Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Illinois counties, Cook County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (3.32M), followed by DuPage County (718.49K), and Lake County (563.91K).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2023
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By White Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County White Alone Population
1 Cook County 3318976
2 DuPage County 718491
3 Lake County 563914
4 Will County 542305
5 Kane County 441651
6 McHenry County 288099
7 Madison County 226697
8 Winnebago County 220321
9 St. Clair County 161560
10 Sangamon County 155421
11 Champaign County 145178
12 McLean County 140410
13 Peoria County 128034
14 Tazewell County 123320
15 Kendall County 116250
16 Rock Island County 113943
17 LaSalle County 101722
18 Kankakee County 85598
19 DeKalb County 84877
20 Macon County 76393
21 Williamson County 60464
22 Adams County 59349
23 Vermilion County 58321
24 Whiteside County 51618
25 Grundy County 50503
26 Ogle County 49030
27 Boone County 48746
28 Henry County 46075
29 Macoupin County 42453
30 Coles County 42335
31 Knox County 41909
32 Jackson County 40084
33 Woodford County 36921
34 Stephenson County 36524
35 Franklin County 35922
36 Clinton County 34529
37 Monroe County 34016
38 Marion County 33806
39 Effingham County 33368
40 Livingston County 32854
41 Jefferson County 31739
42 Christian County 31454
43 Bureau County 31220
44 Lee County 30633
45 Fulton County 30512
46 Morgan County 28874
47 Randolph County 26503
48 Montgomery County 26055
49 Iroquois County 25036
50 Logan County 24662
51 McDonough County 23819
52 Saline County 21347
53 Jo Daviess County 20951
54 Jersey County 20261
55 Shelby County 20058
56 Fayette County 19244
57 Douglas County 18844
58 Perry County 18093
59 Crawford County 16929
60 Hancock County 16641
61 Piatt County 16158
62 Edgar County 15868
63 Union County 15740
64 Wayne County 15255
65 Mercer County 14996
66 Richland County 14910
67 Warren County 14835
68 Bond County 14782
69 De Witt County 14747
70 Clark County 14629
71 Carroll County 14455
72 Pike County 13946
73 Moultrie County 13935
74 Washington County 13073
75 White County 12993
76 Lawrence County 12927
77 Clay County 12583
78 Ford County 12563
79 Massac County 12209
80 Mason County 12089
81 Menard County 11496
82 Cass County 11363
83 Johnson County 11318
84 Greene County 11280
85 Marshall County 11255
86 Wabash County 10415
87 Cumberland County 9937
88 Jasper County 8947
89 Hamilton County 7641
90 Schuyler County 6256
91 Henderson County 5872
92 Edwards County 5744
93 Putnam County 5386
94 Stark County 4989
95 Brown County 4938
96 Scott County 4553
97 Gallatin County 4495
98 Calhoun County 4201
99 Pope County 3461
100 Hardin County 3389
101 Pulaski County 3189
102 Alexander County 3015