Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Illinois counties, Calhoun County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.8%), followed by Shelby County (97.44%), and Edgar County (97.25%).

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 Non-Hispanic White in 2015
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Shelby
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Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Calhoun County 97.8
2 Shelby County 97.44
3 Edgar County 97.25
4 Jasper County 97.21
5 Moultrie County 97.11
5 Scott County 97.11
6 Edwards County 96.81
7 White County 96.76
8 Monroe County 96.69
9 Cumberland County 96.68
10 Mason County 96.65
11 Clark County 96.63
12 Greene County 96.61
13 Piatt County 96.6
14 Wayne County 96.45
15 Macoupin County 96.41
16 Clay County 96.36
17 Hamilton County 96.34
18 Hancock County 96.33
19 Henderson County 96.32
20 Washington County 96.25
21 Effingham County 96.2
22 Franklin County 96.12
23 Stark County 96.06
24 Jersey County 96.04
25 Pike County 96.03
26 Gallatin County 95.94
27 Menard County 95.92
28 Mercer County 95.82
29 Woodford County 95.69
30 Richland County 95.67
31 Hardin County 95.52
32 Christian County 95.25
33 Jo Daviess County 95.14
34 De Witt County 95.02
35 Wabash County 94.81
36 Marshall County 94.69
37 Ford County 94.41
38 Tazewell County 94.25
39 Carroll County 93.64
40 Montgomery County 93.63
41 Schuyler County 93.51
42 Putnam County 92.72
43 Adams County 92.16
44 Fulton County 92.12
45 Union County 91.89
46 Fayette County 91.86
47 Clinton County 91.69
48 Saline County 91.66
49 Marion County 91.52
50 Crawford County 91.32
51 Coles County 91.12
52 Henry County 91.08
53 Pope County 90.63
54 Douglas County 90.59
54 Iroquois County 90.59
55 Williamson County 90.23
56 Livingston County 89.23
57 Morgan County 88.96
58 Massac County 88.67
59 Bureau County 88.56
60 Bond County 88.35
61 McDonough County 88.21
62 Grundy County 87.43
63 Ogle County 87.36
64 Lee County 86.91
65 Logan County 86.73
66 Johnson County 86.51
67 LaSalle County 86.29
68 Perry County 86.07
69 Jefferson County 85.84
70 Madison County 85.65
71 Randolph County 85.12
72 Whiteside County 84.82
73 Lawrence County 84.81
74 Warren County 84.03
75 Knox County 83.39
76 Stephenson County 83.32
77 McHenry County 82.15
78 Sangamon County 81.03
79 McLean County 79.93
80 Vermilion County 78.88
81 DeKalb County 77.85
82 Macon County 76.75
83 Cass County 76.63
84 Jackson County 74.71
85 Boone County 74.33
86 Brown County 73.99
87 Rock Island County 72.68
88 Kankakee County 72.39
89 Kendall County 71.33
90 Peoria County 70.6
91 Winnebago County 70.26
92 Champaign County 68.17
93 DuPage County 67.9
94 Will County 65.04
95 Pulaski County 63.72
96 Lake County 63.04
97 St. Clair County 62.28
98 Alexander County 61.98
99 Kane County 57.95
100 Cook County 42.83