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
#301	Tract 8549	Kane, IL	29.1%
#302	Tract 8271	Cook, IL	29.1%
#303	Tract 8425	Cook, IL	29.1%
#304	Tract 8020.04	Cook, IL	28.9%
#305	Tract 4	Macon, IL	28.8%
#306	Tract 7	Champaign, IL	28.8%
#307	Tract 9	Knox, IL	28.8%
#308	Tract 103	Champaign, IL	28.7%
#309	Tract 9526	Marion, IL	28.7%
#310	Tract 2105.01	Cook, IL	28.7%
#311	Tract 3812	Cook, IL	28.6%
#312	Tract 1907.02	Cook, IL	28.5%
#313	Tract 4304	Cook, IL	28.5%
#314	Tract 8466.03	DuPage, IL	28.4%
#315	Tract 2301	Cook, IL	28.4%
#316	Tract 6719	Cook, IL	28.4%
#317	Tract 4	Adams, IL	28.4%
#318	Tract 7108	Cook, IL	28.4%
#319	Tract 7	Knox, IL	28.4%
#320	Tract 8277	Cook, IL	28.3%
#321	Tract 6910	Cook, IL	28.2%
#322	Tract 14	Winnebago, IL	28.2%
#323	Tract 2831	Cook, IL	28.0%
#324	Tract 59	McLean, IL	28.0%
#325	Tract 2513	Cook, IL	28.0%
#326	Tract 804	Cook, IL	28.0%
#327	Tract 6504	Cook, IL	28.0%
#328	Tract 4021	Madison, IL	28.0%
#329	Tract 9532	Logan, IL	27.9%
#330	Tract 6306	Cook, IL	27.9%
#331	Tract 4914	Cook, IL	27.9%
#332	Tract 1701	Cook, IL	27.9%
#333	Tract 21	Peoria, IL	27.8%
#334	Tract 8224	Cook, IL	27.8%
#335	Tract 2605	Cook, IL	27.7%
#336	Tract 4603.01	Cook, IL	27.6%
#337	Tract 24	Winnebago, IL	27.6%
#338	Tract 31.04	Peoria, IL	27.6%
#339	Tract 116	Kankakee, IL	27.6%
#340	Tract 4212	Cook, IL	27.5%
#341	Tract 8143	Cook, IL	27.5%
#342	Tract 8265	Cook, IL	27.4%
#343	Tract 2714	Cook, IL	27.4%
#344	Tract 9778	Johnson, IL	27.3%
#345	Tract 307.01	Cook, IL	27.2%
#346	Tract 3405	Cook, IL	27.2%
#347	Tract 4107	Cook, IL	27.1%
#348	Tract 9577	Alexander, IL	27.1%
#349	Tract 60	Champaign, IL	27.0%
#350	Tract 8645.24	Lake, IL	27.0%
#351	Tract 8231.02	Cook, IL	27.0%
#352	Tract 36.02	Winnebago, IL	27.0%
#353	Tract 4301.01	Cook, IL	27.0%
#354	Tract 8302.02	Cook, IL	26.9%
#355	Tract 19	Winnebago, IL	26.8%
#356	Tract 6914	Cook, IL	26.8%
#357	Tract 8363	Cook, IL	26.8%
#358	Tract 4701	Cook, IL	26.8%
#359	Tract 8	Stephenson, IL	26.7%
#360	Tract 5301	Cook, IL	26.6%
#361	Tract 3	Vermilion, IL	26.6%
#362	Tract 36.05	Winnebago, IL	26.5%
#363	Tract 9571	Edwards, IL	26.5%
#364	Tract 8630.04	Lake, IL	26.4%
#365	Tract 3	Winnebago, IL	26.4%
#366	Tract 8822	Will, IL	26.4%
#367	Tract 3404	Cook, IL	26.3%
#368	Tract 8264.01	Cook, IL	26.3%
#369	Tract 4208	Cook, IL	26.3%
#370	Tract 2.02	Sangamon, IL	26.3%
#371	Tract 110.02	Champaign, IL	26.3%
#372	Tract 2315	Cook, IL	26.2%
#373	Tract 3.01	McLean, IL	26.2%
#374	Tract 9504	Iroquois, IL	26.2%
#375	Tract 8411.08	DuPage, IL	26.1%
#376	Tract 306.03	Cook, IL	26.1%
#377	Tract 8809.05	Will, IL	26.1%
#378	Tract 102.02	Cook, IL	26.0%
#379	Tract 2514	Cook, IL	26.0%
#380	Tract 9720	Clay, IL	26.0%
#381	Tract 2517	Cook, IL	26.0%
#382	Tract 8329	Cook, IL	25.9%
#383	Tract 8529.04	Kane, IL	25.9%
#384	Tract 11	Macon, IL	25.9%
#385	Tract 8623	Lake, IL	25.8%
#386	Tract 8629.01	Lake, IL	25.8%
#387	Tract 2506	Cook, IL	25.8%
#388	Tract 2305	Cook, IL	25.8%
#389	Tract 223	Rock Island, IL	25.7%
#390	Tract 9711	Pulaski, IL	25.7%
#391	Tract 6305	Cook, IL	25.6%
#392	Tract 2804	Cook, IL	25.6%
#393	Tract 9737	Greene, IL	25.6%
#394	Tract 8274	Cook, IL	25.6%
#395	Tract 2	Vermilion, IL	25.6%
#396	Tract 12	Stephenson, IL	25.5%
#397	Tract 109	McDonough, IL	25.5%
#398	Tract 4601	Cook, IL	25.5%
#399	Tract 19	Peoria, IL	25.4%
#400	Tract 4309	Cook, IL	25.4%