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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.

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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%

09Peoria County, ILIL178,553971−17%

10Rock Island County, ILIL141,869831−18%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,170799−22%

12Madison County, ILIL263,110761−54%

13Kendall County, ILIL145,470698−40%

14Winnebago County, ILIL283,674628−51%

15McLean County, ILIL171,419609−36%

16Kankakee County, ILIL105,525494−39%

17Macon County, ILIL99,300402−22%

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,835381−39%

19Tazewell County, ILIL130,049266−7%

20Jackson County, ILIL52,501162−57%

21Vermilion County, ILIL71,259154−43%

22Adams County, ILIL64,267135−25%

23Morgan County, ILIL32,515131−35%

24Union County, ILIL16,656131+1538%

25Stephenson County, ILIL43,220129−13%

26Knox County, ILIL47,767105+21%

27LaSalle County, ILIL107,773105+304%

28Williamson County, ILIL67,22598−36%

29Edgar County, ILIL16,32395+296%

30Grundy County, ILIL54,05294−40%

31Lee County, ILIL32,91487−4%

32Whiteside County, ILIL54,12183−31%

33Ogle County, ILIL51,39970−19%

34Boone County, ILIL53,56867+22%

35McDonough County, ILIL25,91664−55%

36Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59463−28%

37Carroll County, ILIL15,41957+235%

38Christian County, ILIL33,44357+21%

39Clinton County, ILIL37,12856−72%

40Warren County, ILIL16,22251−14%

41Franklin County, ILIL36,91650−55%

42Jefferson County, ILIL36,14750−34%

43Macoupin County, ILIL43,74845+55%

44Logan County, ILIL27,18243−26%

45Moultrie County, ILIL14,37140+3900%

46Jasper County, ILIL9,03234–

47Wayne County, ILIL15,88232+33%

48Saline County, ILIL22,77230−66%

49Effingham County, ILIL34,51930−47%

50Henry County, ILIL48,09530+500%

51Jersey County, ILIL21,16029+190%

52Woodford County, ILIL38,11129+222%

53Marion County, ILIL36,38227+0%

54Iroquois County, ILIL26,15025+47%

55White County, ILIL13,25025+25%

56De Witt County, ILIL15,11824+26%

57Livingston County, ILIL35,05724−4%

58Coles County, ILIL46,60723−81%

59Fayette County, ILIL20,79023−57%

60Wabash County, ILIL10,90723–

61Hamilton County, ILIL7,85921+91%

62Bureau County, ILIL32,51020−61%

63Crawford County, ILIL18,64819+90%

64Lawrence County, ILIL13,79019+46%

65Clay County, ILIL12,79317−67%

66Hardin County, ILIL3,58816−50%

67Mason County, ILIL12,41114–

68Pulaski County, ILIL4,82013+30%

69Pike County, ILIL14,23112+50%

70Hancock County, ILIL16,80311−56%

71Shelby County, ILIL20,57611−75%

72Washington County, ILIL13,56411−74%

73Cumberland County, ILIL10,20810+0%

74Ford County, ILIL13,21610+43%

75Putnam County, ILIL5,61910–

76Fulton County, ILIL32,9019+350%

77Piatt County, ILIL16,7919−36%

78Edwards County, ILIL5,8988–

79Henderson County, ILIL5,9847−65%

80Greene County, ILIL11,3137−42%

81Perry County, ILIL20,1607−86%

82Stark County, ILIL5,3197−42%

83Bond County, ILIL16,9594−20%

84Massac County, ILIL13,5024−76%

85Marshall County, ILIL11,4733–

86Randolph County, ILIL29,9213−57%

87Brown County, ILIL6,4012−82%

88Montgomery County, ILIL28,0762−92%

89Monroe County, ILIL34,8401−97%

90Clark County, ILIL15,1141−96%

91Johnson County, ILIL13,3631−50%

92Calhoun County, ILIL4,3000−100%

93Alexander County, ILIL4,5700−100%

94Cass County, ILIL12,4630−100%

95Douglas County, ILIL19,8800–

96Gallatin County, ILIL4,6160−100%

97Menard County, ILIL11,8630–

98Mercer County, ILIL15,2290−100%

99Pope County, ILIL3,6720–

100Richland County, ILIL15,2190−100%

101Schuyler County, ILIL6,6570–

102Scott County, ILIL4,8660−100%

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