# Counties in Illinois by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 25 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 21 |
| 3 | Schuyler County | 20.8 |
| 4 | Union County | 20.2 |
| 5 | Champaign County | 19.1 |
| 6 | Alexander County | 19 |
| 7 | Saline County | 18.9 |
| 8 | Coles County | 18.7 |
| 9 | Vermilion County | 17.7 |
| 10 | Johnson County | 17.6 |
| 11 | Clay County | 17.5 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 17.5 |
| 13 | McDonough County | 17.2 |
| 14 | Perry County | 16.9 |
| 15 | Wabash County | 16.7 |
| 16 | Edwards County | 16.5 |
| 17 | White County | 16.4 |
| 18 | Massac County | 16.3 |
| 19 | Wayne County | 16.1 |
| 20 | Peoria County | 15.7 |
| 21 | Winnebago County | 15.6 |
| 22 | Rock Island County | 15.5 |
| 23 | Fayette County | 15.5 |
| 24 | Marion County | 15.4 |
| 25 | Macon County | 15 |
| 26 | Pike County | 14.9 |
| 27 | Mason County | 14.8 |
| 28 | DeKalb County | 14.8 |
| 29 | Randolph County | 14.6 |
| 29 | Warren County | 14.6 |
| 31 | Knox County | 14.6 |
| 32 | Lawrence County | 14.5 |
| 33 | Greene County | 14.3 |
| 34 | Carroll County | 14.2 |
| 35 | Henderson County | 13.9 |
| 36 | Stephenson County | 13.9 |
| 37 | LaSalle County | 13.9 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 13.8 |
| 39 | Gallatin County | 13.6 |
| 39 | St. Clair County | 13.6 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 13.5 |
| 42 | Cook County | 13.5 |
| 43 | Morgan County | 13.4 |
| 44 | Pope County | 13.3 |
| 45 | Fulton County | 13.2 |
| 46 | Logan County | 13.1 |
| 47 | Sangamon County | 13.1 |
| 48 | Macoupin County | 13.1 |
| 49 | McLean County | 12.9 |
| 50 | Adams County | 12.8 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 12.6 |
| 52 | Iroquois County | 12.5 |
| 53 | Ford County | 12.4 |
| 54 | Hancock County | 12.3 |
| 55 | Kankakee County | 12.2 |
| 56 | Crawford County | 12.1 |
| 57 | Hamilton County | 12.1 |
| 57 | Richland County | 12.1 |
| 59 | Edgar County | 12 |
| 60 | Whiteside County | 12 |
| 61 | Lee County | 11.8 |
| 62 | Scott County | 11.5 |
| 63 | Marshall County | 11.4 |
| 64 | Cass County | 11.1 |
| 65 | Jasper County | 11.1 |
| 65 | Madison County | 11.1 |
| 67 | Stark County | 11.1 |
| 68 | Hardin County | 11 |
| 69 | Bond County | 10.9 |
| 70 | Bureau County | 10.8 |
| 71 | Livingston County | 10.5 |
| 72 | Christian County | 10.2 |
| 73 | Menard County | 10.1 |
| 74 | Effingham County | 10.1 |
| 75 | De Witt County | 10 |
| 76 | Boone County | 9.9 |
| 77 | Brown County | 9.3 |
| 78 | Moultrie County | 9.2 |
| 79 | Clark County | 9.2 |
| 79 | Shelby County | 9.2 |
| 81 | Cumberland County | 9.1 |
| 82 | Tazewell County | 9 |
| 83 | Mercer County | 8.9 |
| 84 | Henry County | 8.9 |
| 85 | Jersey County | 8.8 |
| 86 | Douglas County | 8.5 |
| 87 | Ogle County | 8.4 |
| 88 | Lake County | 8.3 |
| 89 | Putnam County | 8.1 |
| 90 | Kane County | 7.9 |
| 91 | Jo Daviess County | 7.8 |
| 92 | Washington County | 7.5 |
| 93 | Clinton County | 7.4 |
| 94 | Will County | 7.3 |
| 95 | Woodford County | 7 |
| 96 | DuPage County | 6.6 |
| 97 | Calhoun County | 6.3 |
| 98 | McHenry County | 6.2 |
| 99 | Piatt County | 6.1 |
| 100 | Grundy County | 6 |
| 101 | Kendall County | 5.4 |
| 102 | Monroe County | 5 |