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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.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERAN POPULATIONVS 2020

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

02Will County, ILIL712,25325,531−8%

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

04Lake County, ILIL719,33925,130−15%

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

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

07Kane County, ILIL525,75716,877−19%

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

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

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

11Peoria County, ILIL178,5538,047−11%

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

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

14McLean County, ILIL171,4197,158−12%

15Tazewell 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%

20Kendall County, ILIL145,4704,537−6%

21DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,092−20%

22Adams County, ILIL64,2673,872−8%

23Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,471−2%

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

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

26Knox County, ILIL47,7672,858−16%

27Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,854−4%

28Henry County, ILIL48,0952,842−15%

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

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

31Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,497−18%

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

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

34Boone County, ILIL53,5682,308−26%

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

36Marion County, ILIL36,3822,199−20%

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

38Coles County, ILIL46,6072,171−33%

39Jackson County, ILIL52,5012,159−33%

40Morgan County, ILIL32,5152,077−8%

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

42Fulton County, ILIL32,9011,934−13%

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

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

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

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

47Lee County, ILIL32,9141,744−15%

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

49Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,632−18%

50Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,485−17%

51Saline County, ILIL22,7721,473−5%

52Logan County, ILIL27,1821,410−14%

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

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

55Perry County, ILIL20,1601,299−5%

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

57Crawford County, ILIL18,6481,170−2%

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

59Fayette County, ILIL20,7901,141−14%

60Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,105−3%

61Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,029−4%

62Richland County, ILIL15,2191,020−6%

63Union County, ILIL16,6561,018−18%

64Washington County, ILIL13,564997−8%

65Douglas County, ILIL19,880988+2%

66Hancock County, ILIL16,803962−23%

67Warren County, ILIL16,222937−13%

68Clark County, ILIL15,114925+5%

69White County, ILIL13,250910−12%

70Pike County, ILIL14,231905−17%

71Massac County, ILIL13,502891−15%

72Bond County, ILIL16,959890−19%

73Johnson County, ILIL13,363886−12%

74Menard County, ILIL11,863885−15%

75Clay County, ILIL12,793880−1%

76Piatt County, ILIL16,791875−12%

77Lawrence County, ILIL13,790874−25%

78Mason County, ILIL12,411835−17%

79Marshall County, ILIL11,473834−13%

80Wayne County, ILIL15,882816−10%

81Ford County, ILIL13,216814−11%

82Edgar County, ILIL16,323753−36%

83Wabash County, ILIL10,907698−23%

84Moultrie County, ILIL14,371694−10%

85Greene County, ILIL11,313675−44%

86Schuyler County, ILIL6,657641+18%

87Cass County, ILIL12,463565−18%

88Cumberland County, ILIL10,208535−8%

89Hamilton County, ILIL7,859478+18%

90Henderson County, ILIL5,984475−19%

91Pulaski County, ILIL4,820458−5%

92Jasper County, ILIL9,032407+4%

93Alexander County, ILIL4,570354−27%

94Stark County, ILIL5,319354+8%

95Pope County, ILIL3,672342−33%

96Calhoun County, ILIL4,300331−16%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898330−19%

98Putnam County, ILIL5,619324−28%

99Scott County, ILIL4,866286−27%

100Hardin County, ILIL3,588263−12%

101Gallatin County, ILIL4,616244−22%

102Brown County, ILIL6,401212−36%

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