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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. The median across all 79 is 71. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Christian County, IL, up 26 places to #38.

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Largest Subsaharan African population by state
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%
06▲3Champaign County, ILIL209,9723,223−38%
07▲4Peoria County, ILIL178,5533,205+420%
08▼2Rock Island County, ILIL141,8693,027+153%
09▼1Winnebago County, ILIL283,6742,853+390%
10▲2McLean County, ILIL171,4192,451+225%
11▲4Sangamon County, ILIL194,1702,242+144%
12▼5Kane County, ILIL525,7572,102+24%
13St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,413+2%
14▼4Madison County, ILIL263,1101,160+43%
15▲1McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,144+26%
16▼2Kendall County, ILIL145,470783+92%
17DeKalb County, ILIL101,835635+95%
18▲2Macon County, ILIL99,300624+227%
19Knox County, ILIL47,767562−10%
20▲5McDonough County, ILIL25,916384+735%
21▲11Cass County, ILIL12,463352+529%
22▼1Adams County, ILIL64,267323+1246%
23▲15Morgan County, ILIL32,515315+59%
24▼6Jackson County, ILIL52,501288−32%
25▲1Tazewell County, ILIL130,049269+98%
26▲4LaSalle County, ILIL107,773260+9%
27▲16Grundy County, ILIL54,052243+479%
28▲1Whiteside County, ILIL54,121217+26%
29▼2Fulton County, ILIL32,901201+230%
30▲22Williamson County, ILIL67,225190+12%
31▲6Brown County, ILIL6,401174+1640%
32▼10Warren County, ILIL16,222150+369%
33▼10Stephenson County, ILIL43,220145+504%
34▼10Coles County, ILIL46,607139+62%
35▲13Macoupin County, ILIL43,748135+400%
36▼5Vermilion County, ILIL71,259125−77%
37▲22Saline County, ILIL22,772110+77%
38▲26Christian County, ILIL33,44393+21%
39▲18Woodford County, ILIL38,11185+57%
40▲10Lawrence County, ILIL13,79071+223%
41▼8Livingston County, ILIL35,05765−77%
42▲18Logan County, ILIL27,18262−59%
43▲26Johnson County, ILIL13,36356+460%
44▼8Jefferson County, ILIL36,14751+28%
45▲16Marion County, ILIL36,38251−30%
46▼5Boone County, ILIL53,56850−68%
47▼19Randolph County, ILIL29,92149+104%
48▼6Franklin County, ILIL36,91648–
49▲16Henry County, ILIL48,09532−82%
50▲22Montgomery County, ILIL28,07631−11%
51Shelby County, ILIL20,57625+150%
52▼1Richland County, ILIL15,21923–
53White County, ILIL13,25021–
54▼9Bond County, ILIL16,95920−87%
55Pulaski County, ILIL4,82018−57%
56▼9Jersey County, ILIL21,16016−24%
57▲16Fayette County, ILIL20,79015−29%
58▲24Putnam County, ILIL5,61915–
59▲12De Witt County, ILIL15,11813−90%
60▼26Schuyler County, ILIL6,65712–
61▼26Ogle County, ILIL51,39910−89%
62▼13Bureau County, ILIL32,5109–
63▲14Washington County, ILIL13,5649–
64Hardin County, ILIL3,5888−93%
65Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5948+33%
66▼27Lee County, ILIL32,9148−56%
67▲8Hancock County, ILIL16,8037–
68▲8Union County, ILIL16,6565–
69▼1Greene County, ILIL11,3134−87%
70▼4Mason County, ILIL12,4114–
71▼27Massac County, ILIL13,5024−92%
72▲7Henderson County, ILIL5,9843−75%
73▲7Clark County, ILIL15,1143–
74▼18Iroquois County, ILIL26,1503−40%
75Alexander County, ILIL4,5702−97%
76▼36Effingham County, ILIL34,5192–
77▼31Crawford County, ILIL18,6481−99%
78▼15Douglas County, ILIL19,8801–
79Edwards County, ILIL5,8981–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES