Illinois Population Data

Illinois Population from the Decennial Censuses,
by County, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010

County

April 1, 1980
Census
April 1, 1990
Census
April 1, 2000
Census
April 1, 2010
Census
Percent Change
1980 to 1990
Percent Change
1990 to 2000
Percent Change
2000 to 2010
Illinois

11,426,518

11,430,602

12,419,293

12,830,632

0.04

8.6

3.3

Adams

71,622

66,090

68,277

67,103

-7.7

3.3

-1.7

Alexander

12,264

10,626

9,590

8,238

-13.4

-9.7

-14.1

Bond

16,224

14,991

17,633

17,768

-7.6

17.6

0.8

Boone

28,630

30,806

41,786

54,165

7.6

35.6

29.6

Brown

5,411

5,836

6,950

6,937

7.9

19.1

-0.2

Bureau

39,114

35,688

35,503

34,978

-8.8

-0.5

-1.5

Calhoun

5,867

5,322

5,084

5,089

-9.3

-4.5

0.1

Carroll

18,779

16,805

16,674

15,387

-10.5

-0.8

-7.7

Cass

15,084

13,437

13,695

13,642

-10.9

1.9

-0.4

Champaign

168,392

173,025

179,669

201,081

2.8

3.8

11.9

Christian

36,446

34,418

35,372

34,800

-5.6

2.8

-1.6

Clark

16,913

15,921

17,008

16,335

-5.9

6.8

-4.0

Clay

15,283

14,460

14,560

13,815

-5.4

0.7

-5.1

Clinton

32,617

33,944

35,535

37,762

4.1

4.7

6.3

Coles

52,260

51,644

53,196

53,873

-1.2

3

1.3

Cook

5,253,655

5,105,067

5,376,741

5,194,675

-2.8

5.3

-3.4

Crawford

20,818

19,464

20,452

19,817

-6.5

5.1

-3.1

Cumberland

11,062

10,670

11,253

11,048

-3.5

5.5

-1.8

DeKalb

74,624

77,932

88,969

105,160

4.4

14.2

18.2

De Witt

18,108

16,516

16,798

16,561

-8.8

1.7

-1.4

Douglas

19,774

19,464

19,922

19,980

-1.6

2.4

0.3

DuPage

658,835

781,666

904,161

916,924

18.6

15.7

1.4

Edgar

21,725

19,595

19,704

18,576

-9.8

0.6

-5.7

Edwards

7,961

7,440

6,971

6,721

-6.5

-6.3

-3.6

Effingham

30,944

31,704

34,264

34,242

2.5

8.1

-0.1

Fayette

22,167

20,893

21,802

22,140

-5.7

4.4

1.6

Ford

15,265

14,275

14,241

14,081

-6.5

-0.2

-1.1

Franklin

43,201

40,319

39,018

39,561

-6.7

-3.2

1.4

Fulton

43,687

38,080

38,250

37,069

-12.8

0.4

-3.1

Gallatin

7,590

6,909

6,445

5,589

-9

-6.7

-13.3

Greene

16,661

15,317

14,761

13,886

-8.1

-3.6

-5.9

Grundy

30,582

32,337

37,535

50,063

5.7

16.1

33.4

Hamilton

9,172

8,499

8,621

8,457

-7.3

1.4

-1.9

Hancock

23,877

21,373

20,121

19,104

-10.5

-5.9

-5.1

Hardin

5,383

5,189

4,800

4,320

-3.6

-7.5

-10.0

Henderson

9,114

8,096

8,213

7,331

-11.2

1.4

-10.7

Henry

57,968

51,159

51,020

50,486

-11.7

-0.3

-1.0

Iroquois

32,976

30,787

31,334

29,718

-6.6

1.8

-5.2

Jackson

61,522

61,067

59,612

60,218

-0.7

-2.4

1.0

Jasper

11,318

10,609

10,117

9,698

-6.3

-4.6

-4.1

Jefferson

36,552

37,020

40,045

38,827

1.3

8.2

-3.0

Jersey

20,538

20,539

21,668

22,985

0

5.5

6.1

Jo Daviess

23,520

21,821

22,289

22,678

-7.2

2.1

1.7

Johnson

9,624

11,347

12,878

12,582

17.9

13.5

-2.3

Kane

278,405

317,471

404,119

515,269

14

27.3

27.5

Kankakee

102,926

96,255

103,833

113,449

-6.5

7.9

9.3

Kendall

37,202

39,413

54,544

114,736

5.9

38.4

110.4

Knox

61,607

56,393

55,836

52,919

-8.5

-1

-5.2

Lake

440,372

516,418

644,356

703,462

17.3

24.8

9.2

La Salle

112,033

106,913

111,509

113,924

-4.6

4.3

2.2

Lawrence

17,807

15,972

15,452

16,833

-10.3

-3.3

8.9

Lee

36,328

34,392

36,062

36,031

-5.3

4.9

-0.1

Livingston

41,381

39,301

39,678

38,950

-5

1

-1.8

Logan

31,802

30,798

31,183

30,305

-3.2

1.3

-2.8

McDonough

37,467

35,244

32,913

32,612

-5.9

-6.6

-0.9

McHenry

147,897

183,241

260,077

308,760

23.9

41.9

18.7

McLean

119,149

129,180

150,433

169,572

8.4

16.5

12.7

Macon

131,375

117,206

114,706

110,768

-10.8

-2.1

-3.4

Macoupin

49,384

47,679

49,019

47,765

-3.5

2.8

-2.6

Madison

247,691

249,238

258,941

269,282

0.6

3.9

4.0

Marion

43,523

41,561

41,691

39,437

-4.5

0.3

-5.4

Marshall

14,479

12,846

13,180

12,640

-11.3

2.6

-4.1

Mason

19,492

16,269

16,038

14,666

-16.5

-1.4

-8.6

Massac

14,990

14,752

15,161

15,429

-1.6

2.8

1.8

Menard

11,700

11,164

12,486

12,705

-4.6

11.8

1.8

Mercer

19,286

17,290

16,957

16,434

-10.3

-1.9

-3.1

Monroe

20,117

22,422

27,619

32,957

11.5

23.2

19.3

Montgomery

31,686

30,728

30,652

30,104

-3

-0.2

-1.8

Morgan

37,502

36,397

36,616

35,547

-2.9

0.6

-2.9

Moultrie

14,546

13,930

14,287

14,846

-4.2

2.6

3.9

Ogle

46,338

45,957

51,032

53,497

-0.8

11

4.8

Peoria

200,466

182,827

183,433

186,494

-8.8

0.3

1.7

Perry

21,714

21,412

23,094

22,350

-1.4

7.9

-3.2

Piatt

16,581

15,548

16,365

16,729

-6.2

5.3

2.2

Pike

18,896

17,577

17,384

16,430

-7

-1.1

-5.5

Pope

4,404

4,373

4,413

4,470

-0.7

0.9

1.3

Pulaski

8,840

7,523

7,348

6,161

-14.9

-2.3

-16.2

Putnam

6,085

5,730

6,086

6,006

-5.8

6.2

-1.3

Randolph

35,652

34,583

33,893

33,476

-3

-2

-1.2

Richland

17,587

16,545

16,149

16,233

-5.9

-2.4

0.5

Rock Island

165,968

148,723

149,374

147,546

-10.4

0.4

-1.2

St. Clair

267,531

262,852

256,082

270,056

-1.7

-2.6

5.5

Saline

28,448

26,551

26,733

24,913

-6.7

0.7

-6.8

Sangamon

176,089

178,386

188,951

197,465

1.3

5.9

4.5

Schuyler

8,365

7,498

7,189

7,544

-10.4

-4.1

4.9

Scott

6,142

5,644

5,537

5,355

-8.1

-1.9

-3.3

Shelby

23,923

22,261

22,893

22,363

-6.9

2.8

-2.3

Stark

7,389

6,534

6,332

5,994

-11.6

-3.1

-5.3

Stephenson

49,536

48,052

48,979

47,711

-3

1.9

-2.6

Tazewell

132,078

123,692

128,485

135,394

-6.3

3.9

5.4

Union

17,765

17,619

18,293

17,808

-0.8

3.8

-2.7

Vermilion

95,222

88,257

83,919

81,625

-7.3

-4.9

-2.7

Wabash

13,713

13,111

12,937

11,947

-4.4

-1.3

-7.7

Warren

21,943

19,181

18,735

17,707

-12.6

-2.3

-5.5

Washington

15,472

14,965

15,148

14,716

-3.3

1.2

-2.9

Wayne

18,059

17,241

17,151

16,760

-4.5

-0.5

-2.3

White

17,864

16,522

15,371

14,665

-7.5

-7

-4.6

Whiteside

65,970

60,186

60,653

58,498

-8.8

0.8

-3.6

Will

324,460

357,313

502,266

677,560

10.1

40.6

34.9

Williamson

56,538

57,733

61,296

66,357

2.1

6.2

8.3

Winnebago

250,884

252,913

278,418

295,266

0.8

10.1

6.1

Woodford

33,320

32,653

35,469

38,664

-2

8.6

9.0