Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 25, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Illinois counties, in April 2020, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.21M), followed by Will County (80.98K), and St. Clair County (76.56K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Illinois counties based on Black or African American Alone population.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Illinois.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone Population |
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| 1 | Cook County | 1205824 |
| 2 | Will County | 80979 |
| 3 | St. Clair County | 76564 |
| 4 | Lake County | 49035 |
| 5 | DuPage County | 45516 |
| 6 | Winnebago County | 39159 |
| 7 | Peoria County | 34015 |
| 8 | Champaign County | 28675 |
| 9 | Kane County | 27538 |
| 10 | Sangamon County | 25958 |
| 11 | Madison County | 24892 |
| 12 | Macon County | 19047 |
| 13 | Rock Island County | 16607 |
| 14 | Kankakee County | 15573 |
| 15 | McLean County | 14996 |
| 16 | Vermilion County | 10421 |
| 17 | Kendall County | 10027 |
| 18 | DeKalb County | 8954 |
| 19 | Jackson County | 7598 |
| 20 | Knox County | 4457 |
| 21 | Stephenson County | 4456 |
| 22 | McHenry County | 4284 |
| 23 | Williamson County | 2870 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 2842 |
| 25 | LaSalle County | 2633 |
| 26 | Adams County | 2501 |
| 27 | Randolph County | 2395 |
| 28 | Coles County | 2083 |
| 29 | Morgan County | 1983 |
| 30 | Lee County | 1867 |
| 31 | Tazewell County | 1683 |
| 32 | Perry County | 1681 |
| 33 | Alexander County | 1617 |
| 34 | McDonough County | 1531 |
| 35 | Logan County | 1520 |
| 36 | Marion County | 1514 |
| 37 | Pulaski County | 1466 |
| 38 | Johnson County | 1431 |
| 39 | Lawrence County | 1406 |
| 40 | Boone County | 1245 |
| 41 | Clinton County | 1151 |
| 42 | Fulton County | 1125 |
| 43 | Livingston County | 1113 |
| 44 | Henry County | 1078 |
| 45 | Bond County | 1077 |
| 46 | Brown County | 1054 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 926 |
| 48 | Massac County | 887 |
| 49 | Grundy County | 865 |
| 50 | Whiteside County | 839 |
| 51 | Fayette County | 797 |
| 52 | Cass County | 725 |
| 53 | Saline County | 700 |
| 54 | Carroll County | 694 |
| 55 | Crawford County | 621 |
| 56 | Warren County | 587 |
| 57 | Ogle County | 578 |
| 58 | Christian County | 390 |
| 59 | Macoupin County | 369 |
| 60 | Schuyler County | 289 |
| 61 | Woodford County | 278 |
| 62 | Bureau County | 275 |
| 63 | Iroquois County | 231 |
| 64 | Union County | 228 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 181 |
| 66 | Jersey County | 157 |
| 67 | Effingham County | 155 |
| 68 | Monroe County | 119 |
| 69 | Jo Daviess County | 114 |
| 70 | De Witt County | 110 |
| 71 | Washington County | 97 |
| 72 | Wayne County | 91 |
| 73 | White County | 91 |
| 74 | Marshall County | 88 |
| 75 | Menard County | 84 |
| 76 | Moultrie County | 84 |
| 77 | Edgar County | 83 |
| 78 | Piatt County | 83 |
| 79 | Mercer County | 77 |
| 80 | Richland County | 77 |
| 81 | Ford County | 76 |
| 82 | Hancock County | 73 |
| 83 | Pike County | 73 |
| 84 | Douglas County | 67 |
| 85 | Shelby County | 65 |
| 86 | Wabash County | 58 |
| 87 | Clark County | 54 |
| 88 | Mason County | 51 |
| 89 | Pope County | 43 |
| 90 | Hamilton County | 41 |
| 91 | Clay County | 38 |
| 92 | Henderson County | 30 |
| 93 | Cumberland County | 28 |
| 94 | Gallatin County | 26 |
| 95 | Putnam County | 26 |
| 96 | Greene County | 23 |
| 97 | Jasper County | 23 |
| 98 | Edwards County | 22 |
| 99 | Stark County | 18 |
| 100 | Hardin County | 13 |
| 101 | Calhoun County | 7 |
| 102 | Scott County | 5 |