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Most residents in poverty, Illinois counties

Illinois counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625699,097−4%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29861,055+87%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33959,539+62%

04Will County, ILIL712,25351,430+108%

05Winnebago County, ILIL283,67444,245+65%

06Kane County, ILIL525,75740,896+51%

07Champaign County, ILIL209,97239,810+38%

08St. Clair County, ILIL250,70834,461−7%

09Madison County, ILIL263,11029,229+15%

10Peoria County, ILIL178,55328,145+12%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17025,565+45%

12McLean County, ILIL171,41922,147+52%

13Rock Island County, ILIL141,86922,129+38%

14McHenry County, ILIL317,75119,461+105%

15Macon County, ILIL99,30015,271+3%

16LaSalle County, ILIL107,77315,127+48%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,83514,905+48%

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,52513,009+10%

19Vermilion County, ILIL71,25912,789+15%

20Tazewell County, ILIL130,04911,750+46%

21Jackson County, ILIL52,50111,137−26%

22Williamson County, ILIL67,2259,197+3%

23Coles County, ILIL46,6078,747−6%

24Adams County, ILIL64,2678,314+22%

25Kendall County, ILIL145,4707,455+353%

26Knox County, ILIL47,7677,146+15%

27Whiteside County, ILIL54,1216,582+28%

28Franklin County, ILIL36,9166,536+4%

29Stephenson County, ILIL43,2206,096+39%

30Macoupin County, ILIL43,7485,792+25%

31Marion County, ILIL36,3825,689+21%

32Boone County, ILIL53,5685,287+81%

33Jefferson County, ILIL36,1474,946+0%

34McDonough County, ILIL25,9164,632−29%

35Morgan County, ILIL32,5154,431+25%

36Randolph County, ILIL29,9214,398+30%

37Saline County, ILIL22,7724,396+16%

38Fulton County, ILIL32,9014,344+15%

39Henry County, ILIL48,0954,335+6%

40Ogle County, ILIL51,3994,305+18%

41Lee County, ILIL32,9144,004+44%

42Livingston County, ILIL35,0573,740+7%

43Logan County, ILIL27,1823,638+44%

44Bureau County, ILIL32,5103,538+37%

45Montgomery County, ILIL28,0763,522−14%

46Perry County, ILIL20,1603,496+15%

47Effingham County, ILIL34,5193,491+26%

48Union County, ILIL16,6563,436+14%

49Christian County, ILIL33,4433,417+1%

50Iroquois County, ILIL26,1503,307+21%

51Fayette County, ILIL20,7903,298+24%

52Grundy County, ILIL54,0523,186+76%

53Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,723+19%

54Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,695+76%

55Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,576+21%

56Warren County, ILIL16,2222,406+40%

57Johnson County, ILIL13,3632,351+61%

58Clay County, ILIL12,7932,286+33%

59Massac County, ILIL13,5022,256+10%

60Crawford County, ILIL18,6482,239−2%

61White County, ILIL13,2502,230+16%

62Carroll County, ILIL15,4192,212+38%

63Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,178+3%

64Pike County, ILIL14,2312,148−1%

65Hancock County, ILIL16,8032,120+27%

66Edgar County, ILIL16,3231,984−4%

67Shelby County, ILIL20,5761,896−9%

68Mason County, ILIL12,4111,891+22%

69Richland County, ILIL15,2191,885−9%

70Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,878+22%

71Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,855+2%

72Bond County, ILIL16,9591,818+10%

73Monroe County, ILIL34,8401,759+89%

74Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,714+15%

75Douglas County, ILIL19,8801,673+32%

76Greene County, ILIL11,3131,666−9%

77Ford County, ILIL13,2161,665+68%

78De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,532+12%

79Cass County, ILIL12,4631,417−13%

80Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,410+94%

81Clark County, ILIL15,1141,397−10%

82Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,383+4%

83Marshall County, ILIL11,4731,331+82%

84Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,321+18%

85Pulaski County, ILIL4,8201,253−31%

86Menard County, ILIL11,8631,224+19%

87Washington County, ILIL13,5641,026+13%

88Piatt County, ILIL16,7911,025+26%

89Jasper County, ILIL9,0321,016+2%

90Edwards County, ILIL5,8981,002+47%

91Hamilton County, ILIL7,859956−14%

92Cumberland County, ILIL10,208939−12%

93Alexander County, ILIL4,570927−63%

94Henderson County, ILIL5,984863+11%

95Gallatin County, ILIL4,616655−51%

96Stark County, ILIL5,319587+8%

97Brown County, ILIL6,401585−1%

98Scott County, ILIL4,866566+5%

99Pope County, ILIL3,672497−38%

100Putnam County, ILIL5,619453+34%

101Hardin County, ILIL3,588395−56%

102Calhoun County, ILIL4,300273−40%

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