Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Illinois counties, Alexander County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (31.67%), followed by St. Clair County (30.56%), and Pulaski County (29.87%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2023
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander County | 31.67 |
| 2 | St. Clair County | 30.56 |
| 3 | Pulaski County | 29.87 |
| 4 | Cook County | 23.32 |
| 5 | Peoria County | 19.51 |
| 6 | Brown County | 19.08 |
| 7 | Macon County | 18.62 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 15.59 |
| 9 | Kankakee County | 15.23 |
| 10 | Champaign County | 14.61 |
| 11 | Winnebago County | 14.42 |
| 12 | Vermilion County | 14.39 |
| 13 | Sangamon County | 14.06 |
| 14 | Johnson County | 12.98 |
| 15 | Will County | 12.93 |
| 16 | Rock Island County | 12.41 |
| 17 | Lawrence County | 10.26 |
| 18 | Stephenson County | 10.23 |
| 19 | Madison County | 9.73 |
| 20 | Kendall County | 9.43 |
| 21 | DeKalb County | 9.34 |
| 22 | McLean County | 9.18 |
| 23 | Knox County | 8.79 |
| 24 | Perry County | 8.46 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 8.43 |
| 26 | Randolph County | 8.32 |
| 27 | Logan County | 7.67 |
| 28 | Lake County | 7.62 |
| 29 | Fayette County | 6.98 |
| 30 | Bond County | 6.72 |
| 31 | Massac County | 6.69 |
| 32 | Morgan County | 6.54 |
| 33 | McDonough County | 6.26 |
| 34 | Kane County | 6 |
| 35 | Lee County | 5.79 |
| 36 | Cass County | 5.68 |
| 37 | DuPage County | 5.58 |
| 38 | Schuyler County | 5.45 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 5.24 |
| 40 | Crawford County | 4.98 |
| 41 | Marion County | 4.52 |
| 42 | Coles County | 4.28 |
| 43 | Adams County | 4.2 |
| 44 | Carroll County | 3.99 |
| 45 | Livingston County | 3.96 |
| 46 | Fulton County | 3.93 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 3.85 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 3.46 |
| 49 | Pope County | 3.26 |
| 50 | Saline County | 3.24 |
| 50 | Warren County | 3.24 |
| 51 | Boone County | 3.19 |
| 52 | LaSalle County | 2.95 |
| 53 | Christian County | 2.78 |
| 54 | Grundy County | 2.65 |
| 55 | Union County | 2.24 |
| 56 | Henry County | 2.08 |
| 57 | McHenry County | 2.04 |
| 58 | Whiteside County | 2.02 |
| 59 | Tazewell County | 1.74 |
| 60 | Hardin County | 1.63 |
| 61 | Ford County | 1.62 |
| 62 | Stark County | 1.5 |
| 63 | Ogle County | 1.48 |
| 64 | Iroquois County | 1.47 |
| 65 | Washington County | 1.41 |
| 66 | Bureau County | 1.4 |
| 67 | Wabash County | 1.36 |
| 68 | Macoupin County | 1.3 |
| 69 | De Witt County | 1.27 |
| 70 | Menard County | 1.24 |
| 71 | Hancock County | 1.12 |
| 72 | Gallatin County | 1.11 |
| 73 | Clark County | 1.09 |
| 74 | Douglas County | 1.08 |
| 74 | Marshall County | 1.08 |
| 74 | Pike County | 1.08 |
| 75 | Richland County | 1.05 |
| 76 | Jo Daviess County | 1.02 |
| 77 | Moultrie County | 1.01 |
| 78 | Piatt County | 0.98 |
| 79 | Wayne County | 0.94 |
| 80 | Jersey County | 0.93 |
| 80 | Mercer County | 0.93 |
| 81 | Edgar County | 0.92 |
| 82 | Woodford County | 0.91 |
| 83 | Scott County | 0.87 |
| 84 | Calhoun County | 0.86 |
| 85 | Hamilton County | 0.85 |
| 86 | Franklin County | 0.83 |
| 87 | Mason County | 0.79 |
| 88 | Greene County | 0.78 |
| 88 | White County | 0.78 |
| 89 | Henderson County | 0.77 |
| 89 | Putnam County | 0.77 |
| 90 | Clay County | 0.75 |
| 91 | Cumberland County | 0.73 |
| 92 | Effingham County | 0.71 |
| 93 | Monroe County | 0.68 |
| 94 | Shelby County | 0.66 |
| 95 | Edwards County | 0.64 |
| 96 | Jasper County | 0.6 |