Ranking of Illinois Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Illinois's cities and places (towns and villages), Chicago city had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (801.20K), followed by Rockford city (34.24K), and Peoria city (31.53K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of Illinois cities and places based on Black or African American Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states and for the United States. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Illinois.