Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.28M), followed by Will County (81.06K), and St. Clair County (80.49K).

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 2015
Cook
Will
St. Clair
Lake
DuPage
Winnebago
Peoria
Kane
Champaign
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Cook County 1279297
2 Will County 81059
3 St. Clair County 80486
4 Lake County 52401
5 DuPage County 47730
6 Winnebago County 37732
7 Peoria County 34356
8 Kane County 32048
9 Champaign County 27559
10 Sangamon County 24921
11 Madison County 22464
12 Macon County 18540
13 Kankakee County 17125
14 Rock Island County 15255
15 McLean County 13478
16 Vermilion County 10811
17 Jackson County 8837
18 Kendall County 8431
19 DeKalb County 7686
20 McHenry County 4586
21 Stephenson County 4475
22 Knox County 4182
23 Randolph County 3469
24 Jefferson County 3451
25 LaSalle County 2986
26 Williamson County 2961
27 Adams County 2474
28 Logan County 2315
29 Alexander County 2279
30 Morgan County 2218
31 Coles County 2001
32 Perry County 1914
33 Lee County 1811
34 Pulaski County 1798
35 McDonough County 1692
36 Lawrence County 1672
37 Tazewell County 1634
38 Livingston County 1599
39 Marion County 1546
40 Fulton County 1367
41 Clinton County 1360
42 Boone County 1332
43 Brown County 1283
44 Johnson County 1171
45 Fayette County 1110
46 Whiteside County 1016
47 Bond County 1014
48 Montgomery County 988
49 Saline County 982
50 Crawford County 945
51 Henry County 877
52 Massac County 842
53 Grundy County 744
54 Cass County 572
55 Ogle County 547
56 Christian County 526
57 Warren County 499
58 Macoupin County 413
59 Iroquois County 308
60 Bureau County 293
61 Schuyler County 264
62 Pope County 243
63 Woodford County 237
64 Pike County 228
65 Franklin County 199
66 Union County 189
67 Effingham County 162
68 Greene County 158
69 Jersey County 152
70 De Witt County 148
71 Carroll County 145
72 Ford County 130
73 Douglas County 129
74 Washington County 123
75 Jo Daviess County 121
76 Monroe County 114
77 Menard County 109
78 Mercer County 97
78 Richland County 97
78 Wayne County 97
79 White County 91
80 Edgar County 90
81 Piatt County 88
82 Hancock County 86
82 Wabash County 86
83 Shelby County 73
84 Mason County 71
85 Clark County 69
86 Marshall County 67
87 Moultrie County 64
88 Clay County 61
89 Cumberland County 60
90 Hamilton County 46
90 Putnam County 46
91 Edwards County 40
92 Stark County 39
93 Gallatin County 30
94 Jasper County 23
95 Hardin County 22
95 Henderson County 22
96 Scott County 21
97 Calhoun County 15