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Most public transit riders, Illinois counties

Illinois counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of commuters, not the transit share. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 29. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Union County, IL, up 57 places to #24.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS 2020

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625300,955−33%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29818,921−43%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3399,748−36%

04Will County, ILIL712,2537,253−43%

05Kane County, ILIL525,7574,349−26%

06Champaign County, ILIL209,9723,380−38%

07McHenry County, ILIL317,7512,185−33%

08St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,848−42%

09▲2Peoria County, ILIL178,553971−17%

10▲4Rock Island County, ILIL141,869831−18%

11▲2Sangamon County, ILIL194,170799−22%

12▼3Madison County, ILIL263,110761−54%

13▼1Kendall County, ILIL145,470698−40%

14▼4Winnebago County, ILIL283,674628−51%

15McLean County, ILIL171,419609−36%

16Kankakee County, ILIL105,525494−39%

17▲1Macon County, ILIL99,300402−22%

18▼1DeKalb County, ILIL101,835381−39%

19▲1Tazewell County, ILIL130,049266−7%

20▼1Jackson County, ILIL52,501162−57%

21Vermilion County, ILIL71,259154−43%

22▲2Adams County, ILIL64,267135−25%

23Morgan County, ILIL32,515131−35%

24▲57Union County, ILIL16,656131+1538%

25▲2Stephenson County, ILIL43,220129−13%

26▲9Knox County, ILIL47,767105+21%

27▲27LaSalle County, ILIL107,773105+304%

28▼2Williamson County, ILIL67,22598−36%

29▲29Edgar County, ILIL16,32395+296%

30▼5Grundy County, ILIL54,05294−40%

31▲1Lee County, ILIL32,91487−4%

32▼2Whiteside County, ILIL54,12183−31%

33▲3Ogle County, ILIL51,39970−19%

34▲7Boone County, ILIL53,56867+22%

35▼7McDonough County, ILIL25,91664−55%

36▼2Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59463−28%

37▲28Carroll County, ILIL15,41957+235%

38▲8Christian County, ILIL33,44357+21%

39▼17Clinton County, ILIL37,12856−72%

40▼2Warren County, ILIL16,22251−14%

41▼10Franklin County, ILIL36,91650−55%

42▼5Jefferson County, ILIL36,14750−34%

43▲9Macoupin County, ILIL43,74845+55%

44▼5Logan County, ILIL27,18243−26%

45▲47Moultrie County, ILIL14,37140+3900%

46▲49Jasper County, ILIL9,03234–

47▲12Wayne County, ILIL15,88232+33%

48▼15Saline County, ILIL22,77230−66%

49▼9Effingham County, ILIL34,51930−47%

50▲36Henry County, ILIL48,09530+500%

51▲25Jersey County, ILIL21,16029+190%

52▲26Woodford County, ILIL38,11129+222%

53Marion County, ILIL36,382270%

54▲12Iroquois County, ILIL26,15025+47%

55▲8White County, ILIL13,25025+25%

56▲8De Witt County, ILIL15,11824+26%

57Livingston County, ILIL35,05724−4%

58▼29Coles County, ILIL46,60723−81%

59▼17Fayette County, ILIL20,79023−57%

60▲42Wabash County, ILIL10,90723–

61▲12Hamilton County, ILIL7,85921+91%

62▼19Bureau County, ILIL32,51020−61%

63▲11Crawford County, ILIL18,64819+90%

64▲5Lawrence County, ILIL13,79019+46%

65▼21Clay County, ILIL12,79317−67%

66▼15Hardin County, ILIL3,58816−50%

67▲30Mason County, ILIL12,41114–

68▲9Pulaski County, ILIL4,82013+30%

69▲10Pike County, ILIL14,23112+50%

70▼14Hancock County, ILIL16,80311−56%

71▼24Shelby County, ILIL20,57611−75%

72▼24Washington County, ILIL13,56411−74%

73▲2Cumberland County, ILIL10,208100%

74▲8Ford County, ILIL13,21610+43%

75▲25Putnam County, ILIL5,61910–

76▲14Fulton County, ILIL32,9019+350%

77▼9Piatt County, ILIL16,7919−36%

78▲16Edwards County, ILIL5,8988–

79▼18Henderson County, ILIL5,9847−65%

80▼10Greene County, ILIL11,3137−42%

81▼36Perry County, ILIL20,1607−86%

82▼11Stark County, ILIL5,3197−42%

83▲2Bond County, ILIL16,9594−20%

84▼17Massac County, ILIL13,5024−76%

85▲11Marshall County, ILIL11,4733–

86▼2Randolph County, ILIL29,9213−57%

87▼15Brown County, ILIL6,4012−82%

88▼33Montgomery County, ILIL28,0762−92%

89▼39Monroe County, ILIL34,8401−97%

90▼30Clark County, ILIL15,1141−96%

91Johnson County, ILIL13,3631−50%

92▼4Calhoun County, ILIL4,3000−100%

93▼44Alexander County, ILIL4,5700−100%

94▼5Cass County, ILIL12,4630−100%

95▼2Douglas County, ILIL19,8800–

96▼9Gallatin County, ILIL4,6160−100%

97▲1Menard County, ILIL11,8630–

98▼15Mercer County, ILIL15,2290−100%

99Pope County, ILIL3,6720–

100▼38Richland County, ILIL15,2190−100%

101Schuyler County, ILIL6,6570–

102▼22Scott County, ILIL4,8660−100%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES