Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate

East St. Louis, IL had the highest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate of 224 cities in 2021, at 50.9%. North Chicago, IL had the lowest, at 21.6%. The median was 30.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest50.9East St. Louis, IL

Lowest21.6North Chicago, IL

Median30.8224 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 (%)
1	East St. Louis, IL	50.9
2	Riverdale, IL	44.9
3	Dolton, IL	43.6
4	Markham, IL	42.4
5	Harvey, IL	42
6	Hazel Crest, IL	41.8
7	Freeport, IL	41.7
7	South Holland, IL	41.7
9	Danville, IL	41.5
10	Centralia, IL	40.7
11	Calumet City, IL	40.6
12	Country Club Hills, IL	40.2
13	Alton, IL	40.1
14	Kankakee, IL	39.2
15	Decatur, IL	39.1
15	Huntley, IL	39.1
17	Matteson, IL	38.9
17	Park Forest, IL	38.9
19	Bellwood, IL	38.8
20	Galesburg, IL	38.6
21	Granite City, IL	38.2
22	Rantoul, IL	38
22	Rockford, IL	38
24	Kewanee, IL	37.9
24	Maywood, IL	37.9
24	Richton Park, IL	37.9
27	Godfrey, IL	37.7
27	Marion, IL	37.7
27	Streator, IL	37.7
27	Taylorville, IL	37.7
31	Mattoon, IL	37.6
32	Jacksonville, IL	37.5
33	Canton, IL	37.4
33	Mount Vernon, IL	37.4
35	Herrin, IL	37.1
36	Effingham, IL	37
37	Quincy, IL	36.8
38	Pekin, IL	36.7
38	Rock Island, IL	36.7
38	Sterling, IL	36.7
41	East Moline, IL	36.5
41	Pontiac, IL	36.5
43	Dixon, IL	36.2
43	East Peoria, IL	36.2
45	Fairview Heights, IL	36.1
45	Ottawa, IL	36.1
47	Swansea, IL	35.9
48	Springfield, IL	35.8
49	Belleville, IL	35.6
49	Lincoln, IL	35.6
51	Crest Hill, IL	35.5
51	Palos Heights, IL	35.5
53	Lansing, IL	35.3
53	Moline, IL	35.3
55	Chicago Heights, IL	35.2
56	Peoria, IL	34.7
56	Wood River, IL	34.7
58	Homewood, IL	34.6
58	Machesney Park, IL	34.6
60	Collinsville, IL	34.5
60	Loves Park, IL	34.5
62	Highland, IL	34.3
63	Homer Glen, IL	34.1
64	Belvidere, IL	33.9
65	Morton, IL	33.7
66	Fox Lake, IL	33.6
67	Morris, IL	33.5
67	Niles, IL	33.5
67	Waterloo, IL	33.5
70	Shorewood, IL	33.4
71	Westchester, IL	33.1
72	North Aurora, IL	33
72	Washington, IL	33
74	Burr Ridge, IL	32.9
75	Batavia, IL	32.7
75	Blue Island, IL	32.7
75	Crestwood, IL	32.7
78	Justice, IL	32.6
78	Zion, IL	32.6
80	Frankfort, IL	32.5
80	Mokena, IL	32.5
82	Norridge, IL	32.4
83	Joliet, IL	32.1
83	McHenry, IL	32.1
83	St. Charles, IL	32.1
86	Bradley, IL	31.9
86	Campton Hills, IL	31.9
86	Geneva, IL	31.9
89	Glen Carbon, IL	31.8
90	Alsip, IL	31.7
91	Bolingbrook, IL	31.6
91	Northlake, IL	31.6
93	Bloomingdale, IL	31.5
93	Orland Park, IL	31.5
95	Beach Park, IL	31.4
95	Darien, IL	31.4
95	Macomb, IL	31.4
95	Palos Hills, IL	31.4
99	Lincolnwood, IL	31.3
100	Elgin, IL	31.2
100	Wood Dale, IL	31.2
102	Morton Grove, IL	31.1
103	Northbrook, IL	31
103	Oak Lawn, IL	31
103	River Grove, IL	31
103	Summit, IL	31
103	Sycamore, IL	31
108	Channahon, IL	30.9
108	Columbia, IL	30.9
108	Forest Park, IL	30.9
111	Skokie, IL	30.8
111	Worth, IL	30.8
113	Shiloh, IL	30.7
113	Woodstock, IL	30.7
115	Bloomington, IL	30.6
115	Glenview, IL	30.6
115	Romeoville, IL	30.6
118	Algonquin, IL	30.5
118	Hickory Hills, IL	30.5
120	Highland Park, IL	30.4
120	Lockport, IL	30.4
120	Waukegan, IL	30.4
123	Evergreen Park, IL	30.3
124	Bridgeview, IL	30.2
124	O'Fallon, IL	30.2
124	South Elgin, IL	30.2
127	Charleston, IL	30.1
127	Chicago Ridge, IL	30.1
127	Troy, IL	30.1
130	Crystal Lake, IL	30
130	Des Plaines, IL	30
132	Roscoe, IL	29.9
133	Barrington, IL	29.8
133	Burbank, IL	29.8
133	Midlothian, IL	29.8
133	Tinley Park, IL	29.8
137	Chicago, IL	29.6
137	Lemont, IL	29.6
137	Lyons, IL	29.6
140	Aurora, IL	29.5
140	Downers Grove, IL	29.5
140	Lake Forest, IL	29.5
143	Winfield, IL	29.4
144	Bourbonnais, IL	29.3
144	Elk Grove Village, IL	29.3
144	New Lenox, IL	29.3
144	Park Ridge, IL	29.3
148	Carpentersville, IL	29.2
148	Elmwood Park, IL	29.2
148	Melrose Park, IL	29.2
151	Cary, IL	29
151	Gurnee, IL	29
153	Franklin Park, IL	28.9
154	DeKalb, IL	28.8
155	Addison, IL	28.7
155	Mahomet, IL	28.7
155	Pingree Grove, IL	28.7
158	Arlington Heights, IL	28.6
158	Schiller Park, IL	28.6
160	Carbondale, IL	28.5
160	Lombard, IL	28.5
160	Roselle, IL	28.5
160	Westmont, IL	28.5
160	Wilmette, IL	28.5
165	Libertyville, IL	28.4
165	Montgomery, IL	28.4
165	Prospect Heights, IL	28.4
168	La Grange Park, IL	28.3
168	Oak Forest, IL	28.3
168	Wheeling, IL	28.3
171	Bensenville, IL	28.2
171	Wauconda, IL	28.2
173	Chatham, IL	28.1
173	Mundelein, IL	28.1
175	Mount Prospect, IL	27.9
176	Antioch, IL	27.8
176	Berwyn, IL	27.8
176	Oak Park, IL	27.8
176	Plainfield, IL	27.8
176	Yorkville, IL	27.8
181	Lindenhurst, IL	27.7
181	Villa Park, IL	27.7
181	Warrenville, IL	27.7
184	Carol Stream, IL	27.6
184	Oswego, IL	27.6
184	Streamwood, IL	27.6
187	Deerfield, IL	27.5
187	Glen Ellyn, IL	27.5
187	Palatine, IL	27.5
190	Bartlett, IL	27.4
190	Lake in the Hills, IL	27.4
192	Edwardsville, IL	27.3
192	La Grange, IL	27.3
192	Rolling Meadows, IL	27.3
192	Woodridge, IL	27.3
196	Buffalo Grove, IL	27.2
196	Elmhurst, IL	27.2
198	Grayslake, IL	27.1
199	Cicero, IL	27
199	Schaumburg, IL	27
199	West Chicago, IL	27
202	Brookfield, IL	26.8
202	Evanston, IL	26.8
202	Glendale Heights, IL	26.8
202	Hoffman Estates, IL	26.8
202	Lake Zurich, IL	26.8
202	Round Lake Beach, IL	26.8
202	Wheaton, IL	26.8
209	Hinsdale, IL	26.7
209	Minooka, IL	26.7
209	Naperville, IL	26.7
209	Vernon Hills, IL	26.7
213	Manhattan, IL	26.6
214	Plano, IL	26.5
215	Western Springs, IL	26.4
216	Winnetka, IL	26.3
217	Hanover Park, IL	26.2
218	Lisle, IL	26
219	Normal, IL	25.9
219	Urbana, IL	25.9
221	River Forest, IL	25.8
222	Round Lake, IL	25.5
223	Champaign, IL	25.3
224	North Chicago, IL	21.6

Other periods

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2021

About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they have high blood pressure. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence: Cities in Illinois by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cdc.gov/places/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
}

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East St. Louis, IL, with 50.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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North Chicago, IL, with 21.6% in 2021.

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