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
#201	Tract 2712	Cook, IL	33.6%
#202	Tract 31	Macon, IL	33.4%
#203	Tract 2522.01	Cook, IL	33.4%
#204	Tract 18	Peoria, IL	33.2%
#205	Tract 6122	Cook, IL	33.2%
#206	Tract 19	Macon, IL	33.2%
#207	Tract 8378	Cook, IL	33.2%
#208	Tract 4303	Cook, IL	32.9%
#209	Tract 9504	Union, IL	32.9%
#210	Tract 4402.01	Cook, IL	32.8%
#211	Tract 8269.01	Cook, IL	32.8%
#212	Tract 4401.01	Cook, IL	32.8%
#213	Tract 6009	Cook, IL	32.8%
#214	Tract 9575	Wabash, IL	32.8%
#215	Tract 4307	Cook, IL	32.7%
#216	Tract 8	Sangamon, IL	32.7%
#217	Tract 8292	Cook, IL	32.7%
#218	Tract 3018.02	Cook, IL	32.6%
#219	Tract 206.01	Cook, IL	32.6%
#220	Tract 29.06	Macon, IL	32.5%
#221	Tract 13.02	McLean, IL	32.5%
#222	Tract 6805	Cook, IL	32.5%
#223	Tract 1911	Cook, IL	32.4%
#224	Tract 8431	Cook, IL	32.4%
#225	Tract 7107	Cook, IL	32.4%
#226	Tract 6607	Cook, IL	32.4%
#227	Tract 8269.02	Cook, IL	32.3%
#228	Tract 228	Rock Island, IL	32.3%
#229	Tract 5	Vermilion, IL	32.2%
#230	Tract 308	Henry, IL	32.0%
#231	Tract 8447	Cook, IL	31.8%
#232	Tract 50	Peoria, IL	31.8%
#233	Tract 1	Vermilion, IL	31.8%
#234	Tract 4024	Madison, IL	31.6%
#235	Tract 27.01	Peoria, IL	31.5%
#236	Tract 5026.02	St. Clair, IL	31.4%
#237	Tract 226	Rock Island, IL	31.4%
#238	Tract 2510	Cook, IL	31.4%
#239	Tract 2518	Cook, IL	31.3%
#240	Tract 117	Kankakee, IL	31.3%
#241	Tract 7102	Cook, IL	31.3%
#242	Tract 4005	Cook, IL	31.2%
#243	Tract 5	Adams, IL	31.2%
#244	Tract 27	Winnebago, IL	31.2%
#245	Tract 8430	Cook, IL	31.2%
#246	Tract 2522.02	Cook, IL	31.2%
#247	Tract 5045.01	St. Clair, IL	31.2%
#248	Tract 6117	Cook, IL	31.1%
#249	Tract 8443.08	DuPage, IL	31.1%
#250	Tract 315.02	Cook, IL	31.0%
#251	Tract 6720	Cook, IL	31.0%
#252	Tract 6912	Cook, IL	30.8%
#253	Tract 213	Rock Island, IL	30.8%
#254	Tract 6706	Cook, IL	30.8%
#255	Tract 22	DeKalb, IL	30.7%
#256	Tract 8313	Cook, IL	30.7%
#257	Tract 2515	Cook, IL	30.6%
#258	Tract 8295	Cook, IL	30.5%
#259	Tract 2511	Cook, IL	30.4%
#260	Tract 6608	Cook, IL	30.4%
#261	Tract 6702	Cook, IL	30.3%
#262	Tract 3806	Cook, IL	30.3%
#263	Tract 1.04	Winnebago, IL	30.3%
#264	Tract 25	Sangamon, IL	30.1%
#265	Tract 4907	Cook, IL	30.1%
#266	Tract 2104	Cook, IL	30.0%
#267	Tract 58	Champaign, IL	30.0%
#268	Tract 11	Coles, IL	30.0%
#269	Tract 18	Winnebago, IL	30.0%
#270	Tract 2909	Cook, IL	30.0%
#271	Tract 9643	LaSalle, IL	30.0%
#272	Tract 2003	Cook, IL	30.0%
#273	Tract 13	DeKalb, IL	30.0%
#274	Tract 6714	Cook, IL	29.9%
#275	Tract 5304	Cook, IL	29.9%
#276	Tract 4105	Cook, IL	29.9%
#277	Tract 8291	Cook, IL	29.9%
#278	Tract 2607	Cook, IL	29.9%
#279	Tract 3814	Cook, IL	29.8%
#280	Tract 54.01	Champaign, IL	29.8%
#281	Tract 4306	Cook, IL	29.7%
#282	Tract 5807	Cook, IL	29.7%
#283	Tract 207	Rock Island, IL	29.6%
#284	Tract 8314	Cook, IL	29.6%
#285	Tract 306	Perry, IL	29.6%
#286	Tract 8340	Cook, IL	29.5%
#287	Tract 6810	Cook, IL	29.5%
#288	Tract 7105	Cook, IL	29.5%
#289	Tract 9516	Morgan, IL	29.5%
#290	Tract 8402	Cook, IL	29.4%
#291	Tract 6716	Cook, IL	29.4%
#292	Tract 4313.01	Cook, IL	29.4%
#293	Tract 8243	Cook, IL	29.4%
#294	Tract 18	Sangamon, IL	29.3%
#295	Tract 23.01	Winnebago, IL	29.3%
#296	Tract 8364	Cook, IL	29.3%
#297	Tract 2924	Cook, IL	29.3%
#298	Tract 8367	Cook, IL	29.2%
#299	Tract 5003	Cook, IL	29.2%
#300	Tract 409	Franklin, IL	29.1%