Ranking of Illinois Counties By White 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 White Alone (3.44M), followed by DuPage County (760.77K), and Lake County (582.30K).

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 White Alone Population in 2012
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Cook County 3443645
2 DuPage County 760773
3 Lake County 582303
4 Will County 554512
5 Kane County 454665
6 McHenry County 290320
7 Winnebago County 239206
8 Madison County 238462
9 St. Clair County 176408
10 Sangamon County 166713
11 Champaign County 151859
12 McLean County 146710
13 Peoria County 141079
14 Tazewell County 131349
15 Rock Island County 125580
16 LaSalle County 107728
17 Kendall County 104408
18 DeKalb County 92299
19 Kankakee County 91954
20 Macon County 87288
21 Vermilion County 67639
22 Adams County 63009
23 Williamson County 62101
24 Whiteside County 55404
25 Ogle County 51198
26 Boone County 50138
27 Coles County 49847
28 Grundy County 48380
29 Henry County 48377
30 Jackson County 46637
31 Knox County 46424
32 Macoupin County 45916
33 Stephenson County 40875
34 Franklin County 38990
35 Woodford County 37899
36 Marion County 36500
37 Clinton County 35759
38 Livingston County 35752
39 Fulton County 34549
40 Jefferson County 34170
41 Effingham County 33661
42 Christian County 33394
43 Bureau County 33291
44 Monroe County 32727
45 Lee County 32587
46 Morgan County 32216
47 McDonough County 29531
48 Randolph County 29181
49 Iroquois County 28409
50 Montgomery County 28292
51 Logan County 27149
52 Saline County 23233
53 Jersey County 22122
54 Jo Daviess County 22064
55 Shelby County 21918
56 Fayette County 20787
57 Perry County 19530
58 Douglas County 19431
59 Hancock County 18493
60 Crawford County 18290
61 Edgar County 17872
62 Union County 16987
63 Warren County 16686
64 Wayne County 16373
65 Piatt County 16160
66 De Witt County 16095
67 Bond County 16002
68 Clark County 15978
69 Mercer County 15906
70 Pike County 15755
71 Richland County 15736
72 Lawrence County 14818
73 Carroll County 14668
74 Moultrie County 14644
75 Washington County 14275
76 White County 14238
77 Mason County 14035
78 Massac County 13770
79 Ford County 13559
80 Clay County 13425
81 Greene County 13390
82 Cass County 12611
83 Menard County 12359
84 Marshall County 12012
85 Johnson County 11496
86 Wabash County 11331
87 Cumberland County 10734
88 Jasper County 9550
89 Hamilton County 8233
90 Schuyler County 7139
91 Henderson County 6909
92 Edwards County 6607
93 Putnam County 5788
94 Stark County 5629
95 Brown County 5447
96 Gallatin County 5282
97 Scott County 5208
98 Calhoun County 4931
99 Alexander County 4708
100 Hardin County 4167
101 Pope County 4070
102 Pulaski County 3835