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Largest Subsaharan African population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 79 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62580,388+63%

02Will County, ILIL712,25320,201+347%

03Kankakee County, ILIL105,5257,504+2590%

04DuPage County, ILIL934,2986,645+96%

05Lake County, ILIL719,3394,595+123%

06Champaign County, ILIL209,9723,223−38%

07Peoria County, ILIL178,5533,205+420%

08Rock Island County, ILIL141,8693,027+153%

09Winnebago County, ILIL283,6742,853+390%

10McLean County, ILIL171,4192,451+225%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,1702,242+144%

12Kane County, ILIL525,7572,102+24%

13St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,413+2%

14Madison County, ILIL263,1101,160+43%

15McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,144+26%

16Kendall County, ILIL145,470783+92%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,835635+95%

18Macon County, ILIL99,300624+227%

19Knox County, ILIL47,767562−10%

20McDonough County, ILIL25,916384+735%

21Cass County, ILIL12,463352+529%

22Adams County, ILIL64,267323+1246%

23Morgan County, ILIL32,515315+59%

24Jackson County, ILIL52,501288−32%

25Tazewell County, ILIL130,049269+98%

26LaSalle County, ILIL107,773260+9%

27Grundy County, ILIL54,052243+479%

28Whiteside County, ILIL54,121217+26%

29Fulton County, ILIL32,901201+230%

30Williamson County, ILIL67,225190+12%

31Brown County, ILIL6,401174+1640%

32Warren County, ILIL16,222150+369%

33Stephenson County, ILIL43,220145+504%

34Coles County, ILIL46,607139+62%

35Macoupin County, ILIL43,748135+400%

36Vermilion County, ILIL71,259125−77%

37Saline County, ILIL22,772110+77%

38Christian County, ILIL33,44393+21%

39Woodford County, ILIL38,11185+57%

40Lawrence County, ILIL13,79071+223%

41Livingston County, ILIL35,05765−77%

42Logan County, ILIL27,18262−59%

43Johnson County, ILIL13,36356+460%

44Jefferson County, ILIL36,14751+28%

45Marion County, ILIL36,38251−30%

46Boone County, ILIL53,56850−68%

47Randolph County, ILIL29,92149+104%

48Franklin County, ILIL36,91648–

49Henry County, ILIL48,09532−82%

50Montgomery County, ILIL28,07631−11%

51Shelby County, ILIL20,57625+150%

52Richland County, ILIL15,21923–

53White County, ILIL13,25021–

54Bond County, ILIL16,95920−87%

55Pulaski County, ILIL4,82018−57%

56Jersey County, ILIL21,16016−24%

57Fayette County, ILIL20,79015−29%

58Putnam County, ILIL5,61915–

59De Witt County, ILIL15,11813−90%

60Schuyler County, ILIL6,65712–

61Ogle County, ILIL51,39910−89%

62Bureau County, ILIL32,5109–

63Washington County, ILIL13,5649–

64Hardin County, ILIL3,5888−93%

65Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5948+33%

66Lee County, ILIL32,9148−56%

67Hancock County, ILIL16,8037–

68Union County, ILIL16,6565–

69Greene County, ILIL11,3134−87%

70Mason County, ILIL12,4114–

71Massac County, ILIL13,5024−92%

72Henderson County, ILIL5,9843−75%

73Clark County, ILIL15,1143–

74Iroquois County, ILIL26,1503−40%

75Alexander County, ILIL4,5702−97%

76Effingham County, ILIL34,5192–

77Crawford County, ILIL18,6481−99%

78Douglas County, ILIL19,8801–

79Edwards County, ILIL5,8981–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES