| Rank |
County |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
| 1 |
Jackson County, Illinois
|
29.1%
|
| 2 |
Alexander County, Illinois
|
25.8%
|
| 3 |
Hardin County, Illinois
|
23.8%
|
| 4 |
McDonough County, Illinois
|
23.0%
|
| 5 |
Pulaski County, Illinois
|
22.7%
|
| 6 |
Coles County, Illinois
|
22.1%
|
| 7 |
Champaign County, Illinois
|
21.8%
|
| 8 |
Union County, Illinois
|
20.5%
|
| 9 |
Vermilion County, Illinois
|
18.8%
|
| 10 |
Franklin County, Illinois
|
18.5%
|
| 11 |
Gallatin County, Illinois
|
18.2%
|
| 12 |
Knox County, Illinois
|
17.2%
|
| 13 |
Jefferson County, Illinois
|
17.2%
|
| 14 |
Perry County, Illinois
|
17.0%
|
| 15 |
Saline County, Illinois
|
17.0%
|
| 16 |
Williamson County, Illinois
|
16.9%
|
| 17 |
Clay County, Illinois
|
16.9%
|
| 18 |
Fayette County, Illinois
|
16.8%
|
| 19 |
Winnebago County, Illinois
|
16.8%
|
| 20 |
Massac County, Illinois
|
16.7%
|
| 21 |
Marion County, Illinois
|
16.5%
|
| 22 |
Crawford County, Illinois
|
16.4%
|
| 23 |
St Clair County, Illinois
|
16.3%
|
| 24 |
Lawrence County, Illinois
|
16.2%
|
| 25 |
Pike County, Illinois
|
16.2%
|
| 26 |
DeKalb County, Illinois
|
15.9%
|
| 27 |
Christian County, Illinois
|
15.8%
|
| 28 |
Cook County, Illinois
|
15.8%
|
| 29 |
Cass County, Illinois
|
15.5%
|
| 30 |
Mason County, Illinois
|
15.5%
|
| 31 |
Peoria County, Illinois
|
15.4%
|
| 32 |
Schuyler County, Illinois
|
15.2%
|
| 33 |
White County, Illinois
|
15.1%
|
| 34 |
Macon County, Illinois
|
15.0%
|
| 35 |
Kankakee County, Illinois
|
15.0%
|
| 36 |
Morgan County, Illinois
|
15.0%
|
| 37 |
Edgar County, Illinois
|
14.9%
|
| 38 |
Stephenson County, Illinois
|
14.7%
|
| 39 |
Montgomery County, Illinois
|
14.6%
|
| 40 |
Warren County, Illinois
|
14.5%
|
| 41 |
Fulton County, Illinois
|
13.7%
|
| 42 |
Wayne County, Illinois
|
13.6%
|
| 43 |
Richland County, Illinois
|
13.4%
|
| 44 |
McLean County, Illinois
|
13.4%
|
| 45 |
Sangamon County, Illinois
|
13.4%
|
| 46 |
Madison County, Illinois
|
13.3%
|
| 47 |
Carroll County, Illinois
|
13.1%
|
| 48 |
Cumberland County, Illinois
|
13.1%
|
| 49 |
Greene County, Illinois
|
12.8%
|
| 50 |
Hancock County, Illinois
|
12.8%
|
| 51 |
Adams County, Illinois
|
12.7%
|
| 52 |
Wabash County, Illinois
|
12.7%
|
| 53 |
Rock Island County, Illinois
|
12.4%
|
| 54 |
Randolph County, Illinois
|
12.4%
|
| 55 |
Calhoun County, Illinois
|
12.4%
|
| 56 |
Stark County, Illinois
|
12.1%
|
| 57 |
Brown County, Illinois
|
12.1%
|
| 58 |
Pope County, Illinois
|
11.9%
|
| 59 |
Macoupin County, Illinois
|
11.8%
|
| 60 |
Whiteside County, Illinois
|
11.7%
|
| 61 |
Putnam County, Illinois
|
11.6%
|
| 62 |
Johnson County, Illinois
|
11.6%
|
| 63 |
Iroquois County, Illinois
|
11.5%
|
| 64 |
Edwards County, Illinois
|
11.5%
|
| 65 |
Henderson County, Illinois
|
11.4%
|
| 66 |
Logan County, Illinois
|
11.1%
|
| 67 |
Livingston County, Illinois
|
10.7%
|
| 68 |
Effingham County, Illinois
|
10.7%
|
| 69 |
Bureau County, Illinois
|
10.7%
|
| 70 |
Moultrie County, Illinois
|
10.5%
|
| 71 |
Bond County, Illinois
|
10.5%
|
| 72 |
Shelby County, Illinois
|
10.5%
|
| 73 |
LaSalle County, Illinois
|
10.4%
|
| 74 |
Ogle County, Illinois
|
10.3%
|
| 75 |
Henry County, Illinois
|
10.2%
|
| 76 |
Douglas County, Illinois
|
10.2%
|
| 77 |
Clark County, Illinois
|
10.2%
|
| 78 |
Boone County, Illinois
|
10.2%
|
| 79 |
Kane County, Illinois
|
10.1%
|
| 80 |
Hamilton County, Illinois
|
10.0%
|
| 81 |
Lee County, Illinois
|
9.5%
|
| 82 |
Mercer County, Illinois
|
9.5%
|
| 83 |
Marshall County, Illinois
|
9.3%
|
| 84 |
Ford County, Illinois
|
9.2%
|
| 85 |
Jersey County, Illinois
|
8.9%
|
| 86 |
Tazewell County, Illinois
|
8.5%
|
| 87 |
Jo Daviess County, Illinois
|
8.5%
|
| 88 |
Washington County, Illinois
|
8.4%
|
| 89 |
Lake County, Illinois
|
8.2%
|
| 90 |
Scott County, Illinois
|
8.0%
|
| 91 |
Clinton County, Illinois
|
8.0%
|
| 92 |
De Witt County, Illinois
|
7.9%
|
| 93 |
Menard County, Illinois
|
7.9%
|
| 94 |
Jasper County, Illinois
|
7.6%
|
| 95 |
Grundy County, Illinois
|
7.4%
|
| 96 |
Woodford County, Illinois
|
7.2%
|
| 97 |
Will County, Illinois
|
7.1%
|
| 98 |
McHenry County, Illinois
|
6.9%
|
| 99 |
Piatt County, Illinois
|
6.5%
|
| 100 |
DuPage County, Illinois
|
6.2%
|
| 101 |
Monroe County, Illinois
|
5.6%
|
| 102 |
Kendall County, Illinois
|
3.8%
|