RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Most public transit riders, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2020 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 32.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS –

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625446,324–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29833,170–

03Lake County, ILIL719,33915,322–

04Will County, ILIL712,25312,812–

05Kane County, ILIL525,7575,907–

06Champaign County, ILIL209,9725,424–

07McHenry County, ILIL317,7513,263–

08St. Clair County, ILIL250,7083,206–

09Madison County, ILIL263,1101,641–

10Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,289–

11Peoria County, ILIL178,5531,165–

12Kendall County, ILIL145,4701,154–

13Sangamon County, ILIL194,1701,020–

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,8691,015–

15McLean County, ILIL171,419959–

16Kankakee County, ILIL105,525804–

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,835625–

18Macon County, ILIL99,300516–

19Jackson County, ILIL52,501380–

20Tazewell County, ILIL130,049287–

21Vermilion County, ILIL71,259272–

22Clinton County, ILIL37,128202–

23Morgan County, ILIL32,515201–

24Adams County, ILIL64,267179–

25Grundy County, ILIL54,052156–

26Williamson County, ILIL67,225154–

27Stephenson County, ILIL43,220148–

28McDonough County, ILIL25,916143–

29Coles County, ILIL46,607123–

30Whiteside County, ILIL54,121120–

31Franklin County, ILIL36,916110–

32Lee County, ILIL32,91491–

33Saline County, ILIL22,77287–

34Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59487–

35Knox County, ILIL47,76787–

36Ogle County, ILIL51,39986–

37Jefferson County, ILIL36,14776–

38Warren County, ILIL16,22259–

39Logan County, ILIL27,18258–

40Effingham County, ILIL34,51957–

41Boone County, ILIL53,56855–

42Fayette County, ILIL20,79053–

43Bureau County, ILIL32,51051–

44Clay County, ILIL12,79351–

45Perry County, ILIL20,16050–

46Christian County, ILIL33,44347–

47Shelby County, ILIL20,57644–

48Washington County, ILIL13,56443–

49Alexander County, ILIL4,57039–

50Monroe County, ILIL34,84033–

51Hardin County, ILIL3,58832–

52Macoupin County, ILIL43,74829–

53Marion County, ILIL36,38227–

54LaSalle County, ILIL107,77326–

55Montgomery County, ILIL28,07626–

56Hancock County, ILIL16,80325–

57Livingston County, ILIL35,05725–

58Edgar County, ILIL16,32324–

59Wayne County, ILIL15,88224–

60Clark County, ILIL15,11423–

61Henderson County, ILIL5,98420–

62Richland County, ILIL15,21920–

63White County, ILIL13,25020–

64De Witt County, ILIL15,11819–

65Carroll County, ILIL15,41917–

66Iroquois County, ILIL26,15017–

67Massac County, ILIL13,50217–

68Piatt County, ILIL16,79114–

69Lawrence County, ILIL13,79013–

70Greene County, ILIL11,31312–

71Stark County, ILIL5,31912–

72Brown County, ILIL6,40111–

73Hamilton County, ILIL7,85911–

74Crawford County, ILIL18,64810–

75Cumberland County, ILIL10,20810–

76Jersey County, ILIL21,16010–

77Pulaski County, ILIL4,82010–

78Woodford County, ILIL38,1119–

79Pike County, ILIL14,2318–

80Scott County, ILIL4,8668–

81Union County, ILIL16,6568–

82Ford County, ILIL13,2167–

83Mercer County, ILIL15,2297–

84Randolph County, ILIL29,9217–

85Bond County, ILIL16,9595–

86Henry County, ILIL48,0955–

87Gallatin County, ILIL4,6163–

88Calhoun County, ILIL4,3002–

89Cass County, ILIL12,4632–

90Fulton County, ILIL32,9012–

91Johnson County, ILIL13,3632–

92Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711–

93Douglas County, ILIL19,8800–

94Edwards County, ILIL5,8980–

95Jasper County, ILIL9,0320–

96Marshall County, ILIL11,4730–

97Mason County, ILIL12,4110–

98Menard County, ILIL11,8630–

99Pope County, ILIL3,6720–

100Putnam County, ILIL5,6190–

101Schuyler County, ILIL6,6570–

102Wabash County, ILIL10,9070–

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