RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Most remote workers, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties with the most workers 16 and over who worked from home, as of the 2020 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 511.

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01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625195,678–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29849,518–

03Lake County, ILIL719,33934,408–

04Will County, ILIL712,25323,771–

05Kane County, ILIL525,75721,345–

06McHenry County, ILIL317,75113,017–

07Madison County, ILIL263,1107,158–

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,6746,179–

09Champaign County, ILIL209,9726,025–

10Sangamon County, ILIL194,1705,936–

11St. Clair County, ILIL250,7085,775–

12McLean County, ILIL171,4195,746–

13Kendall County, ILIL145,4704,916–

14Peoria County, ILIL178,5533,661–

15Tazewell County, ILIL130,0493,038–

16DeKalb County, ILIL101,8352,804–

17Rock Island County, ILIL141,8692,111–

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5252,031–

19LaSalle County, ILIL107,7731,956–

20Macon County, ILIL99,3001,930–

21Vermilion County, ILIL71,2591,806–

22Adams County, ILIL64,2671,725–

23Williamson County, ILIL67,2251,608–

24Coles County, ILIL46,6071,582–

25Grundy County, ILIL54,0521,542–

26Monroe County, ILIL34,8401,439–

27Boone County, ILIL53,5681,316–

28Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,231–

29Jackson County, ILIL52,5011,183–

30Macoupin County, ILIL43,7481,147–

31Woodford County, ILIL38,1111,140–

32Effingham County, ILIL34,5191,128–

33Stephenson County, ILIL43,2201,080–

34Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594953–

35Clinton County, ILIL37,128908–

36Henry County, ILIL48,095897–

37Whiteside County, ILIL54,121783–

38Knox County, ILIL47,767778–

39Livingston County, ILIL35,057774–

40Franklin County, ILIL36,916768–

41Morgan County, ILIL32,515760–

42Montgomery County, ILIL28,076704–

43Bureau County, ILIL32,510687–

44Logan County, ILIL27,182662–

45Iroquois County, ILIL26,150659–

46Marion County, ILIL36,382625–

47Lee County, ILIL32,914618–

48Jefferson County, ILIL36,147605–

49McDonough County, ILIL25,916565–

50Jersey County, ILIL21,160533–

51Christian County, ILIL33,443511–

52Hancock County, ILIL16,803499–

53Warren County, ILIL16,222465–

54Wayne County, ILIL15,882464–

55Pike County, ILIL14,231463–

56Edgar County, ILIL16,323461–

57Fulton County, ILIL32,901457–

58Douglas County, ILIL19,880456–

59Bond County, ILIL16,959431–

60Piatt County, ILIL16,791429–

61Menard County, ILIL11,863416–

62Shelby County, ILIL20,576412–

63Mercer County, ILIL15,229402–

64Crawford County, ILIL18,648395–

65Greene County, ILIL11,313381–

66Clark County, ILIL15,114377–

67Richland County, ILIL15,219368–

68Jasper County, ILIL9,032364–

69Mason County, ILIL12,411355–

70Randolph County, ILIL29,921345–

71Carroll County, ILIL15,419341–

72Clay County, ILIL12,793335–

73Ford County, ILIL13,216333–

74Union County, ILIL16,656333–

75Saline County, ILIL22,772320–

76Cumberland County, ILIL10,208307–

77Fayette County, ILIL20,790304–

78Moultrie County, ILIL14,371288–

79De Witt County, ILIL15,118282–

80Washington County, ILIL13,564279–

81Hamilton County, ILIL7,859263–

82Johnson County, ILIL13,363246–

83Wabash County, ILIL10,907246–

84Cass County, ILIL12,463245–

85Lawrence County, ILIL13,790244–

86White County, ILIL13,250233–

87Calhoun County, ILIL4,300220–

88Marshall County, ILIL11,473215–

89Stark County, ILIL5,319206–

90Massac County, ILIL13,502188–

91Perry County, ILIL20,160187–

92Henderson County, ILIL5,984170–

93Putnam County, ILIL5,619163–

94Brown County, ILIL6,401149–

95Alexander County, ILIL4,570141–

96Scott County, ILIL4,866141–

97Schuyler County, ILIL6,657134–

98Edwards County, ILIL5,898124–

99Pulaski County, ILIL4,820106–

100Pope County, ILIL3,67264–

101Gallatin County, ILIL4,61644–

102Hardin County, ILIL3,58838–

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