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Largest veteran population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties home to the most civilian veterans 18 and over, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of veterans, not the veteran share. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 1,473. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: De Witt County, IL, up 21 places to #56.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERAN POPULATIONVS 2020

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625132,321−13%

02▲2Will County, ILIL712,25325,531−8%

03▼1DuPage County, ILIL934,29825,169−16%

04▼1Lake County, ILIL719,33925,130−15%

05St. Clair County, ILIL250,70821,939−11%

06▲1Madison County, ILIL263,11017,114−13%

07▼1Kane County, ILIL525,75716,877−19%

08▲1McHenry County, ILIL317,75113,409−9%

09▼1Winnebago County, ILIL283,67413,120−18%

10Sangamon County, ILIL194,1709,968−17%

11Peoria County, ILIL178,5538,047−11%

12Rock Island County, ILIL141,8697,839−11%

13▲2Champaign County, ILIL209,9727,227−10%

14McLean County, ILIL171,4197,158−12%

15▼2Tazewell County, ILIL130,0497,061−17%

16LaSalle County, ILIL107,7736,555−2%

17Macon County, ILIL99,3005,383−19%

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5255,358−17%

19Williamson County, ILIL67,2254,588−13%

20▲1Kendall County, ILIL145,4704,537−6%

21▼1DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,092−20%

22▲1Adams County, ILIL64,2673,872−8%

23▲2Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,471−2%

24▼2Vermilion County, ILIL71,2593,469−28%

25▼1Whiteside County, ILIL54,1213,468−13%

26Knox County, ILIL47,7672,858−16%

27▲7Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,854−4%

28Henry County, ILIL48,0952,842−15%

29▼2Macoupin County, ILIL43,7482,674−21%

30▲5Stephenson County, ILIL43,2202,567−12%

31▲2Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,497−18%

32Franklin County, ILIL36,9162,380−22%

33▲10Monroe County, ILIL34,8402,373+9%

34▼3Boone County, ILIL53,5682,308−26%

35▲4Christian County, ILIL33,4432,224−10%

36▲1Marion County, ILIL36,3822,199−20%

37▼1Jefferson County, ILIL36,1472,196−21%

38▼8Coles County, ILIL46,6072,171−33%

39▼10Jackson County, ILIL52,5012,159−33%

40Morgan County, ILIL32,5152,077−8%

41▼3Livingston County, ILIL35,0571,940−22%

42▼1Fulton County, ILIL32,9011,934−13%

43▲3Montgomery County, ILIL28,0761,917−4%

44▼2Randolph County, ILIL29,9211,891−15%

45▼1Woodford County, ILIL38,1111,831−14%

46▲2Effingham County, ILIL34,5191,799−4%

47▼2Lee County, ILIL32,9141,744−15%

48▲6Shelby County, ILIL20,5761,695+11%

49▼2Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,632−18%

50▼1Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,485−17%

51▲2Saline County, ILIL22,7721,473−5%

52Logan County, ILIL27,1821,410−14%

53▼2Iroquois County, ILIL26,1501,392−16%

54▲1Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,305−14%

55▲1Perry County, ILIL20,1601,299−5%

56▲21De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,208+23%

57▲4Crawford County, ILIL18,6481,170−2%

58▼8McDonough County, ILIL25,9161,153−31%

59▼2Fayette County, ILIL20,7901,141−14%

60▲4Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,105−3%

61▲9Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,029−4%

62▲5Richland County, ILIL15,2191,020−6%

63▼4Union County, ILIL16,6561,018−18%

64▲5Washington County, ILIL13,564997−8%

65▲13Douglas County, ILIL19,880988+2%

66▼8Hancock County, ILIL16,803962−23%

67▲1Warren County, ILIL16,222937−13%

68▲16Clark County, ILIL15,114925+5%

69▲3White County, ILIL13,250910−12%

70▼4Pike County, ILIL14,231905−17%

71Massac County, ILIL13,502891−15%

72▼7Bond County, ILIL16,959890−19%

73▲2Johnson County, ILIL13,363886−12%

74▼1Menard County, ILIL11,863885−15%

75▲8Clay County, ILIL12,793880−1%

76Piatt County, ILIL16,791875−12%

77▼14Lawrence County, ILIL13,790874−25%

78▼4Mason County, ILIL12,411835−17%

79Marshall County, ILIL11,473834−13%

80▲1Wayne County, ILIL15,882816−10%

81▼1Ford County, ILIL13,216814−11%

82▼20Edgar County, ILIL16,323753−36%

83▼1Wabash County, ILIL10,907698−23%

84▲1Moultrie County, ILIL14,371694−10%

85▼25Greene County, ILIL11,313675−44%

86▲3Schuyler County, ILIL6,657641+18%

87▼1Cass County, ILIL12,463565−18%

88Cumberland County, ILIL10,208535−8%

89▲6Hamilton County, ILIL7,859478+18%

90▼3Henderson County, ILIL5,984475−19%

91▲1Pulaski County, ILIL4,820458−5%

92▲5Jasper County, ILIL9,032407+4%

93▼2Alexander County, ILIL4,570354−27%

94▲6Stark County, ILIL5,319354+8%

95▼5Pope County, ILIL3,672342−33%

96Calhoun County, ILIL4,300331−16%

97▼3Edwards County, ILIL5,898330−19%

98▼5Putnam County, ILIL5,619324−28%

99▼1Scott County, ILIL4,866286−27%

100▲2Hardin County, ILIL3,588263−12%

101Gallatin County, ILIL4,616244−22%

102▼3Brown County, ILIL6,401212−36%

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