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Largest Subsaharan African population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 82 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 73.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62564,290+30%

02Will County, ILIL712,25310,961+143%

03Kankakee County, ILIL105,5258,427+2920%

04DuPage County, ILIL934,2986,067+79%

05Lake County, ILIL719,3394,233+106%

06Rock Island County, ILIL141,8693,020+153%

07Kane County, ILIL525,7572,594+53%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,6742,475+325%

09Champaign County, ILIL209,9722,424−53%

10Madison County, ILIL263,1102,065+155%

11Peoria County, ILIL178,5531,792+191%

12McLean County, ILIL171,4191,640+118%

13St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,601+15%

14Kendall County, ILIL145,4701,060+160%

15Sangamon County, ILIL194,1701,027+12%

16McHenry County, ILIL317,751714−21%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,835682+109%

18Jackson County, ILIL52,501675+60%

19Knox County, ILIL47,767623−1%

20Macon County, ILIL99,300612+220%

21Adams County, ILIL64,267434+1708%

22Warren County, ILIL16,222369+1053%

23Stephenson County, ILIL43,220321+1238%

24Coles County, ILIL46,607288+235%

25McDonough County, ILIL25,916259+463%

26Tazewell County, ILIL130,049253+86%

27Fulton County, ILIL32,901244+300%

28Randolph County, ILIL29,921206+758%

29Whiteside County, ILIL54,121171−1%

30LaSalle County, ILIL107,773166−31%

31Vermilion County, ILIL71,259161−71%

32Cass County, ILIL12,463148+164%

33Livingston County, ILIL35,057136−53%

34Schuyler County, ILIL6,657134–

35Ogle County, ILIL51,399129+40%

36Jefferson County, ILIL36,14796+140%

37Brown County, ILIL6,40188+780%

38Morgan County, ILIL32,51587−56%

39Lee County, ILIL32,91486+378%

40Effingham County, ILIL34,51980–

41Boone County, ILIL53,56873−53%

42Franklin County, ILIL36,91667–

43Grundy County, ILIL54,05267+60%

44Massac County, ILIL13,50259+16%

45Bond County, ILIL16,95953−66%

46Crawford County, ILIL18,64850−25%

47Jersey County, ILIL21,16049+133%

48Macoupin County, ILIL43,74837+37%

49Bureau County, ILIL32,51036–

50Lawrence County, ILIL13,79033+50%

51Richland County, ILIL15,21930–

52Williamson County, ILIL67,22530−82%

53White County, ILIL13,25028–

54Perry County, ILIL20,16026+4%

55Monroe County, ILIL34,84021+50%

56Iroquois County, ILIL26,15018+260%

57Woodford County, ILIL38,11117−69%

58Ford County, ILIL13,21615–

59Saline County, ILIL22,77214−77%

60Logan County, ILIL27,18213−91%

61Marion County, ILIL36,38212−84%

62Clinton County, ILIL37,12811−58%

63Douglas County, ILIL19,88011–

64Christian County, ILIL33,44310−87%

65Henry County, ILIL48,09510−94%

66Mason County, ILIL12,41110–

67Edgar County, ILIL16,3239–

68Greene County, ILIL11,3139−70%

69Johnson County, ILIL13,3639−10%

70Piatt County, ILIL16,7919–

71De Witt County, ILIL15,1187−95%

72Montgomery County, ILIL28,0767−80%

73Fayette County, ILIL20,7906−71%

74Marshall County, ILIL11,4736+100%

75Hancock County, ILIL16,8032–

76Union County, ILIL16,6562–

77Washington County, ILIL13,5642–

78Carroll County, ILIL15,4191−50%

79Henderson County, ILIL5,9841−92%

80Clark County, ILIL15,1141–

81Mercer County, ILIL15,2291−50%

82Putnam County, ILIL5,6191–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS