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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.

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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%

08Champaign County, ILIL209,97215,361+155%

09McLean County, ILIL171,41915,050+162%

10St. Clair County, ILIL250,70814,590+153%

11Winnebago County, ILIL283,67412,345+100%

12Sangamon County, ILIL194,17012,291+107%

13Kendall County, ILIL145,47010,503+114%

14Peoria County, ILIL178,5539,224+152%

15Tazewell County, ILIL130,0496,793+124%

16Rock Island County, ILIL141,8695,514+161%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,735+69%

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5253,956+95%

19Macon County, ILIL99,3003,594+86%

20Vermilion County, ILIL71,2592,983+65%

21Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,655+72%

22Williamson County, ILIL67,2252,625+63%

23LaSalle County, ILIL107,7732,582+32%

24Boone County, ILIL53,5682,426+84%

25Adams County, ILIL64,2672,423+40%

26Monroe County, ILIL34,8402,364+64%

27Jackson County, ILIL52,5012,347+98%

28Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,258+149%

29Stephenson County, ILIL43,2202,117+96%

30Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,098+84%

31Effingham County, ILIL34,5192,036+80%

32Henry County, ILIL48,0951,986+121%

33Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,898+54%

34Macoupin County, ILIL43,7481,842+61%

35Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,555+99%

36Coles County, ILIL46,6071,548−2%

37Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941,297+36%

38Morgan County, ILIL32,5151,287+69%

39Knox County, ILIL47,7671,191+53%

40Jersey County, ILIL21,1601,171+120%

41Livingston County, ILIL35,0571,149+48%

42Franklin County, ILIL36,9161,108+44%

43Christian County, ILIL33,4431,067+109%

44Logan County, ILIL27,1821,043+58%

45Montgomery County, ILIL28,0761,021+45%

46Iroquois County, ILIL26,150927+41%

47Jefferson County, ILIL36,147871+44%

48McDonough County, ILIL25,916869+54%

49Bureau County, ILIL32,510861+25%

50Lee County, ILIL32,914811+31%

51Marion County, ILIL36,382781+25%

52De Witt County, ILIL15,118775+175%

53Mercer County, ILIL15,229734+83%

54Fulton County, ILIL32,901686+50%

55Shelby County, ILIL20,576649+58%

56Fayette County, ILIL20,790645+112%

57Randolph County, ILIL29,921643+86%

58Piatt County, ILIL16,791621+45%

59Menard County, ILIL11,863613+47%

60Hancock County, ILIL16,803586+17%

61Ford County, ILIL13,216574+72%

62Douglas County, ILIL19,880573+26%

63Bond County, ILIL16,959567+32%

64Warren County, ILIL16,222560+20%

65Greene County, ILIL11,313511+34%

66Wayne County, ILIL15,882498+7%

67Lawrence County, ILIL13,790496+103%

68Washington County, ILIL13,564490+76%

69Richland County, ILIL15,219472+28%

70Cumberland County, ILIL10,208451+47%

71Mason County, ILIL12,411435+23%

72Carroll County, ILIL15,419433+27%

73Union County, ILIL16,656418+26%

74Pike County, ILIL14,231387−16%

75Saline County, ILIL22,772384+20%

76Jasper County, ILIL9,032383+5%

77Crawford County, ILIL18,648378−4%

78Calhoun County, ILIL4,300375+70%

79Clark County, ILIL15,114367−3%

80Perry County, ILIL20,160360+93%

81Moultrie County, ILIL14,371349+21%

82Marshall County, ILIL11,473338+57%

83Edgar County, ILIL16,323325−30%

84White County, ILIL13,250324+39%

85Cass County, ILIL12,463314+28%

86Massac County, ILIL13,502308+64%

87Clay County, ILIL12,793244−27%

88Wabash County, ILIL10,907221−10%

89Scott County, ILIL4,866215+52%

90Johnson County, ILIL13,363214−13%

91Stark County, ILIL5,319195−5%

92Putnam County, ILIL5,619188+15%

93Brown County, ILIL6,401156+5%

94Schuyler County, ILIL6,657153+14%

95Pulaski County, ILIL4,820145+37%

96Pope County, ILIL3,672134+109%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898133+7%

98Henderson County, ILIL5,984107−37%

99Hamilton County, ILIL7,85981−69%

100Alexander County, ILIL4,57080−43%

101Gallatin County, ILIL4,61642−5%

102Hardin County, ILIL3,58827−29%

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