Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Illinois counties, Alexander County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (31.64%), followed by St. Clair County (30.62%), and Pulaski County (30.46%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
Alexander
St. Clair
Pulaski
Cook
Peoria
Brown
Macon
Jackson
Kankakee
Winnebago
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Alexander County 31.64
2 St. Clair County 30.62
3 Pulaski County 30.46
4 Cook County 23.91
5 Peoria County 18.99
6 Brown County 18.75
7 Macon County 17.86
8 Jackson County 15.27
9 Kankakee County 15.09
10 Winnebago County 14.13
11 Vermilion County 14.09
12 Champaign County 13.89
13 Sangamon County 13.05
14 Will County 12.3
15 Rock Island County 11.23
16 Randolph County 10.66
17 Stephenson County 10.51
18 Lawrence County 10.27
19 Perry County 9
20 Madison County 8.89
21 Jefferson County 8.87
22 Knox County 8.53
23 McLean County 8.43
24 Logan County 8.38
25 DeKalb County 8.37
26 Kendall County 7.89
27 Lake County 7.53
28 Johnson County 7.12
29 Morgan County 6.86
30 Bond County 6.34
31 Massac County 6.33
32 Kane County 6.06
33 McDonough County 5.63
34 Lee County 5.56
35 Cass County 5.48
36 Pope County 5.36
37 DuPage County 5.28
38 Crawford County 5.18
39 Williamson County 4.7
40 Fayette County 4.53
41 Schuyler County 4.38
42 Marion County 4.3
43 Livingston County 4.2
44 Fulton County 4.08
45 Coles County 4.02
46 Adams County 3.95
47 Saline County 3.83
48 Clinton County 3.67
49 Montgomery County 3.54
50 LaSalle County 2.87
50 Warren County 2.87
51 Boone County 2.85
52 Henry County 2.01
53 Whiteside County 1.9
54 Grundy County 1.8
55 McHenry County 1.77
56 Christian County 1.59
57 Pike County 1.46
58 Tazewell County 1.42
59 Greene County 1.3
59 Union County 1.3
60 Ogle County 1.27
61 Iroquois County 1.23
62 Ford County 1.11
63 Carroll County 1.08
64 Bureau County 1.04
65 De Witt County 1
65 Washington County 1
66 Macoupin County 0.99
66 Wabash County 0.99
67 Stark County 0.98
68 Richland County 0.91
69 Menard County 0.89
70 Jersey County 0.82
71 Putnam County 0.77
72 Woodford County 0.76
73 Jo Daviess County 0.75
74 White County 0.74
75 Marshall County 0.73
76 Moultrie County 0.72
77 Gallatin County 0.7
78 Douglas County 0.68
78 Mercer County 0.68
79 Piatt County 0.67
80 Hamilton County 0.66
81 Hancock County 0.64
82 Mason County 0.63
83 Effingham County 0.62
83 Franklin County 0.62
83 Scott County 0.62
84 Wayne County 0.61
85 Henderson County 0.6
86 Clay County 0.56
87 Edgar County 0.55
88 Edwards County 0.52
89 Cumberland County 0.48
90 Clark County 0.45
91 Hardin County 0.44
92 Monroe County 0.43
93 Calhoun County 0.42
94 Shelby County 0.38
95 Jasper County 0.31