# Counties in Illinois by female population share, 2025

All 102 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Macon County | 52.5 |
| 2 | Sangamon County | 52 |
| 3 | Massac County | 51.9 |
| 4 | Coles County | 51.8 |
| 5 | Logan County | 51.8 |
| 6 | St. Clair County | 51.8 |
| 7 | Cook County | 51.6 |
| 8 | Alexander County | 51.4 |
| 9 | Gallatin County | 51.4 |
| 10 | Madison County | 51.4 |
| 11 | Scott County | 51.4 |
| 12 | Stephenson County | 51.3 |
| 13 | Menard County | 51.3 |
| 14 | Edwards County | 51.3 |
| 15 | Peoria County | 51.2 |
| 16 | Marion County | 51.2 |
| 17 | McLean County | 51.2 |
| 18 | Winnebago County | 51.2 |
| 19 | Richland County | 51.2 |
| 20 | Edgar County | 51.1 |
| 21 | McDonough County | 51.1 |
| 22 | Rock Island County | 51 |
| 23 | Moultrie County | 51 |
| 24 | DuPage County | 51 |
| 25 | Stark County | 50.9 |
| 26 | Bureau County | 50.9 |
| 27 | Adams County | 50.9 |
| 28 | Kankakee County | 50.9 |
| 29 | De Witt County | 50.8 |
| 30 | White County | 50.8 |
| 31 | DeKalb County | 50.8 |
| 32 | Mason County | 50.7 |
| 33 | Champaign County | 50.7 |
| 34 | Douglas County | 50.7 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 50.7 |
| 36 | Hardin County | 50.6 |
| 37 | Tazewell County | 50.6 |
| 38 | Kendall County | 50.6 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 50.5 |
| 40 | Hancock County | 50.5 |
| 41 | Will County | 50.5 |
| 42 | Clay County | 50.5 |
| 43 | Piatt County | 50.5 |
| 44 | Jersey County | 50.5 |
| 45 | Whiteside County | 50.5 |
| 46 | Cumberland County | 50.4 |
| 47 | Iroquois County | 50.4 |
| 48 | Kane County | 50.4 |
| 49 | Pulaski County | 50.4 |
| 50 | Clark County | 50.3 |
| 51 | McHenry County | 50.3 |
| 52 | Ford County | 50.3 |
| 53 | Henry County | 50.3 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 50.3 |
| 55 | Ogle County | 50.2 |
| 56 | Shelby County | 50.2 |
| 57 | Calhoun County | 50.2 |
| 58 | Lake County | 50.2 |
| 59 | Cass County | 50.2 |
| 60 | Macoupin County | 50.1 |
| 61 | Vermilion County | 50.1 |
| 62 | Jo Daviess County | 50.1 |
| 63 | Greene County | 50.1 |
| 64 | Mercer County | 50.1 |
| 65 | Williamson County | 50.1 |
| 66 | Grundy County | 50.1 |
| 67 | Wayne County | 50.1 |
| 68 | Washington County | 50.1 |
| 69 | Marshall County | 50 |
| 70 | Saline County | 50 |
| 71 | Henderson County | 50 |
| 72 | Woodford County | 49.9 |
| 73 | Pike County | 49.9 |
| 74 | Warren County | 49.9 |
| 75 | Effingham County | 49.8 |
| 76 | Boone County | 49.8 |
| 77 | Morgan County | 49.7 |
| 78 | Hamilton County | 49.7 |
| 79 | LaSalle County | 49.6 |
| 80 | Putnam County | 49.4 |
| 81 | Knox County | 49.4 |
| 82 | Jasper County | 49.4 |
| 83 | Union County | 49.3 |
| 84 | Wabash County | 49.2 |
| 85 | Jefferson County | 49 |
| 86 | Pope County | 48.9 |
| 87 | Clinton County | 48.2 |
| 88 | Livingston County | 48.2 |
| 89 | Fulton County | 47.8 |
| 90 | Lee County | 47.7 |
| 91 | Crawford County | 47.3 |
| 92 | Montgomery County | 47.1 |
| 93 | Christian County | 46.4 |
| 94 | Lawrence County | 46.4 |
| 95 | Randolph County | 46.1 |
| 96 | Schuyler County | 46 |
| 97 | Carroll County | 46 |
| 98 | Perry County | 45.8 |
| 99 | Fayette County | 45.2 |
| 100 | Bond County | 44.8 |
| 101 | Johnson County | 41.4 |
| 102 | Brown County | 34.8 |