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Most residents in poverty, Illinois counties · 2010

Illinois counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2010 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, ILIL5,194,625793,291+9%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29852,116+59%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33949,279+34%

04Kane County, ILIL525,75747,066+74%

05Winnebago County, ILIL283,67446,938+75%

06Will County, ILIL712,25344,638+80%

07St. Clair County, ILIL250,70841,867+13%

08Champaign County, ILIL209,97241,295+43%

09Madison County, ILIL263,11034,793+37%

10Peoria County, ILIL178,55326,971+7%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17026,394+50%

12McLean County, ILIL171,41921,867+50%

13McHenry County, ILIL317,75119,063+100%

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,86918,186+13%

15Macon County, ILIL99,30017,425+18%

16Jackson County, ILIL52,50117,137+14%

17Kankakee County, ILIL105,52516,989+43%

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,83515,391+52%

19Vermilion County, ILIL71,25915,296+37%

20LaSalle County, ILIL107,77312,333+21%

21Williamson County, ILIL67,22511,051+24%

22Coles County, ILIL46,60710,929+17%

23Tazewell County, ILIL130,04910,686+33%

24Adams County, ILIL64,2678,258+21%

25Knox County, ILIL47,7678,214+32%

26Franklin County, ILIL36,9167,834+24%

27McDonough County, ILIL25,9167,721+19%

28Stephenson County, ILIL43,2207,072+61%

29Jefferson County, ILIL36,1476,632+34%

30Whiteside County, ILIL54,1216,529+27%

31Marion County, ILIL36,3826,510+39%

32Morgan County, ILIL32,5155,847+65%

33Christian County, ILIL33,4435,769+71%

34Macoupin County, ILIL43,7485,753+25%

35Boone County, ILIL53,5685,621+92%

36Henry County, ILIL48,0955,234+28%

37Fulton County, ILIL32,9015,098+35%

38Ogle County, ILIL51,3994,768+31%

39Saline County, ILIL22,7724,574+20%

40Kendall County, ILIL145,4704,520+175%

41Livingston County, ILIL35,0574,267+22%

42Montgomery County, ILIL28,0764,229+3%

43Bureau County, ILIL32,5103,880+51%

44Union County, ILIL16,6563,757+24%

45Effingham County, ILIL34,5193,603+30%

46Fayette County, ILIL20,7903,566+34%

47Randolph County, ILIL29,9213,487+3%

48Grundy County, ILIL54,0523,474+92%

49Lee County, ILIL32,9143,471+25%

50Crawford County, ILIL18,6483,350+47%

51Perry County, ILIL20,1603,136+3%

52Iroquois County, ILIL26,1502,984+9%

53Logan County, ILIL27,1822,980+18%

54Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,956+29%

55Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,941+39%

56Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,707+77%

57Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,537+21%

58Pike County, ILIL14,2312,534+17%

59Edgar County, ILIL16,3232,509+21%

60Hancock County, ILIL16,8032,413+44%

61Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,390+12%

62Warren County, ILIL16,2222,366+38%

63Clay County, ILIL12,7932,246+31%

64Richland County, ILIL15,2192,236+8%

65Mason County, ILIL12,4112,230+44%

66White County, ILIL13,2502,167+12%

67Massac County, ILIL13,5022,118+4%

68Greene County, ILIL11,3132,092+14%

69Douglas County, ILIL19,8802,033+60%

70Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,946+27%

71Bond County, ILIL16,9591,912+16%

72Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,903+28%

73Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,799+12%

74Clark County, ILIL15,1141,782+14%

75Cass County, ILIL12,4631,759+7%

76Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,707+17%

77Alexander County, ILIL4,5701,656−34%

78Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,631+45%

79Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,553−15%

80Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,533+15%

81Monroe County, ILIL34,8401,481+59%

82De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,420+3%

83Pulaski County, ILIL4,8201,398−23%

84Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,377+28%

85Washington County, ILIL13,5641,343+48%

86Piatt County, ILIL16,7911,273+57%

87Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591,224+10%

88Marshall County, ILIL11,4731,205+65%

89Ford County, ILIL13,2161,167+17%

90Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,060+46%

91Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161,005−25%

92Menard County, ILIL11,863978−5%

93Hardin County, ILIL3,588962+8%

94Henderson County, ILIL5,984837+7%

95Brown County, ILIL6,401831+41%

96Jasper County, ILIL9,032825−17%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898820+20%

98Stark County, ILIL5,319671+23%

99Putnam County, ILIL5,619652+93%

100Calhoun County, ILIL4,300595+30%

101Pope County, ILIL3,672552−31%

102Scott County, ILIL4,866486−10%

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