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Illinois

Population12.7m
Counties102county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density88.3people per km² of land
Median household income$81,70267th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.264%21st best of 510%0.332%0.833%78
Always wears a seatbelt94.224th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying1.8647th highest of 512.354.517.61102
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.2749th highest of 51————
Arthritis2414th best of 46————
Binge drinking19.741st best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5050.434th highest of 5233.757.211481
Black Protestant adherents2.9812th highest of 5100.2159.54102
Black-white residential segregation71.48th highest of 5126.95884.961
Business closing rate9.1319th highest of 513.947.8614.6102
Business opening rate9.5331st highest of 515.078.2215.2102
Catholic adherents24.210th highest of 51010.243.6102
Checkup in the past year77.615th highest of 49————
Child mortality50.720th best of 5119.351.283.847
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1714.7%25th best of 514.5%16.3%38.8%102
Children in single-parent households0.249%25th highest of 510.101%0.215%0.48%99
Congregations per 10,000 people9.4638th highest of 513.6421.447.7102
Current asthma9.6413th best of 47————
Current smoking11.516th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.4241st highest of 512.914.718.03102
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.5918th highest of 51————
Depression18.610th best of 49————
Diabetes14.832nd best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding11.65th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone6.816th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs14.521st best of 47————
Disability-free score0.34512th highest of 47-0.9920.4341.62102
Drug overdose deaths29.526th best of 5113.322.253.149
Effective general sales tax rate2.0936th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate2.5619th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate2.072nd highest of 520.8251.842.68102
Effective property tax rate on income3.927th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents11.731st highest of 512.4519.756.9102
Fair or poor health18.326th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.6545th best of 517.58.6510.9102
Firearm fatalities13.118th best of 514.751024.346
Firearm share of suicides, standardised78.543rd highest of 5158.786.814664
Firearm suicide rate4.8542nd highest of 513.317.6317.264
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.51%16th best of 510.2%0.435%0.59%102
Gini index of income inequality0.4842nd best of 520.3560.4350.55102
Has health insurance92.619th highest of 49————
Health score0.21819th highest of 49-0.9040.03841.19102
High blood pressure3322nd best of 49————
High cholesterol34.122nd best of 49————
High school graduation0.873%19th best of 480.675%0.86%0.955%92
Homeownership rate66.8%32nd highest of 5249.3%76.8%89.1%102
Homicide rate9.3641st best of 510.9724.618.225
Homicide rate, annual9.3312th highest of 511.197.7325.512
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.76150th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-25,64849th highest of 51$-32,270$-2,169$25,430102
Infant mortality5.9329th best of 513.486.3310.434
Injury deaths7712th best of 514585.1142102
Life expectancy77.5 years23rd best of 5169.7 years75.9 years81.3 years102
Mainline Protestant adherents5.2128th highest of 510.828.4122.9102
Material security score0.19330th highest of 51-1.340.4011.49102
Mean adjusted gross income per return$99,28413th best of 51$50,780$71,850$147,600102
Mean income of arriving households$78,78427th highest of 51$31,210$51,400$134,400102
Mean income of departing households$104,4306th highest of 51$33,100$51,830$120,100102
Mean travel time to work28.1 min44th best of 5215.7 min24 min49.4 min102
Median age38.9 years29th highest of 5230.9 years42.5 years55 years102
Median gross rent$1,22724th highest of 52$342$793$1,763102
Median home value$250,50031st highest of 52$58,700$126,000$374,100102
Median household income$81,70218th best of 52$43,230$65,190$110,500102
Median household income (model-based)$80,34619th best of 51$45,550$65,900$114,600102
Median property tax bill5,1896th highest of 526682,3638,743102
Meets aerobic guidelines60.722nd best of 49————
Membership organisations9.7432nd best of 51013.929.6102
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.49914th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income16.612th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths9.6314th best of 514.9115.637.584
Net business formation rate0.39144th highest of 51-6.620.449.04102
Net domestic migration rate-6.4946th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying-0.56345th highest of 51-2.35-0.07751.95102
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more-1.3249th highest of 51————
Obesity3633rd best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.4810th highest of 51001.22102
Other religion adherents6.1916th highest of 5100.95510.4102
People per tax return230th highest of 51222102
Per capita income$45,10414th best of 52$24,460$35,230$57,050102
Per capita personal income$71,76116th best of 51$41,050$56,160$100,500102
Poverty rate11.7%24th best of 524.58%12.6%26.1%102
Poverty rate (model-based)11.6%25th best of 514.9%12.4%25.8%102
Premature mortality39022nd best of 51236446763102
Preventable hospital stays3,23946th best of 511,0693,0725,707102
Private job growth1.4347th highest of 52-11.71.0413.5102
Religious adherents50.819th highest of 5124.644.174.6102
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202444.438th highest of 5128.771.585.9102
Returns claiming charitable contributions6.44%20th highest of 510%2.18%9.83%102
Returns claiming the earned income credit13.5%24th highest of 515.81%13.7%27.5%102
Returns reporting capital gains19.9%20th highest of 518.5%17.5%29.8%102
Returns reporting unemployment compensation3.14%14th highest of 510.866%3.04%5.91%102
Safety score0.16516th highest of 51-0.6990.4471.1550
Share aged 65 and over16.6%37th highest of 5211.1%20.1%31.8%102
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.0697%48th highest of 510%0.0414%0.37%25
Share Asian, not Hispanic5.75%11th highest of 520%0.771%12.6%66
Share Black, not Hispanic13.6%15th highest of 520.405%3.96%32.3%76
Share divorced9.67%45th highest of 527.79%11.9%20.1%102
Share foreign-born14.4%13th highest of 520.643%2.12%21.4%78
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race18.5%11th highest of 521%3.36%33.1%93
Share in the same house a year ago87.6%12th highest of 5175.4%88.7%97%102
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0234%44th highest of 490%0%0.0473%58
Share never married36%9th highest of 5220.4%28.3%47.4%102
Share now married48.7%40th highest of 5237.9%51.6%62.5%102
Share of births to unmarried women31.6%24th highest of 520%37.5%100%51
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.339%38th highest of 520%0%0.565%28
Share of suicides by firearm41.6%43rd highest of 5132.5%47.9%82.3%64
Share of taxes from alcohol0.34321st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income11.93rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.32715th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift0.47112th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling1.459th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts16.941st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income20.734th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums0.48551st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences426th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.3334th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences2.0413th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.7931st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes0.82138th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property31.718th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.32825th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities2.194th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales13.813th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.1312th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.80228th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic3.02%47th highest of 521.3%2.68%6.97%95
Share separated1.52%25th highest of 520.425%1.29%3.45%71
Share White, not Hispanic58.7%36th highest of 5240.5%88.6%97%102
Share widowed5.6%27th highest of 523.59%6.98%11%102
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher37.2%14th best of 5211.9%20.3%51.5%102
State income tax as a share of income2.5615th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income7.59th highest of 50————
Suicide rate11.19th best of 517.9315.127.365
Top state income tax rate4.95%28th highest of 50————
Total tax burden12.47th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health14.15th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health11.58th best of 47————
Unemployment rate4.49%48th best of 523%4.6%7.2%102
Vacancy rate8.11%45th highest of 522.73%11.1%46.8%102
Went without care over cost11.122nd best of 49————
Years of potential life lost7,92120th best of 514,5438,70116,050101
Aggregate travel time to work148,440,000 min5th highest of 5232,200 min228,100 min67,470,000 min102
Business establishments286,5205th highest of 5147541118,300102
Business establishments closed26,1235th highest of 51532.511,620102
Business establishments opened27,2415th highest of 5143711,970102
Employed6,232,9006th highest of 521,19110,7702,592,000102
Foreign-born population1,833,8006th highest of 52627621,110,00078
Gross domestic product$1,100,800,000k5th highest of 51$82,100k$1,357,000k$522,400,000k102
Housing units5,443,5006th highest of 522,27312,2602,270,000102
Labour force6,525,7006th highest of 521,25811,2602,712,000102
Millionaire tax returns30,4306th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration-81,87549th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units5,001,9006th highest of 521,22210,7502,085,000102
Owner-occupied housing units3,343,0006th highest of 521,0897,6081,199,000102
People covered by a tax return11,065,0006th highest of 512,88021,2104,351,000102
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move1,310,4006th highest of 51————
People who did not move9,877,7006th highest of 512,53818,7103,849,000102
Personal income$907,230,000k5th highest of 51$152,500k$1,343,000k$396,100,000k102
Population12,642,0006th highest of 513,59924,5105,143,000102
Population12,550,0006th highest of 513,56924,5005,087,000102
Population (firearm measures)12,076,0006th highest of 5111,14042,5304,953,00064
Population (WONDER)12,550,0006th highest of 51100,600271,8005,087,00012
Population aged 15 and over10,395,0006th highest of 523,23420,6904,270,000102
Population aged 25 and over8,738,6006th highest of 522,86716,8803,631,000102
Population aged 65 and over2,101,8007th highest of 529785,276806,300102
Population below the poverty line1,454,2007th highest of 522513,151680,500102
Population below the poverty line1,424,9008th highest of 514172,862662,900102
Population for whom poverty status is determined12,411,0006th highest of 523,54123,6605,102,000102
Population for whom poverty status is determined12,284,0006th highest of 513,53623,3205,022,000102
Population in the same house one year ago11,118,0006th highest of 513,10620,3804,519,000102
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher3,249,5005th highest of 523633,5821,523,000102
Population, decennial census12,813,0006th highest of 513,64925,4205,276,000102
Presidential votes cast, 20245,633,3009th highest of 511,92612,1902,079,000102
Private jobs5,235,1006th highest of 524456,1762,270,000102
State and local tax collections$112,160,000k5th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$23,265,000k3rd highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$68,053,000k4th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed6,100,0006th highest of 511,45011,8802,496,000102
Total population12,693,0006th highest of 523,62325,0705,186,000102
Unemployed292,8505th highest of 5267503120,300102
Vacant housing units441,60010th highest of 522951,296185,800102
Women aged 15 to 502,977,0005th highest of 526054,8661,293,000102
Women who gave birth in the past year150,1005th highest of 524445660,84081
Workers aged 16 and over who commute5,284,5006th highest of 521,1849,8622,118,000102

Links inside Illinois

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within ILcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Illinois, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.91102
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.90102
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.89102
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Illinois, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.83102
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Illinois, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.84102
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.89102
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Illinois, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.80102
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.91102
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Illinois, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.84102
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Illinois, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.84102
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.85102
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Illinois, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 102 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.84102

What this state is divided into

102 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Cook County · DuPage County · Lake County · Will County · Kane County · McHenry County · Winnebago County · Madison County · St. Clair County · Champaign County · Sangamon County · Peoria County · McLean County · Rock Island County · Kendall County · Tazewell County · LaSalle County · Kankakee County · Macon County · DeKalb County · Vermilion County · Williamson County · Adams County · Whiteside County · Boone County · Grundy County · Jackson County · Ogle County · Knox County · Henry County · Coles County · Macoupin County · Stephenson County · Woodford County · Franklin County · Marion County · Clinton County · Jefferson County · Livingston County · Monroe County · Effingham County · Lee County · Christian County · Fulton County · Bureau County · Morgan County · Randolph County · Montgomery County · Logan County · McDonough County · Iroquois County · Saline County · Jo Daviess County · Fayette County · Jersey County · Shelby County · Perry County · Douglas County · Crawford County · Hancock County · Union County · Piatt County · Edgar County · Bond County · Warren County · Wayne County · Richland County · Carroll County · Mercer County · De Witt County · Clark County · Lawrence County · Pike County · Moultrie County · Massac County · White County · Washington County · Ford County · Johnson County · Clay County · Mason County · Cass County · Menard County · Greene County · Marshall County · Wabash County · Cumberland County · Jasper County · Hamilton County · Schuyler County · Brown County · Henderson County · Edwards County · Putnam County · Stark County · Pulaski County · Alexander County · Gallatin County · Scott County · Calhoun County · Pope County · Hardin County