RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Most residents in poverty, Illinois counties · 1990

Illinois counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 1990 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. The median across all 102 is 3,136.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS –

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625724,833–

02St. Clair County, ILIL250,70845,820–

03Madison County, ILIL263,11028,261–

04Champaign County, ILIL209,97226,944–

05Lake County, ILIL719,33926,646–

06Peoria County, ILIL178,55326,561–

07Winnebago County, ILIL283,67425,588–

08Kane County, ILIL525,75721,736–

09Will County, ILIL712,25321,563–

10DuPage County, ILIL934,29821,220–

11Rock Island County, ILIL141,86919,608–

12Sangamon County, ILIL194,17017,639–

13Jackson County, ILIL52,50117,326–

14McLean County, ILIL171,41915,341–

15Macon County, ILIL99,30014,934–

16Vermilion County, ILIL71,25913,449–

17Kankakee County, ILIL105,52512,799–

18LaSalle County, ILIL107,77311,869–

19Tazewell County, ILIL130,04911,296–

20DeKalb County, ILIL101,83510,556–

21Williamson County, ILIL67,2259,123–

22Adams County, ILIL64,2678,692–

23Coles County, ILIL46,6078,650–

24Franklin County, ILIL36,9168,372–

25Knox County, ILIL47,7677,821–

26Marion County, ILIL36,3826,803–

27McDonough County, ILIL25,9166,715–

28Whiteside County, ILIL54,1216,597–

29McHenry County, ILIL317,7516,398–

30Macoupin County, ILIL43,7486,300–

31Jefferson County, ILIL36,1475,944–

32Fulton County, ILIL32,9015,900–

33Henry County, ILIL48,0955,361–

34Saline County, ILIL22,7725,359–

35Stephenson County, ILIL43,2204,761–

36Montgomery County, ILIL28,0764,311–

37Morgan County, ILIL32,5154,075–

38Christian County, ILIL33,4434,030–

39Randolph County, ILIL29,9213,805–

40Bureau County, ILIL32,5103,711–

41Livingston County, ILIL35,0573,665–

42Clinton County, ILIL37,1283,470–

43Alexander County, ILIL4,5703,426–

44Perry County, ILIL20,1603,391–

45Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,330–

46Logan County, ILIL27,1823,320–

47Union County, ILIL16,6563,200–

48Lawrence County, ILIL13,7903,170–

49Pike County, ILIL14,2313,152–

50White County, ILIL13,2503,149–

51Edgar County, ILIL16,3233,136–

52Lee County, ILIL32,9143,035–

53Effingham County, ILIL34,5192,852–

54Fayette County, ILIL20,7902,845–

55Iroquois County, ILIL26,1502,832–

56Warren County, ILIL16,2222,730–

57Mason County, ILIL12,4112,523–

58Hancock County, ILIL16,8032,519–

59Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,482–

60Massac County, ILIL13,5022,470–

61Clay County, ILIL12,7932,426–

62Greene County, ILIL11,3132,379–

63Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,347–

64Richland County, ILIL15,2192,312–

65Pulaski County, ILIL4,8202,271–

66Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,227–

67Boone County, ILIL53,5682,221–

68Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,140–

69Crawford County, ILIL18,6482,051–

70Jersey County, ILIL21,1602,001–

71Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,968–

72Clark County, ILIL15,1141,912–

73Douglas County, ILIL19,8801,874–

74Cass County, ILIL12,4631,864–

75Bond County, ILIL16,9591,809–

76Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,808–

77Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,765–

78Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,752–

79De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,704–

80Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,697–

81Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591,687–

82Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,580–

83Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161,481–

84Jasper County, ILIL9,0321,390–

85Washington County, ILIL13,5641,389–

86Hardin County, ILIL3,5881,388–

87Kendall County, ILIL145,4701,334–

88Ford County, ILIL13,2161,322–

89Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,286–

90Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,237–

91Marshall County, ILIL11,4731,206–

92Pope County, ILIL3,6721,101–

93Monroe County, ILIL34,8401,079–

94Menard County, ILIL11,8631,067–

95Henderson County, ILIL5,9841,048–

96Piatt County, ILIL16,791953–

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898908–

98Stark County, ILIL5,319814–

99Calhoun County, ILIL4,300806–

100Brown County, ILIL6,401789–

101Scott County, ILIL4,866651–

102Putnam County, ILIL5,619433–

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