Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (3.40M), followed by DuPage County (744.68K), and Lake County (571.17K).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2017
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| Rank | County | White Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook County | 3400330 |
| 2 | DuPage County | 744677 |
| 3 | Lake County | 571169 |
| 4 | Will County | 550201 |
| 5 | Kane County | 460578 |
| 6 | McHenry County | 287282 |
| 7 | Madison County | 233276 |
| 8 | Winnebago County | 228414 |
| 9 | St. Clair County | 171318 |
| 10 | Sangamon County | 162086 |
| 11 | Champaign County | 151898 |
| 12 | McLean County | 144607 |
| 13 | Peoria County | 134921 |
| 14 | Tazewell County | 128169 |
| 15 | Rock Island County | 119487 |
| 16 | Kendall County | 109489 |
| 17 | LaSalle County | 103635 |
| 18 | DeKalb County | 90745 |
| 19 | Kankakee County | 89903 |
| 20 | Macon County | 82259 |
| 21 | Vermilion County | 63945 |
| 22 | Williamson County | 61705 |
| 23 | Adams County | 61472 |
| 24 | Whiteside County | 53465 |
| 25 | Boone County | 49642 |
| 26 | Ogle County | 49112 |
| 27 | Grundy County | 48462 |
| 28 | Coles County | 47755 |
| 29 | Henry County | 47114 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 45052 |
| 31 | Knox County | 44313 |
| 32 | Macoupin County | 44243 |
| 33 | Stephenson County | 38590 |
| 34 | Franklin County | 37991 |
| 35 | Woodford County | 37575 |
| 36 | Clinton County | 35447 |
| 37 | Marion County | 35054 |
| 38 | Livingston County | 33707 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 33514 |
| 40 | Effingham County | 33322 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 33282 |
| 42 | Fulton County | 32998 |
| 43 | Christian County | 31884 |
| 44 | Bureau County | 31856 |
| 45 | Lee County | 31700 |
| 46 | Morgan County | 30872 |
| 47 | Randolph County | 28256 |
| 48 | McDonough County | 27376 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 27321 |
| 50 | Iroquois County | 26795 |
| 51 | Logan County | 25875 |
| 52 | Saline County | 22291 |
| 53 | Shelby County | 21390 |
| 54 | Jersey County | 21177 |
| 55 | Jo Daviess County | 20970 |
| 56 | Fayette County | 20202 |
| 57 | Douglas County | 19045 |
| 58 | Perry County | 18852 |
| 59 | Crawford County | 17647 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 17520 |
| 61 | Edgar County | 17060 |
| 62 | Union County | 16312 |
| 63 | Wayne County | 16035 |
| 64 | Piatt County | 16014 |
| 65 | Warren County | 15824 |
| 66 | Clark County | 15497 |
| 67 | De Witt County | 15442 |
| 68 | Richland County | 15312 |
| 69 | Pike County | 15240 |
| 70 | Mercer County | 15217 |
| 71 | Bond County | 15171 |
| 72 | Moultrie County | 14410 |
| 73 | Lawrence County | 14128 |
| 74 | Carroll County | 13962 |
| 75 | Washington County | 13584 |
| 76 | White County | 13544 |
| 77 | Mason County | 13339 |
| 78 | Massac County | 12952 |
| 79 | Clay County | 12944 |
| 80 | Ford County | 12858 |
| 81 | Greene County | 12818 |
| 82 | Menard County | 11926 |
| 83 | Cass County | 11596 |
| 84 | Marshall County | 11338 |
| 85 | Johnson County | 11295 |
| 86 | Wabash County | 11038 |
| 87 | Cumberland County | 10637 |
| 88 | Jasper County | 9363 |
| 89 | Hamilton County | 7993 |
| 90 | Henderson County | 6667 |
| 91 | Schuyler County | 6616 |
| 92 | Edwards County | 6296 |
| 93 | Putnam County | 5529 |
| 94 | Stark County | 5282 |
| 95 | Brown County | 5214 |
| 96 | Gallatin County | 4947 |
| 97 | Scott County | 4877 |
| 98 | Calhoun County | 4781 |
| 99 | Alexander County | 3969 |
| 100 | Pope County | 3875 |
| 101 | Hardin County | 3795 |
| 102 | Pulaski County | 3637 |