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Most remote workers, Illinois counties

Illinois counties with the most workers 16 and over who worked from home, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of workers, not the remote-work share. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 781. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: De Witt County, IL, up 27 places to #52.

SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Most remote workers by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPREMOTE WORKERSVS 2020
01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625480,070+145%
02DuPage County, ILIL934,298102,250+106%
03Lake County, ILIL719,33970,334+104%
04Will County, ILIL712,25352,068+119%
05Kane County, ILIL525,75742,136+97%
06McHenry County, ILIL317,75126,352+102%
07Madison County, ILIL263,11016,059+124%
08▲1Champaign County, ILIL209,97215,361+155%
09▲3McLean County, ILIL171,41915,050+162%
10▲1St. Clair County, ILIL250,70814,590+153%
11▼3Winnebago County, ILIL283,67412,345+100%
12▼2Sangamon County, ILIL194,17012,291+107%
13Kendall County, ILIL145,47010,503+114%
14Peoria County, ILIL178,5539,224+152%
15Tazewell County, ILIL130,0496,793+124%
16▲1Rock Island County, ILIL141,8695,514+161%
17▼1DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,735+69%
18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5253,956+95%
19▲1Macon County, ILIL99,3003,594+86%
20▲1Vermilion County, ILIL71,2592,983+65%
21▲4Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,655+72%
22▲1Williamson County, ILIL67,2252,625+63%
23▼4LaSalle County, ILIL107,7732,582+32%
24▲3Boone County, ILIL53,5682,426+84%
25▼3Adams County, ILIL64,2672,423+40%
26Monroe County, ILIL34,8402,364+64%
27▲2Jackson County, ILIL52,5012,347+98%
28▲7Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,258+149%
29▲4Stephenson County, ILIL43,2202,117+96%
30▲1Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,098+84%
31▲1Effingham County, ILIL34,5192,036+80%
32▲4Henry County, ILIL48,0951,986+121%
33▼5Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,898+54%
34▼4Macoupin County, ILIL43,7481,842+61%
35▲2Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,555+99%
36▼12Coles County, ILIL46,6071,548−2%
37▼3Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,297+36%
38▲3Morgan County, ILIL32,5151,287+69%
39▼1Knox County, ILIL47,7671,191+53%
40▲10Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,171+120%
41▼2Livingston County, ILIL35,0571,149+48%
42▼2Franklin County, ILIL36,9161,108+44%
43▲8Christian County, ILIL33,4431,067+109%
44Logan County, ILIL27,1821,043+58%
45▼3Montgomery County, ILIL28,0761,021+45%
46▼1Iroquois County, ILIL26,150927+41%
47▲1Jefferson County, ILIL36,147871+44%
48▲1McDonough County, ILIL25,916869+54%
49▼6Bureau County, ILIL32,510861+25%
50▼3Lee County, ILIL32,914811+31%
51▼5Marion County, ILIL36,382781+25%
52▲27De Witt County, ILIL15,118775+175%
53▲10Mercer County, ILIL15,229734+83%
54▲3Fulton County, ILIL32,901686+50%
55▲7Shelby County, ILIL20,576649+58%
56▲21Fayette County, ILIL20,790645+112%
57▲13Randolph County, ILIL29,921643+86%
58▲2Piatt County, ILIL16,791621+45%
59▲2Menard County, ILIL11,863613+47%
60▼8Hancock County, ILIL16,803586+17%
61▲12Ford County, ILIL13,216574+72%
62▼4Douglas County, ILIL19,880573+26%
63▼4Bond County, ILIL16,959567+32%
64▼11Warren County, ILIL16,222560+20%
65Greene County, ILIL11,313511+34%
66▼12Wayne County, ILIL15,882498+7%
67▲18Lawrence County, ILIL13,790496+103%
68▲12Washington County, ILIL13,564490+76%
69▼2Richland County, ILIL15,219472+28%
70▲6Cumberland County, ILIL10,208451+47%
71▼2Mason County, ILIL12,411435+23%
72▼1Carroll County, ILIL15,419433+27%
73▲1Union County, ILIL16,656418+26%
74▼19Pike County, ILIL14,231387−16%
75Saline County, ILIL22,772384+20%
76▼8Jasper County, ILIL9,032383+5%
77▼13Crawford County, ILIL18,648378−4%
78▲9Calhoun County, ILIL4,300375+70%
79▼13Clark County, ILIL15,114367−3%
80▲11Perry County, ILIL20,160360+93%
81▼3Moultrie County, ILIL14,371349+21%
82▲6Marshall County, ILIL11,473338+57%
83▼27Edgar County, ILIL16,323325−30%
84▲2White County, ILIL13,250324+39%
85▼1Cass County, ILIL12,463314+28%
86▲4Massac County, ILIL13,502308+64%
87▼15Clay County, ILIL12,793244−27%
88▼5Wabash County, ILIL10,907221−10%
89▲7Scott County, ILIL4,866215+52%
90▼8Johnson County, ILIL13,363214−13%
91▼2Stark County, ILIL5,319195−5%
92▲1Putnam County, ILIL5,619188+15%
93▲1Brown County, ILIL6,401156+5%
94▲3Schuyler County, ILIL6,657153+14%
95▲4Pulaski County, ILIL4,820145+37%
96▲4Pope County, ILIL3,672134+109%
97▲1Edwards County, ILIL5,898133+7%
98▼6Henderson County, ILIL5,984107−37%
99▼18Hamilton County, ILIL7,85981−69%
100▼5Alexander County, ILIL4,57080−43%
101Gallatin County, ILIL4,61642−5%
102Hardin County, ILIL3,58827−29%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES