Illinois Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County

Updated on March 23, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 1,775,612 people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in Illinois, which was 13.86% of the total Illinois population.

Cook County had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (1,185,601), followed by Will County (79,256), and St. Clair County (76,013). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone were: Scott County (5), Calhoun County (7), and Hardin County (11).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identify as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, Alexander County had the highest percentage (30.76%), followed by St. Clair County (29.53%), and Pulaski County (28.15%).

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

You can see similar information for other ethnicities, and also for the different racial groups in Illinois.

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Illinois Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
Illinois Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
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County Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Population % of County Population
Adams 2464 3.75
Alexander 1612 30.76
Bond 1073 6.42
Boone 1171 2.19
Brown 1035 16.58
Bureau 259 0.78
Calhoun 7 0.16
Carroll 676 4.31
Cass 706 5.41
Champaign 28215 13.71
Christian 380 1.12
Clark 54 0.35
Clay 30 0.23
Clinton 1140 3.09
Coles 2043 4.36
Cook 1185601 22.47
Crawford 608 3.26
Cumberland 28 0.27
DeKalb 8730 8.69
De Witt 108 0.70
Douglas 67 0.34
DuPage 44201 4.74
Edgar 82 0.49
Edwards 16 0.26
Effingham 151 0.44
Fayette 780 3.63
Ford 75 0.55
Franklin 162 0.43
Fulton 1102 3.28
Gallatin 25 0.51
Greene 18 0.15
Grundy 833 1.59
Hamilton 36 0.45
Hancock 73 0.41
Hardin 11 0.30
Henderson 29 0.45
Henry 1029 2.09
Iroquois 212 0.78
Jackson 7503 14.16
Jasper 22 0.24
Jefferson 2783 7.50
Jersey 156 0.73
Jo Daviess 114 0.52
Johnson 1419 10.66
Kane 26239 5.08
Kankakee 15417 14.34
Kendall 9693 7.35
Knox 4354 8.71
Lake 47240 6.61
LaSalle 2514 2.29
Lawrence 1393 9.12
Lee 1831 5.36
Livingston 1081 3.02
Logan 1494 5.34
McDonough 1498 5.50
McHenry 4073 1.31
McLean 14699 8.60
Macon 18886 18.16
Macoupin 368 0.82
Madison 24671 9.28
Marion 1509 4.00
Marshall 86 0.73
Mason 49 0.37
Massac 875 6.18
Menard 80 0.65
Mercer 68 0.43
Monroe 118 0.34
Montgomery 916 3.24
Morgan 1961 5.96
Moultrie 84 0.58
Ogle 543 1.05
Peoria 33635 18.50
Perry 1653 7.89
Piatt 83 0.50
Pike 63 0.43
Pope 38 1.01
Pulaski 1462 28.15
Putnam 26 0.46
Randolph 2381 7.89
Richland 75 0.47
Rock Island 16169 11.18
St. Clair 76013 29.53
Saline 692 2.91
Sangamon 25686 13.08
Schuyler 283 4.10
Scott 5 0.10
Shelby 65 0.31
Stark 17 0.32
Stephenson 4374 9.80
Tazewell 1629 1.24
Union 226 1.31
Vermilion 10247 13.81
Wabash 53 0.47
Warren 577 3.43
Washington 85 0.62
Wayne 90 0.56
White 91 0.66
Whiteside 741 1.33
Will 79256 11.38
Williamson 2809 4.18
Winnebago 38240 13.40
Woodford 269 0.70