 pts
177	Deerfield, IL	2.8	-0.1 pts
178	Machesney Park, IL	2.7	+0.5 pts
179	Jacksonville, IL	2.6	-0.2 pts
180	Freeport, IL	2.6	-0 pts
181	Washington, IL	2.5	+1.2 pts
182	Decatur, IL	2.4	+0.4 pts
183	Glen Carbon, IL	2.4	+0.4 pts
183	Macomb, IL	2.4	+0.2 pts
185	O'Fallon, IL	2.4	-0.3 pts
186	Centralia, IL	2.3	+1.2 pts
187	Riverdale, IL	2.2	-0.2 pts
188	Western Springs, IL	2.2	+0.2 pts
189	Lincoln, IL	2.2	+0.1 pts
190	Springfield, IL	2.1	-0 pts
191	Mahomet, IL	2	+0.3 pts
192	Country Club Hills, IL	2	+0.8 pts
193	Cahokia Heights, IL	2	n/a
194	Columbia, IL	1.9	+1 pts
194	Mokena, IL	1.9	-0.3 pts
196	Richton Park, IL	1.9	+0.5 pts
197	Lake Zurich, IL	1.8	-1.4 pts
198	Lemont, IL	1.7	+0.4 pts
198	Matteson, IL	1.7	+0.4 pts
200	Barrington, IL	1.7	-0.6 pts
201	Belleville, IL	1.6	-0.1 pts
201	Pekin, IL	1.6	+0.5 pts
203	Charleston, IL	1.5	+0.1 pts
204	Fairview Heights, IL	1.5	0 pts
205	Campton Hills, IL	1.4	+0.6 pts
205	Mount Vernon, IL	1.4	+0.5 pts
205	Northbrook, IL	1.4	-0 pts
208	Quincy, IL	1.4	+0.2 pts
209	Morton, IL	1.3	-0.6 pts
210	Edwardsville, IL	1.3	+0.2 pts
211	Winnetka, IL	1.2	-0.1 pts
212	New Lenox, IL	1.2	-0.1 pts
213	Alton, IL	1.1	-0.2 pts
214	Wood River, IL	1.1	+0.8 pts
215	Highland, IL	1	-0.1 pts
216	East Peoria, IL	1	+0.1 pts
217	Waterloo, IL	0.9	+0.2 pts
218	Mattoon, IL	0.8	0 pts
219	Dolton, IL	0.7	0 pts
220	East St. Louis, IL	0.7	+0.2 pts
221	Taylorville, IL	0.6	0 pts
222	Godfrey, IL	0.5	+0.1 pts
223	Marion, IL	0.5	-0.5 pts
224	Chatham, IL	0.5	-0.3 pts
224	Swansea, IL	0.5	-1.2 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish 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 or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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/spanish-spoken-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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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/spanish-spoken-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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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/spanish-spoken-at-home/illinois-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish 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 Spanish at home, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-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 Spanish 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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Cicero, IL, with 80% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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