Illinois Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 620,004 (620.00K) loans totaling $37,288,282,147 ($37.29B) to small businesses in Illinois. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 3,908,719 (3.91M).

As at April 2025, 532.11K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (85.82% of the total number of loans), and a total of $35.25B has been forgiven (94.53% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Cook received the highest ($18,742,155,964), followed by Dupage ($4,322,087,745), and Lake ($2,028,307,777).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Cook received the highest (330,807), followed by Dupage (42,193), and Will (27,265).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Illinois counties.

Illinois Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Illinois Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Cook 330807 18742155964
Dupage 42193 4322087745
Lake 24804 2028307777
Will 27265 1603961205
Kane 17097 1458566459
Winnebago 10851 733437216
Mchenry 9212 669527511
Saint Clair 8483 489015141
Madison 7659 487711787
Peoria 6864 460494429
Sangamon 7609 447467760
Champaign 7243 398529229
Mclean 5886 362806772
Rock Island 3765 278432315
Tazewell 3350 225731816
Kankakee 3686 202745395
La Salle 3577 195397246
Macon 3516 193618616
Dekalb 3609 182633371
Kendall 4304 180981228
Adams 3332 162720564
Effingham 2517 144342938
Williamson 2225 125402852
Grundy 1549 110890544
Vermilion 2483 106664035
Whiteside 2037 100951078
Stephenson 2257 99274010
Ogle 2016 93456874
Henry 2106 89376133
Knox 1850 86618782
Coles 1790 85874564
Livingston 2000 85071640
Woodford 1411 84540246
Jackson 1867 78382974
Clinton 1858 77372626
Jefferson 1813 75051261
Iroquois 2016 74244825
Macoupin 1907 73354173
Morgan 1450 70992383
Lee 1434 70430302
Monroe 1376 69081532
Marion 1468 65745269
Bureau 1578 64605026
Boone 1176 64373114
Randolph 945 61907379
Jo Daviess 1605 61073014
Franklin 962 51537554
Christian 1482 50676984
Montgomery 1398 47942114
Mcdonough 1279 46841688
Crawford 724 42770309
Washington 1085 42246367
Saline 805 39898053
Hancock 1429 39766535
Logan 1051 39095333
Fulton 1419 38236271
Jersey 888 35338772
Fayette 1178 30647842
Carroll 980 30568832
Moultrie 547 30392138
Edgar 793 30031324
White 824 29771967
Pike 1297 29579551
Clark 742 29349446
Douglas 719 28539115
Clay 786 28291125
Richland 976 28069364
Wayne 904 28050253
Shelby 1315 27895251
Perry 593 27274096
Warren 895 27130376
Ford 774 26617860
Wabash 528 26309344
Mercer 931 24930362
Bond 738 24598663
Jasper 1122 24260120
Piatt 601 23679850
Union 597 21912441
Dewitt 512 20330161
Putnam 275 19858727
Lawrence 545 19326228
Mason 695 18992337
Cass 609 17811956
Marshall 524 17515716
Massac 475 16927663
Greene 747 16509540
Hamilton 530 15482544
Stark 464 14649062
Cumberland 645 13694602
Menard 510 13237353
Brown 330 12885441
Edwards 362 11970190
Schuyler 392 10479664
Johnson 426 9617496
Henderson 415 8853772
Scott 306 7145220
Gallatin 230 6836276
Pulaski 229 4779717
Alexander 159 4447104
Calhoun 211 4050388

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Cook had the highest ($17,282,062,723), followed by Dupage ($4,185,626,196), and Will ($1,525,268,177).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Cook had the highest (269,158), followed by Dupage (37,860), and Will (23,500).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Illinois counties.

Illinois Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Illinois Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Cook 269158 17282062723
Dupage 37860 4185626196
Lake 22252 1967570891
Will 23500 1525268177
Kane 14914 1409099521
Winnebago 8924 702667967
Mchenry 8512 649096068
Saint Clair 7398 469330789
Madison 7019 478742755
Peoria 5926 438164087
Sangamon 6745 430372683
Champaign 6308 383026429
Mclean 5371 353939024
Rock Island 3401 267032463
Tazewell 3211 223684218
Kankakee 3199 194147265
La Salle 3405 193453019
Macon 3024 185929675
Dekalb 3203 176256426
Kendall 3765 168007320
Adams 3255 153240872
Effingham 2484 144809166
Williamson 2106 124243123
Grundy 1444 109624808
Vermilion 2168 101859008
Whiteside 1955 100021296
Stephenson 2012 94863779
Ogle 1944 90931809
Henry 2049 85271385
Knox 1707 79217948
Coles 1655 83646972
Livingston 1949 84736113
Woodford 1383 80951840
Jackson 1655 74353250
Clinton 1811 77300553
Jefferson 1709 73758948
Iroquois 1976 74258052
Macoupin 1852 72971646
Morgan 1399 70614516
Lee 1394 70453439
Monroe 1322 68752600
Marion 1407 64688691
Bureau 1532 64127556
Boone 1091 63581502
Randolph 908 61807729
Jo Daviess 1566 60739136
Franklin 925 51304155
Christian 1458 50610333
Montgomery 1382 48098930
Mcdonough 1227 46438912
Crawford 704 42835915
Washington 1067 42399586
Saline 773 39727160
Hancock 1405 39711893
Logan 1007 37818147
Fulton 1396 38177574
Jersey 874 35363490
Fayette 1147 30442813
Carroll 972 28518646
Moultrie 532 30420369
Edgar 780 30123272
White 813 29724895
Pike 1289 29670399
Clark 720 29086836
Douglas 698 27955878
Clay 768 28235641
Richland 966 28143073
Wayne 890 28088427
Shelby 1296 27916419
Perry 573 27222410
Warren 873 26956038
Ford 751 26488094
Wabash 517 26400527
Mercer 919 24952255
Bond 716 24514788
Jasper 1117 24385431
Piatt 582 23520722
Union 587 21911576
Dewitt 495 19823633
Putnam 268 19921849
Lawrence 539 19367901
Mason 678 18902230
Cass 592 17596157
Marshall 515 17506911
Massac 455 16826576
Greene 736 16443195
Hamilton 524 15402413
Stark 460 14665121
Cumberland 635 13600349
Menard 492 13146197
Brown 321 12866867
Edwards 356 11983647
Schuyler 388 10475397
Johnson 418 9549327
Henderson 404 8637696
Scott 300 7116339
Gallatin 227 6824055
Pulaski 212 4559617
Alexander 144 4229153
Calhoun 209 4052281

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Cook had the highest (1,847,880), followed by Dupage (433,149), and Lake (219,063).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Illinois counties.

Illinois Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Illinois Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Cook 1847880
Dupage 433149
Lake 219063
Will 175068
Kane 154417
Winnebago 84866
Mchenry 74386
Saint Clair 54267
Madison 57759
Peoria 54211
Sangamon 52016
Champaign 47999
Mclean 43456
Rock Island 30895
Tazewell 26115
Kankakee 23174
La Salle 22677
Macon 22851
Dekalb 21312
Kendall 21449
Adams 20598
Effingham 18509
Williamson 15850
Grundy 11617
Vermilion 12407
Whiteside 12673
Stephenson 11904
Ogle 10955
Henry 10213
Knox 11153
Coles 10756
Livingston 8879
Woodford 9268
Jackson 10401
Clinton 9896
Jefferson 8648
Iroquois 8112
Macoupin 9098
Morgan 9390
Lee 8301
Monroe 9528
Marion 8043
Bureau 7190
Boone 8235
Randolph 6311
Jo Daviess 8515
Franklin 6975
Christian 6626
Montgomery 6294
Mcdonough 6144
Crawford 4417
Washington 4776
Saline 5214
Hancock 4528
Logan 5550
Fulton 5139
Jersey 4139
Fayette 4236
Carroll 4112
Moultrie 3189
Edgar 3141
White 3347
Pike 3810
Clark 3052
Douglas 3842
Clay 3459
Richland 3734
Wayne 3063
Shelby 3185
Perry 3705
Warren 3400
Ford 2733
Wabash 3212
Mercer 3082
Bond 3392
Jasper 2524
Piatt 2658
Union 3285
Dewitt 2653
Putnam 1799
Lawrence 2413
Mason 2021
Cass 2136
Marshall 2660
Massac 2105
Greene 1990
Hamilton 1923
Stark 1421
Cumberland 1679
Menard 1751
Brown 1375
Edwards 1260
Schuyler 1250
Johnson 1542
Henderson 1038
Scott 721
Gallatin 700
Pulaski 646
Alexander 503
Calhoun 513

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Data Source: SBA.