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Illinois: the counties with the highest share of Black students

89 counties

Illinois public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1St. Clair CountyIL8540,87916,27039.8%
2Peoria CountyIL6527,8278,20029.5%
3Macon CountyIL3414,7024,19528.5%
4Champaign CountyIL5625,9196,50125.1%
5Cook CountyIL1,271697,934174,40125.0%
6Sangamon CountyIL6727,3456,27322.9%
7Jackson CountyIL206,8111,53922.6%
8Winnebago CountyIL8144,1039,56421.7%
9Vermilion CountyIL3311,2672,38421.2%
10Rock Island CountyIL4821,9214,55920.8%
11Kankakee CountyIL3716,4993,29119.9%
12Stephenson CountyIL206,09295015.6%
13Madison CountyIL7135,2535,03814.3%
14Will CountyIL177113,00815,35513.6%
15McLean CountyIL5423,7593,19013.4%
16DeKalb CountyIL3916,3282,10812.9%
17Jefferson CountyIL215,31463511.9%
18Kendall CountyIL4129,7733,37611.3%
19Knox CountyIL176,35971511.2%
20Cass CountyIL82,35224910.6%
21McDonough CountyIL123,25034010.5%
22Morgan CountyIL194,4463598.1%
23Massac CountyIL92,0261497.4%
24Lake CountyIL186118,0328,2357.0%
25Coles CountyIL135,9733916.5%
26DuPage CountyIL239138,5578,9556.5%
27Williamson CountyIL219,7005715.9%
28Adams CountyIL198,7174895.6%
29Marion CountyIL225,6363145.6%
30Kane CountyIL12987,2524,6315.3%
31Randolph CountyIL133,8761834.7%
32Warren CountyIL102,7881184.2%
33Grundy CountyIL2212,0704723.9%
34Saline CountyIL153,7041423.8%
35Boone CountyIL168,9932652.9%
36Henry CountyIL257,7232202.8%
37LaSalle CountyIL4414,5233922.7%
38Bond CountyIL81,852482.6%
39Lee CountyIL133,778992.6%
40McHenry CountyIL8350,1231,2532.5%
41Clinton CountyIL195,2781272.4%
42Logan CountyIL143,448762.2%
43Perry CountyIL82,545572.2%
44Tazewell CountyIL5218,5813662.0%
45Livingston CountyIL215,273991.9%
46Whiteside CountyIL288,4451441.7%
47Piatt CountyIL143,086481.6%
48Lawrence CountyIL61,964291.5%
49Shelby CountyIL132,922451.5%
50Edgar CountyIL152,650371.4%

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