Illinois Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
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.
County | Black Alone Voting-age Population | % of County Voting-age Population |
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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 |