# Counties in Illinois by gini index, 2024

All 102 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `gini_index`
- Unit: index
- Definition: Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gini/illinois-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/gini/illinois-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Saline County | 52.5 |
| 2 | Champaign County | 51.5 |
| 3 | Cook County | 50.4 |
| 4 | Wabash County | 49.9 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 49.4 |
| 6 | Hamilton County | 48.7 |
| 7 | Peoria County | 48.5 |
| 8 | Alexander County | 48 |
| 9 | Lake County | 48 |
| 10 | McLean County | 47.4 |
| 11 | McDonough County | 46.6 |
| 12 | Sangamon County | 46.4 |
| 13 | Wayne County | 46.2 |
| 14 | Macon County | 46.1 |
| 15 | Gallatin County | 45.9 |
| 16 | DuPage County | 45.9 |
| 17 | Union County | 45.9 |
| 18 | Scott County | 45.8 |
| 19 | Clay County | 45.7 |
| 20 | Franklin County | 45.6 |
| 21 | Knox County | 45.4 |
| 22 | Adams County | 45.4 |
| 22 | White County | 45.4 |
| 24 | St. Clair County | 45.2 |
| 25 | Coles County | 45.2 |
| 26 | DeKalb County | 45 |
| 27 | Winnebago County | 45 |
| 28 | Fayette County | 44.9 |
| 29 | Stark County | 44.8 |
| 30 | Morgan County | 44.6 |
| 31 | Greene County | 44.6 |
| 32 | Montgomery County | 44.5 |
| 33 | LaSalle County | 44.4 |
| 34 | Christian County | 44.4 |
| 35 | Kankakee County | 44.3 |
| 36 | Hancock County | 44.3 |
| 37 | Vermilion County | 44.2 |
| 37 | Williamson County | 44.2 |
| 39 | Crawford County | 44.1 |
| 40 | Rock Island County | 44.1 |
| 41 | Madison County | 44.1 |
| 42 | Pulaski County | 44 |
| 43 | Whiteside County | 43.9 |
| 44 | Bond County | 43.7 |
| 45 | Johnson County | 43.6 |
| 46 | Edwards County | 43.5 |
| 46 | Lee County | 43.5 |
| 48 | Marion County | 43.5 |
| 49 | Ford County | 43.4 |
| 50 | Iroquois County | 43.4 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 43.4 |
| 52 | Pike County | 43.3 |
| 53 | Kane County | 43.3 |
| 54 | Pope County | 43.2 |
| 55 | Fulton County | 43.2 |
| 56 | Macoupin County | 43.1 |
| 57 | Warren County | 43 |
| 58 | Lawrence County | 42.9 |
| 59 | Clinton County | 42.8 |
| 60 | Jo Daviess County | 42.8 |
| 61 | Schuyler County | 42.7 |
| 62 | Henry County | 42.6 |
| 63 | Tazewell County | 42.6 |
| 64 | Moultrie County | 42.5 |
| 65 | Jersey County | 42.5 |
| 66 | Mason County | 42.4 |
| 67 | Effingham County | 42.3 |
| 68 | Richland County | 42.3 |
| 69 | Logan County | 42.2 |
| 70 | Edgar County | 42.2 |
| 71 | Boone County | 42.2 |
| 72 | Bureau County | 42.2 |
| 73 | Massac County | 42.1 |
| 74 | Stephenson County | 42 |
| 75 | Cass County | 41.6 |
| 76 | McHenry County | 41.6 |
| 77 | Clark County | 41.6 |
| 78 | Will County | 41.6 |
| 79 | Mercer County | 41.4 |
| 80 | Perry County | 41.3 |
| 81 | Livingston County | 41.2 |
| 82 | Carroll County | 41.2 |
| 83 | Ogle County | 41.1 |
| 84 | Brown County | 41.1 |
| 84 | Marshall County | 41.1 |
| 86 | Woodford County | 41 |
| 87 | Randolph County | 40.8 |
| 88 | Piatt County | 40.7 |
| 89 | Hardin County | 40.6 |
| 90 | Menard County | 40.6 |
| 91 | Jasper County | 40.6 |
| 92 | Grundy County | 40.4 |
| 93 | De Witt County | 40.3 |
| 93 | Monroe County | 40.3 |
| 95 | Douglas County | 40.3 |
| 96 | Washington County | 40.3 |
| 97 | Cumberland County | 40.1 |
| 98 | Putnam County | 39.5 |
| 99 | Henderson County | 39.2 |
| 100 | Shelby County | 38.1 |
| 101 | Calhoun County | 37.9 |
| 102 | Kendall County | 36.2 |