Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.29M), followed by St. Clair County (80.76K), and Will County (80.45K).

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 2014
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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 2014
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County 1288510
2 St. Clair County 80762
3 Will County 80449
4 Lake County 52451
5 DuPage County 47365
6 Winnebago County 37308
7 Peoria County 34335
8 Kane County 31724
9 Champaign County 26936
10 Sangamon County 24726
11 Madison County 22200
12 Macon County 18611
13 Kankakee County 17206
14 Rock Island County 15039
15 McLean County 13330
16 Vermilion County 10783
17 Jackson County 8732
18 Kendall County 8028
19 DeKalb County 7637
20 Stephenson County 4461
21 McHenry County 4348
22 Knox County 4234
23 Randolph County 3446
24 Jefferson County 3398
25 Williamson County 2940
26 LaSalle County 2893
27 Alexander County 2453
28 Adams County 2427
29 Logan County 2371
30 Morgan County 2126
31 Coles County 1998
32 Pulaski County 1869
33 Lee County 1827
34 Perry County 1824
35 Lawrence County 1695
36 Livingston County 1659
37 McDonough County 1645
38 Tazewell County 1636
39 Marion County 1514
40 Fulton County 1397
41 Boone County 1395
42 Clinton County 1364
43 Brown County 1312
44 Johnson County 1233
45 Fayette County 1116
46 Bond County 1072
47 Montgomery County 1008
48 Saline County 979
49 Whiteside County 963
50 Crawford County 943
51 Henry County 863
52 Massac County 851
53 Grundy County 709
54 Cass County 549
54 Ogle County 549
55 Christian County 526
56 Warren County 492
57 Macoupin County 423
58 Iroquois County 305
59 Bureau County 285
60 Pike County 282
61 Pope County 274
62 Schuyler County 255
63 Woodford County 235
64 Union County 178
65 Franklin County 173
66 Carroll County 161
67 Effingham County 160
68 Greene County 149
68 Jersey County 149
69 De Witt County 128
70 Ford County 126
71 Washington County 125
72 Menard County 121
73 Douglas County 120
74 Jo Daviess County 115
75 Monroe County 113
76 Wabash County 91
77 Mercer County 90
78 White County 86
79 Richland County 84
80 Piatt County 81
81 Edgar County 79
82 Shelby County 74
83 Hancock County 73
84 Wayne County 71
85 Clark County 69
86 Moultrie County 64
87 Marshall County 63
87 Mason County 63
88 Clay County 57
89 Cumberland County 54
90 Putnam County 50
91 Hamilton County 37
92 Edwards County 33
92 Gallatin County 33
93 Stark County 30
94 Hardin County 26
95 Henderson County 24
96 Jasper County 21
97 Scott County 20
98 Calhoun County 13