Illinois Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on August 25, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the Illinois voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 1,373,943 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 13.74% of the total voting-age population of Illinois.

Cook County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (936,911), followed by Will County (60,147), and St. Clair County (55,868).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Scott County (1), Calhoun County (7), and Stark County (9).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Alexander County had the highest percentage, with 29.83% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by St. Clair County (28.35%), and Pulaski County (28.33%).

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

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

Illinois Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
Illinois Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
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County Black Alone Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Adams County 1771 3.47
Alexander County 1264 29.83
Bond County 1015 7.42
Boone County 849 2.12
Brown County 1043 20.23
Bureau County 198 0.76
Calhoun County 7 0.20
Carroll County 677 5.26
Cass County 439 4.47
Champaign County 20436 12.28
Christian County 330 1.21
Clark County 40 0.33
Clay County 25 0.24
Clinton County 1035 3.59
Coles County 1666 4.42
Cook County 936911 22.46
Crawford County 575 3.86
Cumberland County 17 0.21
DeKalb County 6211 7.98
De Witt County 65 0.53
Douglas County 43 0.29
DuPage County 33634 4.64
Edgar County 62 0.46
Edwards County 14 0.29
Effingham County 99 0.37
Fayette County 769 4.51
Ford County 54 0.51
Franklin County 130 0.44
Fulton County 1063 3.94
Gallatin County 24 0.61
Greene County 15 0.16
Grundy County 584 1.48
Hamilton County 28 0.45
Hancock County 51 0.37
Hardin County 11 0.37
Henderson County 14 0.27
Henry County 747 1.96
Iroquois County 158 0.75
Jackson County 5533 12.95
Jasper County 13 0.18
Jefferson County 2065 7.16
Jersey County 118 0.69
Jo Daviess County 71 0.40
Johnson County 1418 12.89
Kane County 19764 5.08
Kankakee County 11328 13.66
Kendall County 6839 7.28
Knox County 3346 8.36
Lake County 36157 6.65
LaSalle County 2099 2.43
Lawrence County 1384 11.22
Lee County 1704 6.22
Livingston County 980 3.51
Logan County 1407 6.24
McDonough County 1217 5.46
McHenry County 2905 1.22
McLean County 11021 8.22
Macon County 13352 16.49
Macoupin County 289 0.81
Madison County 18131 8.67
Marion County 1033 3.54
Marshall County 57 0.61
Mason County 34 0.33
Massac County 664 6.06
Menard County 43 0.45
Mercer County 56 0.46
Monroe County 90 0.33
Montgomery County 879 3.90
Morgan County 1542 5.84
Moultrie County 55 0.50
Ogle County 380 0.95
Peoria County 23030 16.49
Perry County 1566 9.28
Piatt County 47 0.36
Pike County 54 0.47
Pope County 43 1.40
Pulaski County 1169 28.33
Putnam County 17 0.37
Randolph County 2115 8.74
Richland County 59 0.48
Rock Island County 11260 9.99
St. Clair County 55868 28.35
Saline County 493 2.67
Sangamon County 17793 11.62
Schuyler County 227 4.04
Scott County 1 0.03
Shelby County 45 0.27
Stark County 9 0.21
Stephenson County 3081 8.77
Tazewell County 1197 1.18
Union County 205 1.49
Vermilion County 7067 12.35
Wabash County 33 0.37
Warren County 463 3.49
Washington County 68 0.63
Wayne County 49 0.40
White County 71 0.65
Whiteside County 572 1.31
Will County 60147 11.43
Williamson County 2147 4.09
Winnebago County 26813 12.19
Woodford County 186 0.64