Ranking of Illinois Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Arab Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 15.08K people in Illinois with Arab ancestry (0.12% of Illinois population). Among all Illinois cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Chicago Ridge village had the highest percentage of its population with Arab ancestry (3.89%), followed by Worth village (3.35%), and Oak Lawn village (2.76%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Arab ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Illinois.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Illinois Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Arab Ancestry in 2021
Chicago Ridge village
Worth village
Oak Lawn village
Burbank city
River Grove village
Palos Hills city
Orland Park village
Justice village
Hickory Hills city
Norridge village
Ranking of Illinois Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Arab Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Chicago Ridge village 3.89
2 Worth village 3.35
3 Oak Lawn village 2.76
4 Burbank city 2.64
5 River Grove village 2.41
6 Palos Hills city 2.00
7 Orland Park village 1.60
8 Justice village 1.55
9 Hickory Hills city 1.42
10 Norridge village 1.24
11 Burr Ridge village 0.90
12 Alsip village 0.81
13 Skokie village 0.66
14 Carbondale city 0.55
14 Lincolnwood village 0.55
15 Montgomery village 0.49
16 Tinley Park village 0.46
17 O'Fallon city 0.44
18 Bridgeview village 0.40
19 Des Plaines city 0.38
19 Homer Glen village 0.38
20 Romeoville village 0.34
21 Lemont village 0.33
22 Decatur city 0.32
23 Rockford city 0.31
24 Effingham city 0.25
25 Round Lake Beach village 0.24
25 Summit village 0.24
26 Bloomington city 0.22
27 Frankfort village 0.21
27 Midlothian village 0.21
27 Northlake city 0.21
27 St. Charles city 0.21
28 Crest Hill city 0.20
28 Crestwood village 0.20
29 Cicero town 0.19
30 North Chicago city 0.18
30 Rolling Meadows city 0.18
30 Schiller Park village 0.18
31 Bradley village 0.17
31 Downers Grove village 0.17
32 Freeport city 0.16
32 Plainfield village 0.16
33 Rock Island city 0.15
34 Buffalo Grove village 0.14
34 Champaign city 0.14
35 Chicago city 0.13
36 Danville city 0.12
36 Evergreen Park village 0.12
36 Palos Heights city 0.12
36 Urbana city 0.12
36 Woodridge village 0.12
37 Bolingbrook village 0.11
37 River Forest village 0.11
38 Batavia city 0.10
38 Carpentersville village 0.10
38 Huntley village 0.10
38 Oak Forest city 0.10
39 Glen Carbon village 0.09
39 Granite City city 0.09
39 Markham city 0.09
40 Niles village 0.07
41 La Grange village 0.06
42 Berwyn city 0.05
42 South Elgin village 0.05
42 Zion city 0.05
43 Centralia city 0.04
43 Jacksonville city 0.04
44 Harvey city 0.03
45 Galesburg city 0.01