Ranking of Illinois Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (1.25M), followed by St. Clair County (80.00K), and Will County (77.41K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2014
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2014
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Cook County 1245098
2 St. Clair County 79998
3 Will County 77414
4 Lake County 48302
5 DuPage County 44669
6 Winnebago County 35809
7 Peoria County 33729
8 Kane County 28121
9 Champaign County 26088
10 Sangamon County 24367
11 Madison County 21902
12 Macon County 18417
13 Kankakee County 16788
14 Rock Island County 14208
15 McLean County 12920
16 Vermilion County 10449
17 Jackson County 8502
18 Kendall County 7512
19 DeKalb County 7343
20 Stephenson County 4333
21 Knox County 4034
22 McHenry County 3818
23 Randolph County 3398
24 Jefferson County 3284
25 Williamson County 2857
26 LaSalle County 2682
27 Alexander County 2436
28 Adams County 2364
29 Logan County 2294
30 Morgan County 2093
31 Coles County 1914
32 Pulaski County 1838
33 Perry County 1786
34 Lee County 1768
35 Lawrence County 1639
36 Livingston County 1609
37 McDonough County 1570
38 Tazewell County 1557
39 Marion County 1473
40 Fulton County 1327
41 Clinton County 1312
42 Brown County 1289
43 Boone County 1205
44 Johnson County 1204
45 Fayette County 1092
46 Bond County 1045
47 Montgomery County 1000
48 Saline County 948
49 Crawford County 921
50 Massac County 818
51 Henry County 802
52 Whiteside County 782
53 Grundy County 631
54 Christian County 515
55 Ogle County 493
56 Warren County 445
57 Cass County 438
58 Macoupin County 416
59 Iroquois County 287
60 Pike County 279
61 Pope County 265
62 Schuyler County 250
63 Woodford County 226
64 Bureau County 225
65 Union County 169
66 Franklin County 161
67 Carroll County 157
68 Greene County 149
69 Effingham County 142
70 Jersey County 140
71 Menard County 116
72 De Witt County 115
73 Washington County 114
74 Ford County 108
75 Jo Daviess County 105
76 Monroe County 97
77 Mercer County 87
78 Wabash County 85
79 Douglas County 84
80 Piatt County 78
80 Richland County 78
81 Edgar County 76
82 Hancock County 70
82 Shelby County 70
83 Wayne County 69
84 Clark County 64
84 White County 64
85 Mason County 62
86 Marshall County 61
87 Moultrie County 54
88 Cumberland County 51
89 Clay County 49
89 Putnam County 49
90 Hamilton County 37
91 Edwards County 33
92 Gallatin County 30
92 Stark County 30
93 Hardin County 25
94 Henderson County 21
95 Jasper County 20
96 Scott County 16
97 Calhoun County 12