Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Illinois by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | N/A | 11.8 | 1,467,893 | 24 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| Monroe County | Urban | 4.3 | 1,481 | 24 |
| Kendall County | Urban | 4.7 | 6,280 | 40 |
| Grundy County | Urban | 6.0 | 3,114 | 106 |
| McHenry County | Urban | 6.0 | 18,641 | 109 |
| DuPage County | Urban | 6.3 | 57,674 | 131 |
| Will County | Urban | 6.7 | 45,737 | 173 |
| Piatt County | Urban | 7.2 | 1,189 | 242 |
| Clinton County | Urban | 7.2 | 2,531 | 252 |
| Woodford County | Urban | 7.5 | 2,788 | 288 |
| Jo Daviess County | Rural | 7.8 | 1,689 | 338 |
| Lake County | Urban | 7.8 | 54,519 | 348 |
| Menard County | Urban | 7.9 | 964 | 370 |
| Washington County | Rural | 8.0 | 1,082 | 378 |
| Mercer County | Urban | 8.0 | 1,244 | 386 |
| Jersey County | Urban | 8.1 | 1,655 | 393 |
| Ogle County | Rural | 8.3 | 4,234 | 430 |
| Kane County | Urban | 8.3 | 42,558 | 434 |
| Calhoun County | Urban | 8.4 | 364 | 444 |
| Tazewell County | Urban | 8.7 | 11,195 | 508 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 8.8 | 492 | 517 |
| Clark County | Rural | 9.0 | 1,371 | 570 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 9.1 | 575 | 581 |
| Moultrie County | Rural | 9.2 | 1,307 | 595 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 9.2 | 845 | 599 |
| Henry County | Urban | 9.2 | 4,461 | 611 |
| Douglas County | Rural | 9.5 | 1,833 | 660 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 9.6 | 1,632 | 686 |
| Cumberland County | Rural | 9.7 | 1,000 | 726 |
| Boone County | Urban | 9.8 | 5,150 | 727 |
| Brown County | Rural | 10.0 | 465 | 787 |
| De Witt County | Rural | 10.2 | 1,557 | 812 |
| Livingston County | Rural | 10.2 | 3,451 | 815 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 10.3 | 2,138 | 832 |
| Iroquois County | Rural | 10.7 | 2,823 | 918 |
| Effingham County | Rural | 10.8 | 3,680 | 934 |
| Scott County | Rural | 11.0 | 531 | 982 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 11.2 | 1,641 | 1,049 |
| Hardin County | Rural | 11.5 | 414 | 1,120 |
| Logan County | Rural | 11.5 | 2,842 | 1,122 |
| Whiteside County | Rural | 11.6 | 6,327 | 1,150 |
| Edgar County | Rural | 11.8 | 1,946 | 1,189 |
| Christian County | Rural | 11.9 | 3,816 | 1,206 |
| Madison County | Urban | 12.0 | 31,245 | 1,245 |
| Adams County | Rural | 12.1 | 7,731 | 1,255 |
| Ford County | Urban | 12.1 | 1,578 | 1,268 |
| Cass County | Rural | 12.3 | 1,577 | 1,309 |
| Marshall County | Urban | 12.3 | 1,390 | 1,312 |
| Stark County | Urban | 12.5 | 657 | 1,371 |
| Lee County | Rural | 12.5 | 3,931 | 1,375 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 12.5 | 3,428 | 1,380 |
| Bureau County | Rural | 12.6 | 4,128 | 1,397 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 12.9 | 1,021 | 1,449 |
| Sangamon County | Urban | 12.9 | 24,834 | 1,451 |
| Morgan County | Rural | 12.9 | 3,938 | 1,452 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 13.1 | 2,272 | 1,500 |
| Williamson County | Rural | 13.2 | 8,541 | 1,519 |
| Wabash County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,483 | 1,553 |
| Stephenson County | Rural | 13.3 | 5,829 | 1,554 |
| Cook County | Urban | 13.4 | 687,906 | 1,564 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 13.4 | 4,223 | 1,565 |
| Pike County | Rural | 13.5 | 1,925 | 1,584 |
| La Salle County | Rural | 13.7 | 14,495 | 1,629 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,840 | 1,642 |
| Greene County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,606 | 1,645 |
| Mason County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,767 | 1,655 |
| Richland County | Rural | 13.7 | 2,113 | 1,658 |
| Massac County | Urban | 13.8 | 1,901 | 1,662 |
| St. Clair County | Urban | 13.8 | 34,784 | 1,671 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 13.9 | 2,237 | 1,694 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 14.0 | 3,640 | 1,703 |
| Kankakee County | Urban | 14.0 | 14,520 | 1,717 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 14.1 | 4,980 | 1,734 |
| McLean County | Urban | 14.2 | 23,023 | 1,744 |
| Edwards County | Rural | 14.2 | 870 | 1,750 |
| Macoupin County | Urban | 14.7 | 6,453 | 1,837 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 14.7 | 2,964 | 1,839 |
| Bond County | Urban | 14.9 | 2,187 | 1,887 |
| Warren County | Rural | 14.9 | 2,346 | 1,889 |
| Rock Island County | Urban | 15.2 | 21,084 | 1,940 |
| White County | Rural | 15.3 | 2,049 | 1,970 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 15.4 | 14,841 | 1,982 |
| Peoria County | Urban | 15.5 | 27,284 | 1,993 |
| Macon County | Urban | 15.5 | 15,510 | 1,994 |
| Clay County | Rural | 15.7 | 2,048 | 2,041 |
| Winnebago County | Urban | 16.1 | 45,057 | 2,109 |
| Knox County | Rural | 16.3 | 7,469 | 2,145 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 16.5 | 1,865 | 2,177 |
| Marion County | Rural | 17.0 | 6,157 | 2,285 |
| Vermilion County | Rural | 17.5 | 12,407 | 2,353 |
| Perry County | Rural | 17.5 | 3,257 | 2,355 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 17.8 | 6,626 | 2,397 |
| Saline County | Rural | 18.0 | 4,156 | 2,423 |
| Pope County | Rural | 18.7 | 678 | 2,504 |
| Champaign County | Urban | 18.7 | 35,991 | 2,505 |
| Gallatin County | Rural | 19.2 | 950 | 2,558 |
| Coles County | Rural | 19.4 | 8,465 | 2,581 |
| Schuyler County | Rural | 19.5 | 1,318 | 2,591 |
| McDonough County | Rural | 19.8 | 4,887 | 2,620 |
| Union County | Rural | 20.1 | 3,372 | 2,644 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 21.4 | 1,103 | 2,764 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 23.0 | 11,449 | 2,877 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 25.0 | 1,271 | 2,971 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 8:03 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 8:03 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.