Census tract rankings · Illinois

Highest-poverty census tracts in Illinois

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to Illinois, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 9800	McDonough, IL	100.0%
#2	Tract 4.02	Champaign, IL	89.0%
#3	Tract 3.01	Champaign, IL	88.5%
#4	Tract 4.01	Champaign, IL	87.5%
#5	Tract 8369	Cook, IL	74.5%
#6	Tract 59.01	Champaign, IL	70.6%
#7	Tract 2	McLean, IL	67.8%
#8	Tract 8819	Will, IL	66.9%
#9	Tract 3.02	Champaign, IL	65.1%
#10	Tract 59.02	Champaign, IL	64.0%
#11	Tract 2604	Cook, IL	63.8%
#12	Tract 5401.02	Cook, IL	63.4%
#13	Tract 1.06	McLean, IL	62.7%
#14	Tract 10.03	DeKalb, IL	62.6%
#15	Tract 4008	Cook, IL	61.4%
#16	Tract 26	Winnebago, IL	61.3%
#17	Tract 5401.01	Cook, IL	60.9%
#18	Tract 6711	Cook, IL	59.1%
#19	Tract 4	McLean, IL	58.0%
#20	Tract 2705	Cook, IL	57.2%
#21	Tract 16	Peoria, IL	57.2%
#22	Tract 111	Jackson, IL	56.9%
#23	Tract 8339	Cook, IL	56.9%
#24	Tract 3406	Cook, IL	56.7%
#25	Tract 5028	St. Clair, IL	56.7%
#26	Tract 10.02	DeKalb, IL	56.2%
#27	Tract 3602	Cook, IL	55.9%
#28	Tract 23	Sangamon, IL	55.9%
#29	Tract 117.02	Jackson, IL	55.6%
#30	Tract 3504	Cook, IL	55.5%
#31	Tract 12	Winnebago, IL	55.3%
#32	Tract 51	Peoria, IL	55.0%
#33	Tract 6703	Cook, IL	54.6%
#34	Tract 8628	Lake, IL	54.1%
#35	Tract 3511	Cook, IL	53.9%
#36	Tract 4205	Cook, IL	53.1%
#37	Tract 2912	Cook, IL	52.4%
#38	Tract 4408	Cook, IL	52.4%
#39	Tract 8355	Cook, IL	52.4%
#40	Tract 11	Winnebago, IL	51.6%
#41	Tract 4	Vermilion, IL	51.2%
#42	Tract 235	Rock Island, IL	50.8%
#43	Tract 5045.02	St. Clair, IL	50.3%
#44	Tract 53	Champaign, IL	50.0%
#45	Tract 112	Jackson, IL	48.9%
#46	Tract 114	Jackson, IL	48.7%
#47	Tract 42	Sangamon, IL	48.6%
#48	Tract 5305.01	Cook, IL	48.6%
#49	Tract 4313.02	Cook, IL	48.4%
#50	Tract 5046	St. Clair, IL	48.2%
#51	Tract 8820	Will, IL	48.1%
#52	Tract 6812	Cook, IL	47.8%
#53	Tract 8387	Cook, IL	47.8%
#54	Tract 9	Macon, IL	47.1%
#55	Tract 2609	Cook, IL	47.1%
#56	Tract 5009	St. Clair, IL	47.1%
#57	Tract 3	Peoria, IL	46.9%
#58	Tract 6114	Cook, IL	46.9%
#59	Tract 7.02	Coles, IL	46.7%
#60	Tract 6915	Cook, IL	46.7%
#61	Tract 8374	Cook, IL	46.6%
#62	Tract 21	Winnebago, IL	46.3%
#63	Tract 21	Macon, IL	45.9%
#64	Tract 3802	Cook, IL	45.9%
#65	Tract 315.01	Cook, IL	45.9%
#66	Tract 205	Cook, IL	45.3%
#67	Tract 2312	Cook, IL	45.1%
#68	Tract 7	Adams, IL	44.9%
#69	Tract 4004	Cook, IL	44.9%
#70	Tract 17	Whiteside, IL	44.8%
#71	Tract 3009	Cook, IL	44.7%
#72	Tract 114	Kankakee, IL	44.6%
#73	Tract 8388	Cook, IL	44.6%
#74	Tract 6119	Cook, IL	44.4%
#75	Tract 8266	Cook, IL	44.3%
#76	Tract 6701	Cook, IL	44.3%
#77	Tract 25	Winnebago, IL	44.3%
#78	Tract 236	Rock Island, IL	44.2%
#79	Tract 1.08	McLean, IL	43.5%
#80	Tract 111	Champaign, IL	43.4%
#81	Tract 6	Peoria, IL	43.4%
#82	Tract 244	Rock Island, IL	43.3%
#83	Tract 4007	Madison, IL	43.3%
#84	Tract 10	Winnebago, IL	43.1%
#85	Tract 4909.01	Cook, IL	43.1%
#86	Tract 6609	Cook, IL	42.9%
#87	Tract 3903	Cook, IL	42.8%
#88	Tract 510	Jefferson, IL	42.7%
#89	Tract 4610	Cook, IL	42.7%
#90	Tract 6811	Cook, IL	42.6%
#91	Tract 8380	Cook, IL	42.6%
#92	Tract 6	Sangamon, IL	42.4%
#93	Tract 5004	St. Clair, IL	42.4%
#94	Tract 6718	Cook, IL	42.4%
#95	Tract 8429	Cook, IL	42.3%
#96	Tract 4401.02	Cook, IL	42.2%
#97	Tract 8386	Cook, IL	42.2%
#98	Tract 2307	Cook, IL	42.2%
#99	Tract 8345	Cook, IL	42.0%
#100	Tract 2	Champaign, IL	41.8%