"There's apparently only ~2000 Uzbek-Americans in all of northern IL"

where did you get this number? does that include chicago, because i live in Chicago area ... seems low.

https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/uzbek-population-in...

Figuring some fudge factor too. It could be low - it's hard to find numbers for nationality counts for central Asians broken down by state.