Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Illinois counties, Calhoun County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.6%), followed by Shelby County (97.34%), and Jasper County (97.31%).

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 2016
Calhoun
Shelby
Jasper
Scott
Moultrie
Edgar
Cumberland
Edwards
Mason
Clark
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Calhoun County 97.6
2 Shelby County 97.34
3 Jasper County 97.31
4 Scott County 97.13
5 Moultrie County 97.01
6 Edgar County 97
7 Cumberland County 96.73
7 Edwards County 96.73
8 Mason County 96.71
9 Clark County 96.66
10 Greene County 96.61
11 Monroe County 96.57
12 White County 96.53
13 Piatt County 96.52
14 Wayne County 96.37
15 Hancock County 96.33
16 Clay County 96.3
17 Henderson County 96.28
18 Macoupin County 96.24
19 Hamilton County 96.23
20 Washington County 96.15
21 Pike County 96.12
22 Franklin County 96.08
23 Gallatin County 96.03
24 Effingham County 95.99
25 Jersey County 95.83
26 Stark County 95.75
27 Menard County 95.74
28 Woodford County 95.56
29 Richland County 95.52
30 Mercer County 95.48
31 Christian County 95.15
32 Hardin County 95
33 Jo Daviess County 94.91
34 Marshall County 94.81
35 De Witt County 94.76
36 Wabash County 94.64
37 Tazewell County 94.17
38 Ford County 94.02
39 Carroll County 93.45
40 Montgomery County 93.39
41 Schuyler County 93.3
42 Fayette County 92.51
43 Putnam County 92.37
44 Fulton County 92.01
45 Adams County 91.96
46 Union County 91.66
47 Saline County 91.63
48 Clinton County 91.53
49 Marion County 91.42
50 Crawford County 91.21
51 Coles County 91.02
52 Henry County 90.81
52 Pope County 90.81
53 Douglas County 90.35
54 Iroquois County 90.31
55 Williamson County 90.04
56 Livingston County 89.47
57 Johnson County 88.63
58 Massac County 88.51
59 Bond County 88.27
60 Morgan County 88.24
61 McDonough County 88.15
62 Bureau County 88.05
63 Ogle County 87.07
64 Grundy County 86.9
65 Lee County 86.7
66 Logan County 86.53
67 Perry County 86.23
68 LaSalle County 85.97
69 Jefferson County 85.65
70 Madison County 85.39
71 Lawrence County 85.16
72 Randolph County 85.11
73 Whiteside County 84.76
74 Warren County 83.88
75 Knox County 83.09
76 Stephenson County 82.82
77 McHenry County 81.73
78 Sangamon County 80.58
79 McLean County 79.64
80 Vermilion County 78.41
81 DeKalb County 77.38
82 Macon County 76.53
83 Cass County 76.22
84 Jackson County 74.66
85 Brown County 74.47
86 Boone County 73.86
87 Rock Island County 72.27
88 Kankakee County 72.18
89 Kendall County 70.64
90 Peoria County 70.16
91 Winnebago County 69.74
92 Champaign County 67.75
93 DuPage County 67.48
94 Will County 64.49
95 Pulaski County 63.83
96 Alexander County 62.52
97 Lake County 62.41
98 St. Clair County 62.08
99 Kane County 57.64
100 Cook County 42.62