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Most residents in poverty, Illinois counties · 2000

Illinois counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 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 1990

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625725,396+0%

02St. Clair County, ILIL250,70837,153−19%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33936,863+38%

04DuPage County, ILIL934,29832,699+54%

05Champaign County, ILIL209,97228,870+7%

06Kane County, ILIL525,75727,044+24%

07Winnebago County, ILIL283,67426,782+5%

08Madison County, ILIL263,11025,350−10%

09Peoria County, ILIL178,55325,131−5%

10Will County, ILIL712,25324,731+15%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17017,609−0%

12Rock Island County, ILIL141,86916,046−18%

13Jackson County, ILIL52,50115,031−13%

14Macon County, ILIL99,30014,784−1%

15McLean County, ILIL171,41914,613−5%

16Kankakee County, ILIL105,52511,878−7%

17Vermilion County, ILIL71,25911,145−17%

18LaSalle County, ILIL107,77310,195−14%

19DeKalb County, ILIL101,83510,105−4%

20McHenry County, ILIL317,7519,514+49%

21Coles County, ILIL46,6079,305+8%

22Williamson County, ILIL67,2258,942−2%

23Tazewell County, ILIL130,0498,031−29%

24Adams County, ILIL64,2676,840−21%

25McDonough County, ILIL25,9166,511−3%

26Franklin County, ILIL36,9166,308−25%

27Knox County, ILIL47,7676,215−21%

28Whiteside County, ILIL54,1215,129−22%

29Jefferson County, ILIL36,1474,945−17%

30Marion County, ILIL36,3824,697−31%

31Macoupin County, ILIL43,7484,617−27%

32Stephenson County, ILIL43,2204,384−8%

33Montgomery County, ILIL28,0764,106−5%

34Henry County, ILIL48,0954,092−24%

35Saline County, ILIL22,7723,802−29%

36Fulton County, ILIL32,9013,773−36%

37Ogle County, ILIL51,3993,644+9%

38Morgan County, ILIL32,5153,553−13%

39Livingston County, ILIL35,0573,491−5%

40Randolph County, ILIL29,9213,396−11%

41Christian County, ILIL33,4433,375−16%

42Perry County, ILIL20,1603,041−10%

43Union County, ILIL16,6563,027−5%

44Boone County, ILIL53,5682,928+32%

45Lee County, ILIL32,9142,783−8%

46Effingham County, ILIL34,5192,764−3%

47Iroquois County, ILIL26,1502,735−3%

48Fayette County, ILIL20,7902,660−7%

49Bureau County, ILIL32,5102,578−31%

50Logan County, ILIL27,1822,519−24%

51Alexander County, ILIL4,5702,504−27%

52Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,292−34%

53Crawford County, ILIL18,6482,284+11%

54Pike County, ILIL14,2312,160−31%

55Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,130−14%

56Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,114−33%

57Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,089−6%

58Richland County, ILIL15,2192,080−10%

59Edgar County, ILIL16,3232,076−34%

60Massac County, ILIL13,5022,046−17%

61White County, ILIL13,2501,928−39%

62Greene County, ILIL11,3131,829−23%

63Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,827+8%

64Pulaski County, ILIL4,8201,811−20%

65Grundy County, ILIL54,0521,810−15%

66Clay County, ILIL12,7931,718−29%

67Warren County, ILIL16,2221,717−37%

68Hancock County, ILIL16,8031,673−34%

69Bond County, ILIL16,9591,647−9%

70Kendall County, ILIL145,4701,645+23%

71Cass County, ILIL12,4631,638−12%

72Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,608−18%

73Clark County, ILIL15,1141,559−18%

74Mason County, ILIL12,4111,551−39%

75Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,538−23%

76Woodford County, ILIL38,1111,528−35%

77Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,487−18%

78Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,457−17%

79De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,372−19%

80Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161,333−10%

81Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,329−24%

82Douglas County, ILIL19,8801,267−32%

83Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,121−29%

84Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591,109−34%

85Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,073−17%

86Menard County, ILIL11,8631,028−4%

87Jasper County, ILIL9,032999−28%

88Ford County, ILIL13,216994−25%

89Monroe County, ILIL34,840929−14%

90Washington County, ILIL13,564909−35%

91Hardin County, ILIL3,588893−36%

92Piatt County, ILIL16,791812−15%

93Pope County, ILIL3,672803−27%

94Henderson County, ILIL5,984779−26%

95Marshall County, ILIL11,473732−39%

96Schuyler County, ILIL6,657726−41%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898681−25%

98Brown County, ILIL6,401589−25%

99Stark County, ILIL5,319546−33%

100Scott County, ILIL4,866539−17%

101Calhoun County, ILIL4,300456−43%

102Putnam County, ILIL5,619337−22%

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