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Des Plaines city is a Census place in IL. Its published county relationships are Cook County, Illinois. Use the service address to confirm county-based assignments; a postal city name alone does not establish a Census boundary.
Geography source: 2025 Census county relationships; 2025 Gazetteer. These boundaries do not establish an AnSer office or your business’s service territory.
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Des Plaines city has an estimated 56,074 residents aged five and over in the 2020–2024 ACS. The table below breaks down home-language categories for this place; it does not measure your business’s callers.
Reported local estimates to compare with your caller records in Des Plaines: Spanish: 9,762 ±946; Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages: 6,416 ±1,004; Other Indo-European languages: 4,213 ±648. These are the largest point estimates among non-English home-language categories whose estimates exceed their margins of error. Differences have not been tested for statistical significance. Identify the actual caller language within grouped categories before discussing coverage.
| Language spoken at home | Estimated residents | Margin of error (±) |
|---|---|---|
| All residents aged 5 and over | 56,074 | 572 |
| Speak only English | 29,378 | 1,414 |
| Spanish | 9,762 | 946 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 195 | 132 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 230 | 136 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 6,416 | 1,004 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 4,213 | 648 |
| Korean | 295 | 167 |
| Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) | 399 | 219 |
| Vietnamese | 142 | 88 |
| Tagalog (including Filipino) | 1,325 | 357 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 2,606 | 701 |
| Arabic | 530 | 416 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 583 | 251 |
Estimates have uncertainty; home language does not establish preferred call language or provider capabilities. Read the data definitions, limitations and planning method.
Source: Census table C16001 for Des Plaines.
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