| Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of Illinois: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 | |||||||||
| Geographic Area | Population Estimates | April 1, 2000 | |||||||
| July 1, 2006 | July 1, 2005 | July 1, 2004 | July 1, 2003 | July 1, 2002 | July 1, 2001 | July 1, 2000 | Estimates Base | Census | |
| Illinois | 12,831,970 | 12,765,427 | 12,713,548 | 12,649,778 | 12,595,003 | 12,524,663 | 12,440,970 | 12,419,647 | 12,419,293 |
| Adams County | 67,221 | 67,053 | 66,854 | 67,323 | 67,770 | 67,974 | 68,205 | 68,277 | 68,277 |
| Alexander County | 8,635 | 8,840 | 9,184 | 9,281 | 9,438 | 9,469 | 9,587 | 9,590 | 9,590 |
| Bond County | 18,055 | 18,011 | 18,010 | 17,900 | 17,840 | 17,614 | 17,648 | 17,631 | 17,633 |
| Boone County | 52,617 | 50,419 | 48,399 | 46,575 | 44,798 | 43,373 | 42,084 | 41,784 | 41,786 |
| Brown County | 6,701 | 6,750 | 6,829 | 6,870 | 6,833 | 6,927 | 6,956 | 6,950 | 6,950 |
| Bureau County | 35,257 | 35,172 | 35,146 | 35,278 | 35,246 | 35,282 | 35,499 | 35,503 | 35,503 |
| Calhoun County | 5,177 | 5,166 | 5,147 | 5,122 | 5,008 | 5,063 | 5,092 | 5,084 | 5,084 |
| Carroll County | 16,035 | 16,090 | 16,212 | 16,336 | 16,367 | 16,443 | 16,623 | 16,674 | 16,674 |
| Cass County | 13,766 | 13,841 | 13,795 | 13,833 | 13,660 | 13,697 | 13,688 | 13,695 | 13,695 |
| Champaign County | 185,682 | 184,704 | 184,120 | 183,819 | 182,388 | 180,855 | 179,823 | 179,669 | 179,669 |
| Christian County | 35,063 | 35,186 | 35,234 | 35,097 | 35,192 | 35,207 | 35,362 | 35,372 | 35,372 |
| Clark County | 16,987 | 16,980 | 16,947 | 16,898 | 16,989 | 16,970 | 16,997 | 17,008 | 17,008 |
| Clay County | 14,028 | 14,116 | 14,162 | 14,240 | 14,288 | 14,358 | 14,553 | 14,560 | 14,560 |
| Clinton County | 36,633 | 36,138 | 36,077 | 35,979 | 35,776 | 35,687 | 35,560 | 35,531 | 35,535 |
| Coles County | 50,949 | 51,053 | 51,439 | 51,645 | 51,828 | 52,256 | 53,043 | 53,196 | 53,196 |
| Cook County | 5,288,655 | 5,303,943 | 5,326,269 | 5,348,906 | 5,369,642 | 5,381,796 | 5,377,890 | 5,376,626 | 5,376,741 |
| Crawford County | 19,825 | 19,909 | 19,979 | 20,018 | 20,154 | 20,301 | 20,405 | 20,452 | 20,452 |
| Cumberland County | 11,000 | 10,959 | 11,040 | 11,025 | 11,094 | 11,176 | 11,263 | 11,253 | 11,253 |
| DeKalb County | 100,139 | 97,770 | 95,358 | 93,616 | 92,006 | 90,544 | 89,299 | 88,969 | 88,969 |
| De Witt County | 16,768 | 16,658 | 16,592 | 16,604 | 16,645 | 16,745 | 16,793 | 16,798 | 16,798 |
| Douglas County | 19,791 | 19,818 | 19,915 | 19,887 | 19,944 | 19,954 | 19,924 | 19,922 | 19,922 |
| DuPage County | 932,670 | 931,219 | 929,439 | 925,554 | 922,544 | 916,221 | 907,128 | 904,349 | 904,161 |
| Edgar County | 19,183 | 19,193 | 19,240 | 19,307 | 19,404 | 19,559 | 19,660 | 19,704 | 19,704 |
| Edwards County | 6,617 | 6,718 | 6,765 | 6,839 | 6,832 | 6,883 | 6,966 | 6,971 | 6,971 |
| Effingham County | 34,429 | 34,505 | 34,605 | 34,486 | 34,394 | 34,360 | 34,269 | 34,264 | 34,264 |
| Fayette County | 21,774 | 21,698 | 21,619 | 21,543 | 21,558 | 21,566 | 21,802 | 21,802 | 21,802 |
| Ford County | 14,211 | 14,163 | 14,210 | 14,131 | 14,155 | 14,207 | 14,221 | 14,241 | 14,241 |
| Franklin County | 39,862 | 39,714 | 39,494 | 39,188 | 39,036 | 38,862 | 39,040 | 39,029 | 39,018 |
| Fulton County | 37,378 | 37,472 | 37,642 | 37,660 | 37,583 | 37,934 | 38,239 | 38,250 | 38,250 |
| Gallatin County | 6,159 | 6,151 | 6,176 | 6,206 | 6,206 | 6,340 | 6,435 | 6,445 | 6,445 |
| Greene County | 14,255 | 14,456 | 14,527 | 14,656 | 14,691 | 14,631 | 14,752 | 14,761 | 14,761 |
| Grundy County | 45,828 | 43,736 | 41,130 | 39,566 | 38,730 | 38,297 | 37,684 | 37,535 | 37,535 |
| Hamilton County | 8,335 | 8,319 | 8,392 | 8,347 | 8,415 | 8,507 | 8,601 | 8,621 | 8,621 |
| Hancock County | 19,091 | 19,173 | 19,348 | 19,494 | 19,671 | 19,970 | 20,090 | 20,120 | 20,121 |
| Hardin County | 4,585 | 4,670 | 4,706 | 4,737 | 4,730 | 4,783 | 4,792 | 4,800 | 4,800 |
| Henderson County | 7,819 | 7,949 | 8,064 | 8,034 | 8,156 | 8,223 | 8,219 | 8,213 | 8,213 |
| Henry County | 50,339 | 50,508 | 50,518 | 50,683 | 50,456 | 50,728 | 51,055 | 51,018 | 51,020 |
| Iroquois County | 30,598 | 30,692 | 30,575 | 30,695 | 30,802 | 30,995 | 31,325 | 31,334 | 31,334 |
| Jackson County | 57,778 | 58,041 | 58,144 | 58,132 | 58,147 | 58,944 | 59,528 | 59,611 | 59,612 |
| Jasper County | 9,880 | 9,954 | 10,034 | 10,002 | 10,069 | 10,062 | 10,071 | 10,117 | 10,117 |
| Jefferson County | 40,523 | 40,414 | 40,300 | 40,189 | 40,255 | 40,170 | 40,073 | 40,045 | 40,045 |
| Jersey County | 22,628 | 22,423 | 22,319 | 22,083 | 21,978 | 21,732 | 21,672 | 21,668 | 21,668 |
| Jo Daviess County | 22,594 | 22,508 | 22,494 | 22,560 | 22,437 | 22,449 | 22,288 | 22,289 | 22,289 |
| Johnson County | 13,360 | 13,170 | 13,002 | 12,986 | 12,830 | 13,128 | 12,925 | 12,880 | 12,878 |
| Kane County | 493,735 | 483,208 | 473,533 | 458,770 | 443,115 | 425,331 | 407,783 | 404,122 | 404,119 |
| Kankakee County | 109,090 | 107,824 | 106,988 | 106,122 | 105,264 | 104,638 | 103,895 | 103,833 | 103,833 |
| Kendall County | 88,158 | 79,597 | 72,776 | 67,062 | 61,801 | 58,106 | 55,197 | 54,520 | 54,544 |
| Knox County | 52,906 | 53,321 | 53,760 | 54,345 | 54,895 | 55,306 | 55,762 | 55,838 | 55,836 |
| Lake County | 713,076 | 704,086 | 693,425 | 682,705 | 675,791 | 662,826 | 648,866 | 644,586 | 644,356 |
| LaSalle County | 113,065 | 112,371 | 112,047 | 111,940 | 111,720 | 112,088 | 111,533 | 111,549 | 111,509 |
| Lawrence County | 15,887 | 15,965 | 15,946 | 16,035 | 16,068 | 15,295 | 15,408 | 15,452 | 15,452 |
| Lee County | 35,701 | 35,637 | 35,666 | 35,550 | 35,605 | 35,994 | 36,060 | 36,062 | 36,062 |
| Livingston County | 38,658 | 38,951 | 39,005 | 39,105 | 39,278 | 39,669 | 39,654 | 39,676 | 39,678 |
| Logan County | 30,302 | 30,531 | 30,694 | 30,718 | 30,783 | 30,956 | 31,164 | 31,192 | 31,183 |
| McDonough County | 31,823 | 32,011 | 32,298 | 32,613 | 32,856 | 32,863 | 32,871 | 32,918 | 32,913 |
| McHenry County | 312,373 | 304,701 | 296,625 | 288,634 | 279,233 | 270,283 | 261,746 | 260,093 | 260,077 |
| McLean County | 161,202 | 158,977 | 157,782 | 156,655 | 155,231 | 152,426 | 150,879 | 150,435 | 150,433 |
| Macon County | 109,309 | 109,835 | 110,286 | 110,938 | 112,316 | 113,483 | 114,495 | 114,706 | 114,706 |
| Macoupin County | 48,841 | 49,016 | 49,051 | 49,010 | 48,998 | 48,979 | 49,011 | 49,019 | 49,019 |
| Madison County | 265,303 | 263,975 | 263,256 | 263,097 | 260,938 | 260,270 | 259,122 | 258,951 | 258,941 |
| Marion County | 40,088 | 40,068 | 40,372 | 40,780 | 41,054 | 41,461 | 41,708 | 41,691 | 41,691 |
| Marshall County | 13,003 | 13,122 | 13,152 | 13,037 | 13,006 | 12,970 | 13,143 | 13,150 | 13,180 |
| Mason County | 15,503 | 15,733 | 15,886 | 15,893 | 15,980 | 16,010 | 16,016 | 16,037 | 16,038 |
| Massac County | 15,135 | 15,225 | 15,263 | 15,125 | 15,164 | 15,043 | 15,125 | 15,161 | 15,161 |
| Menard County | 12,588 | 12,587 | 12,692 | 12,648 | 12,588 | 12,581 | 12,518 | 12,486 | 12,486 |
| Mercer County | 16,786 | 16,840 | 16,968 | 16,908 | 17,002 | 16,951 | 16,964 | 16,957 | 16,957 |
| Monroe County | 31,876 | 31,289 | 30,706 | 29,915 | 29,180 | 28,387 | 27,772 | 27,619 | 27,619 |
| Montgomery County | 30,367 | 30,304 | 30,422 | 30,386 | 30,567 | 30,525 | 30,646 | 30,644 | 30,652 |
| Morgan County | 35,666 | 35,734 | 35,955 | 35,956 | 36,088 | 36,364 | 36,613 | 36,619 | 36,616 |
| Moultrie County | 14,383 | 14,426 | 14,411 | 14,371 | 14,358 | 14,358 | 14,340 | 14,287 | 14,287 |
| Ogle County | 54,826 | 54,057 | 53,515 | 52,934 | 52,202 | 51,746 | 51,179 | 51,032 | 51,032 |
| Peoria County | 182,495 | 182,056 | 181,827 | 181,835 | 182,516 | 182,261 | 183,224 | 183,439 | 183,433 |
| Perry County | 22,865 | 22,789 | 22,678 | 22,700 | 22,786 | 23,050 | 23,066 | 23,094 | 23,094 |
| Piatt County | 16,688 | 16,602 | 16,482 | 16,410 | 16,247 | 16,338 | 16,374 | 16,369 | 16,365 |
| Pike County | 16,840 | 17,035 | 17,094 | 16,968 | 17,069 | 17,225 | 17,345 | 17,379 | 17,384 |
| Pope County | 4,184 | 4,194 | 4,283 | 4,320 | 4,341 | 4,348 | 4,424 | 4,413 | 4,413 |
| Pulaski County | 6,726 | 6,815 | 6,927 | 7,042 | 7,178 | 7,212 | 7,322 | 7,348 | 7,348 |
| Putnam County | 6,005 | 6,063 | 6,088 | 6,113 | 6,106 | 6,077 | 6,090 | 6,086 | 6,086 |
| Randolph County | 33,028 | 33,116 | 33,243 | 33,203 | 33,277 | 33,973 | 33,916 | 33,893 | 33,893 |
| Richland County | 15,724 | 15,809 | 15,853 | 15,918 | 16,058 | 15,998 | 16,118 | 16,149 | 16,149 |
| Rock Island County | 147,545 | 147,454 | 147,521 | 147,617 | 148,411 | 148,774 | 149,132 | 149,388 | 149,374 |
| St. Clair County | 260,919 | 259,388 | 258,739 | 258,104 | 257,177 | 255,985 | 256,188 | 256,068 | 256,082 |
| Saline County | 26,062 | 26,054 | 26,172 | 26,113 | 26,231 | 26,323 | 26,648 | 26,733 | 26,733 |
| Sangamon County | 193,524 | 192,689 | 192,252 | 191,934 | 191,546 | 190,323 | 189,068 | 188,954 | 188,951 |
| Schuyler County | 6,984 | 7,056 | 7,039 | 6,987 | 6,997 | 7,044 | 7,187 | 7,189 | 7,189 |
| Scott County | 5,377 | 5,439 | 5,428 | 5,485 | 5,498 | 5,527 | 5,546 | 5,534 | 5,537 |
| Shelby County | 22,172 | 22,270 | 22,361 | 22,478 | 22,565 | 22,661 | 22,833 | 22,893 | 22,893 |
| Stark County | 6,233 | 6,159 | 6,185 | 6,192 | 6,252 | 6,316 | 6,318 | 6,332 | 6,332 |
| Stephenson County | 47,388 | 47,719 | 48,057 | 48,171 | 48,183 | 48,536 | 48,915 | 48,979 | 48,979 |
| Tazewell County | 130,559 | 129,603 | 128,960 | 128,189 | 128,356 | 128,238 | 128,496 | 128,485 | 128,485 |
| Union County | 18,261 | 18,219 | 18,166 | 18,222 | 18,166 | 18,140 | 18,257 | 18,293 | 18,293 |
| Vermilion County | 81,941 | 82,178 | 82,545 | 82,740 | 83,207 | 83,561 | 83,830 | 83,924 | 83,919 |
| Wabash County | 12,457 | 12,542 | 12,590 | 12,680 | 12,704 | 12,801 | 12,900 | 12,937 | 12,937 |
| Warren County | 17,480 | 17,592 | 17,697 | 18,210 | 18,380 | 18,497 | 18,689 | 18,735 | 18,735 |
| Washington County | 14,927 | 14,946 | 15,120 | 15,147 | 15,150 | 15,235 | 15,173 | 15,148 | 15,148 |
| Wayne County | 16,602 | 16,766 | 16,808 | 16,916 | 17,030 | 17,064 | 17,128 | 17,151 | 17,151 |
| White County | 15,078 | 15,217 | 15,227 | 15,097 | 15,221 | 15,351 | 15,343 | 15,371 | 15,371 |
| Whiteside County | 59,880 | 59,745 | 59,891 | 59,883 | 60,317 | 60,626 | 60,659 | 60,651 | 60,653 |
| Will County | 668,217 | 642,625 | 617,846 | 585,526 | 559,616 | 533,486 | 508,391 | 502,267 | 502,266 |
| Williamson County | 63,740 | 63,411 | 63,059 | 62,417 | 62,124 | 61,799 | 61,257 | 61,310 | 61,296 |
| Winnebago County | 295,635 | 291,639 | 288,549 | 286,193 | 283,226 | 281,038 | 279,024 | 278,420 | 278,418 |
| Woodford County | 37,904 | 37,424 | 36,930 | 36,386 | 36,002 | 35,705 | 35,510 | 35,469 | 35,469 |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau