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Highest Black household income, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the median income of households with a Black or African American householder (2024 American Community Survey). Places with fewer than 1,000 Black residents are excluded. This list covers the 42 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 42 is $42,172. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Livingston County, IL, up 38 places to #1.

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YEAR2020 2024

Highest Black household income by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACK HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2020

01▲38Livingston County, ILIL35,057$136,897+608%

02▲34Bond County, ILIL16,959$118,981+410%

03Boone County, ILIL53,568$110,180+49%

04▼2Kendall County, ILIL145,470$96,528+30%

05▲6Johnson County, ILIL13,363$87,835+90%

06Clinton County, ILIL37,128$84,338–

07▼3Will County, ILIL712,253$79,777+26%

08Grundy County, ILIL54,052$78,451–

09▼8McHenry County, ILIL317,751$76,349−23%

10▼5DuPage County, ILIL934,298$71,687+14%

11▼3Kane County, ILIL525,757$70,113+39%

12▼2Lake County, ILIL719,339$62,539+27%

13▲18LaSalle County, ILIL107,773$53,750+101%

14▼2Cook County, ILIL5,194,625$51,523+23%

15▲10Madison County, ILIL263,110$48,238+59%

16Lee County, ILIL32,914$46,702–

17▲2St. Clair County, ILIL250,708$46,611+47%

18▼5Tazewell County, ILIL130,049$46,389+18%

19▲8Alexander County, ILIL4,570$44,848+54%

20Perry County, ILIL20,160$42,411–

21▼4Champaign County, ILIL209,972$42,172+29%

22▼6Kankakee County, ILIL105,525$41,243+22%

23▼5Rock Island County, ILIL141,869$40,348+23%

24▼3McDonough County, ILIL25,916$37,917+21%

25▲15Knox County, ILIL47,767$37,206+107%

26Peoria County, ILIL178,553$37,081+26%

27▼4Macon County, ILIL99,300$36,575+20%

28▼6Winnebago County, ILIL283,674$35,615+16%

29▼22Randolph County, ILIL29,921$35,459−31%

30▲4Adams County, ILIL64,267$34,808+35%

31▼16Coles County, ILIL46,607$34,407−5%

32▲3Jackson County, ILIL52,501$34,138+41%

33▼3Sangamon County, ILIL194,170$33,276+21%

34▼6McLean County, ILIL171,419$31,971+11%

35▼2Vermilion County, ILIL71,259$31,798+21%

36▼4Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$31,766+20%

37▼17Jefferson County, ILIL36,147$30,375−3%

38▼9Morgan County, ILIL32,515$28,3040%

39▼1Williamson County, ILIL67,225$27,685+26%

40▼3Stephenson County, ILIL43,220$24,981+12%

41▼27Marion County, ILIL36,382$24,375−38%

42▼18DeKalb County, ILIL101,835$22,944−25%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES