Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Illinois counties, Jasper County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (96.85%), followed by Scott County (96.84%), and Edwards County (96.82%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Illinois counties based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in Illinois.

Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Jasper
96.85%
Scott
96.84%
Edwards
96.82%
Shelby
96.82%
Greene
96.45%
Cumberland
96.16%
Clark
96.09%
Wayne
96.07%
Calhoun
96.04%
Henderson
95.87%
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Jasper County 96.85
2 Scott County 96.84
3 Edwards County 96.82
3 Shelby County 96.82
4 Greene County 96.45
5 Cumberland County 96.16
6 Clark County 96.09
7 Wayne County 96.07
8 Calhoun County 96.04
9 Henderson County 95.87
10 Hamilton County 95.79
11 Stark County 95.76
12 Hancock County 95.66
12 Moultrie County 95.66
13 Gallatin County 95.65
14 Edgar County 95.61
15 Washington County 95.56
16 Mason County 95.55
17 Menard County 95.29
18 Pike County 95.26
19 Piatt County 95.12
20 Richland County 95.11
21 Effingham County 95.08
22 Hardin County 94.98
22 Woodford County 94.98
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