RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Largest veteran population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties home to the most civilian veterans 18 and over, as of the 2020 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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01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625152,483–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29829,854–

03Lake County, ILIL719,33929,644–

04Will County, ILIL712,25327,670–

05St. Clair County, ILIL250,70824,717–

06Kane County, ILIL525,75720,944–

07Madison County, ILIL263,11019,598–

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,67416,034–

09McHenry County, ILIL317,75114,661–

10Sangamon County, ILIL194,17011,979–

11Peoria County, ILIL178,5539,015–

12Rock Island County, ILIL141,8698,835–

13Tazewell County, ILIL130,0498,458–

14McLean County, ILIL171,4198,171–

15Champaign County, ILIL209,9728,018–

16LaSalle County, ILIL107,7736,676–

17Macon County, ILIL99,3006,611–

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5256,434–

19Williamson County, ILIL67,2255,244–

20DeKalb County, ILIL101,8355,109–

21Kendall County, ILIL145,4704,852–

22Vermilion County, ILIL71,2594,833–

23Adams County, ILIL64,2674,222–

24Whiteside County, ILIL54,1213,998–

25Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,546–

26Knox County, ILIL47,7673,403–

27Macoupin County, ILIL43,7483,382–

28Henry County, ILIL48,0953,358–

29Jackson County, ILIL52,5013,242–

30Coles County, ILIL46,6073,225–

31Boone County, ILIL53,5683,127–

32Franklin County, ILIL36,9163,059–

33Clinton County, ILIL37,1283,033–

34Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,984–

35Stephenson County, ILIL43,2202,925–

36Jefferson County, ILIL36,1472,766–

37Marion County, ILIL36,3822,749–

38Livingston County, ILIL35,0572,500–

39Christian County, ILIL33,4432,471–

40Morgan County, ILIL32,5152,254–

41Fulton County, ILIL32,9012,221–

42Randolph County, ILIL29,9212,216–

43Monroe County, ILIL34,8402,182–

44Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,133–

45Lee County, ILIL32,9142,055–

46Montgomery County, ILIL28,0761,997–

47Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,989–

48Effingham County, ILIL34,5191,866–

49Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,783–

50McDonough County, ILIL25,9161,683–

51Iroquois County, ILIL26,1501,658–

52Logan County, ILIL27,1821,634–

53Saline County, ILIL22,7721,556–

54Shelby County, ILIL20,5761,531–

55Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,522–

56Perry County, ILIL20,1601,372–

57Fayette County, ILIL20,7901,323–

58Hancock County, ILIL16,8031,249–

59Union County, ILIL16,6561,247–

60Greene County, ILIL11,3131,203–

61Crawford County, ILIL18,6481,192–

62Edgar County, ILIL16,3231,184–

63Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901,158–

64Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,142–

65Bond County, ILIL16,9591,101–

66Pike County, ILIL14,2311,093–

67Richland County, ILIL15,2191,083–

68Warren County, ILIL16,2221,083–

69Washington County, ILIL13,5641,081–

70Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,070–

71Massac County, ILIL13,5021,047–

72White County, ILIL13,2501,039–

73Menard County, ILIL11,8631,038–

74Mason County, ILIL12,4111,007–

75Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,006–

76Piatt County, ILIL16,791989–

77De Witt County, ILIL15,118981–

78Douglas County, ILIL19,880970–

79Marshall County, ILIL11,473962–

80Ford County, ILIL13,216914–

81Wayne County, ILIL15,882911–

82Wabash County, ILIL10,907909–

83Clay County, ILIL12,793892–

84Clark County, ILIL15,114877–

85Moultrie County, ILIL14,371775–

86Cass County, ILIL12,463693–

87Henderson County, ILIL5,984589–

88Cumberland County, ILIL10,208579–

89Schuyler County, ILIL6,657545–

90Pope County, ILIL3,672509–

91Alexander County, ILIL4,570484–

92Pulaski County, ILIL4,820483–

93Putnam County, ILIL5,619447–

94Edwards County, ILIL5,898409–

95Hamilton County, ILIL7,859405–

96Calhoun County, ILIL4,300393–

97Jasper County, ILIL9,032391–

98Scott County, ILIL4,866390–

99Brown County, ILIL6,401331–

100Stark County, ILIL5,319328–

101Gallatin County, ILIL4,616311–

102Hardin County, ILIL3,588298–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS