Ranking of Illinois Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (1.20M), followed by Will County (82.09K), and St. Clair County (77.84K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Illinois counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Cook County 1199156
2 Will County 82086
3 St. Clair County 77841
4 Lake County 48390
5 DuPage County 46457
6 Winnebago County 38714
7 Peoria County 33722
8 Champaign County 27672
9 Kane County 26934
10 Sangamon County 25697
11 Madison County 23665
12 Macon County 18552
13 Kankakee County 15873
14 Rock Island County 15630
15 McLean County 14091
16 Kendall County 10316
17 Vermilion County 10015
18 DeKalb County 8089
19 Jackson County 7977
20 McHenry County 4791
21 Stephenson County 4465
22 Knox County 3983
23 Williamson County 3156
24 Jefferson County 2960
25 LaSalle County 2731
26 Adams County 2611
27 Randolph County 2354
28 Morgan County 2015
29 Logan County 2003
30 Tazewell County 1772
31 Coles County 1737
32 Lee County 1720
33 Perry County 1649
34 Johnson County 1606
35 Marion County 1598
36 Alexander County 1576
37 Pulaski County 1553
38 Lawrence County 1427
39 Fayette County 1408
40 McDonough County 1407
41 Boone County 1265
42 Livingston County 1236
43 Fulton County 1156
44 Clinton County 1136
45 Brown County 1105
46 Bond County 1088
47 Montgomery County 957
48 Henry County 941
49 Grundy County 924
50 Massac County 881
51 Crawford County 873
52 Whiteside County 825
53 Christian County 821
54 Saline County 711
55 Cass County 580
56 Ogle County 576
57 Carroll County 557
58 Macoupin County 506
59 Warren County 436
60 Schuyler County 347
61 Union County 330
62 Iroquois County 314
63 Bureau County 310
64 Woodford County 264
65 Franklin County 235
66 Effingham County 193
67 Jersey County 179
68 Monroe County 169
69 Jo Daviess County 158
70 Washington County 156
71 Richland County 145
72 Hancock County 143
73 Douglas County 141
74 Pike County 140
75 Ford County 133
75 Piatt County 133
76 Clark County 131
77 De Witt County 123
78 Wabash County 121
79 Menard County 118
80 Shelby County 113
81 Wayne County 110
82 Edgar County 106
82 Pope County 106
83 Moultrie County 99
84 Mercer County 95
85 Marshall County 87
86 Greene County 85
87 Mason County 82
88 White County 74
89 Clay County 73
90 Hamilton County 60
91 Cumberland County 57
92 Jasper County 56
93 Stark County 47
94 Gallatin County 40
95 Scott County 39
96 Edwards County 34
96 Hardin County 34
97 Putnam County 32
98 Henderson County 28
99 Calhoun County 23