Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.30M), followed by St. Clair County (82.01K), and Will County (78.91K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Illinois counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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St. Clair
Will
Lake
DuPage
Winnebago
Peoria
Kane
Champaign
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County 1302933
2 St. Clair County 82013
3 Will County 78914
4 Lake County 51318
5 DuPage County 46269
6 Winnebago County 36704
7 Peoria County 33644
8 Kane County 31331
9 Champaign County 26159
10 Sangamon County 24125
11 Madison County 21507
12 Macon County 18482
13 Kankakee County 17403
14 Rock Island County 14124
15 McLean County 13107
16 Vermilion County 10689
17 Jackson County 8372
18 Kendall County 7297
19 DeKalb County 7033
20 Stephenson County 4406
21 Knox County 4038
22 McHenry County 3886
23 Jefferson County 3363
24 Randolph County 3311
25 Alexander County 2793
26 Williamson County 2682
27 LaSalle County 2526
28 Logan County 2457
29 Adams County 2403
30 Morgan County 2260
31 Coles County 2008
32 Livingston County 1984
33 Pulaski County 1957
34 Perry County 1792
35 Lee County 1790
36 McDonough County 1742
37 Lawrence County 1630
38 Tazewell County 1555
39 Marion County 1541
40 Clinton County 1405
41 Fulton County 1359
42 Boone County 1327
43 Brown County 1290
44 Johnson County 1153
45 Bond County 1112
46 Fayette County 1061
47 Saline County 991
48 Crawford County 947
49 Whiteside County 930
50 Montgomery County 927
51 Massac County 863
52 Henry County 854
53 Grundy County 673
54 Cass County 539
55 Ogle County 512
56 Christian County 508
57 Warren County 432
58 Macoupin County 406
59 Pope County 311
60 Iroquois County 284
61 Pike County 282
62 Bureau County 262
63 Schuyler County 240
64 Woodford County 225
65 Union County 184
66 Franklin County 169
67 Carroll County 152
68 Jersey County 130
69 Greene County 128
70 Jo Daviess County 124
71 Washington County 120
72 De Witt County 118
73 Effingham County 113
74 Menard County 112
75 Ford County 105
76 Douglas County 97
77 Wabash County 91
78 Monroe County 85
79 Edgar County 84
80 Richland County 81
81 Clark County 79
82 White County 77
83 Piatt County 70
84 Hancock County 67
85 Mercer County 66
86 Marshall County 60
87 Clay County 59
88 Mason County 58
89 Shelby County 57
90 Wayne County 56
91 Moultrie County 55
92 Cumberland County 45
93 Putnam County 35
94 Edwards County 32
95 Hamilton County 31
96 Stark County 27
97 Henderson County 19
98 Gallatin County 16
99 Hardin County 15
99 Scott County 15
100 Jasper County 14
101 Calhoun County 9