Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Illinois counties, Calhoun County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.4%), followed by Shelby County (97.35%), and Jasper County (97.29%).

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 2017
Calhoun
Shelby
Jasper
Scott
Edgar
Cumberland
Moultrie
Mason
Clark
Edwards
Ranking of Illinois Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Calhoun County 97.4
2 Shelby County 97.35
3 Jasper County 97.29
4 Scott County 96.89
5 Edgar County 96.83
6 Cumberland County 96.77
7 Moultrie County 96.75
8 Mason County 96.61
9 Clark County 96.56
10 Edwards County 96.55
11 Monroe County 96.44
12 Greene County 96.4
13 Piatt County 96.34
14 White County 96.32
15 Clay County 96.3
16 Hancock County 96.28
17 Wayne County 96.26
18 Pike County 96.2
19 Hamilton County 96.19
20 Gallatin County 96.06
20 Macoupin County 96.06
21 Washington County 96.04
22 Henderson County 95.97
23 Franklin County 95.86
24 Effingham County 95.82
25 Jersey County 95.58
26 Menard County 95.57
27 Woodford County 95.49
28 Stark County 95.29
29 Richland County 95.27
30 Mercer County 95.19
31 Christian County 95.12
32 Hardin County 94.8
32 Jo Daviess County 94.8
33 Marshall County 94.74
34 De Witt County 94.56
35 Wabash County 94.46
36 Tazewell County 93.97
37 Ford County 93.76
38 Montgomery County 93.26
39 Carroll County 93.25
40 Schuyler County 93.07
41 Fayette County 92.36
42 Putnam County 91.84
43 Adams County 91.82
44 Fulton County 91.78
45 Saline County 91.65
46 Clinton County 91.49
47 Union County 91.37
48 Marion County 91.14
49 Crawford County 91.02
50 Pope County 90.89
51 Coles County 90.88
52 Henry County 90.59
53 Douglas County 90.15
54 Iroquois County 90.07
55 Williamson County 89.79
56 Livingston County 89.32
57 Johnson County 88.55
58 Massac County 88.13
59 Bond County 88.09
60 Morgan County 88.08
61 McDonough County 87.87
62 Bureau County 87.74
63 Ogle County 86.77
64 Grundy County 86.52
65 Logan County 86.38
66 Lee County 86.32
67 Perry County 86.05
68 LaSalle County 85.61
69 Jefferson County 85.53
70 Lawrence County 85.12
71 Madison County 85.03
72 Randolph County 85
73 Whiteside County 84.52
74 Warren County 83.7
75 Knox County 82.67
76 Stephenson County 82.47
77 McHenry County 81.22
78 Sangamon County 80.36
79 McLean County 79.5
80 Vermilion County 78.2
81 DeKalb County 76.9
82 Macon County 76.26
83 Cass County 75.76
84 Jackson County 74.33
85 Brown County 73.9
86 Boone County 73.14
87 Kankakee County 71.97
88 Rock Island County 71.8
89 Peoria County 69.95
90 Kendall County 69.59
91 Winnebago County 69.13
92 Champaign County 67.21
93 DuPage County 66.98
94 Pulaski County 64.35
95 Will County 63.74
96 Alexander County 62.14
97 St. Clair County 61.77
98 Lake County 61.74
99 Kane County 57.28
100 Cook County 42.43