(Links below lead to Quick Facts for Illinois Counties: People, Business & Geography at U.S. Census Bureau.)
| Area | 7/1/2008 | 7/1/2007 | 7/1/2006 | 7/1/2005 | 7/1/2004 | 7/1/2003 | 7/1/2002 | 7/1/2001 | 7/1/2000 | Census 2000 |
| Illinois | 12,901,563 | 12,825,809 | 12,759,673 | 12,704,063 | 12,665,718 | 12,611,047 | 12,565,228 | 12,510,596 | 12,437,888 | 12,419,293 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 66,897 | 66,776 | 66,924 | 66,785 | 66,750 | 67,206 | 67,774 | 68,044 | 68,220 | 68,277 |
| Alexander County | 8,152 | 8,250 | 8,413 | 8,633 | 8,941 | 9,040 | 9,400 | 9,444 | 9,584 | 9,590 |
| Bond County | 18,253 | 18,334 | 18,116 | 18,134 | 18,252 | 18,069 | 17,798 | 17,610 | 17,650 | 17,633 |
| Boone County | 54,142 | 53,250 | 51,531 | 49,556 | 47,753 | 46,123 | 44,523 | 43,189 | 42,055 | 41,786 |
| Brown County | 6,573 | 6,539 | 6,613 | 6,686 | 6,782 | 6,850 | 6,834 | 6,935 | 6,963 | 6,950 |
| Bureau County | 34,933 | 34,922 | 34,932 | 34,789 | 34,811 | 34,977 | 35,008 | 35,170 | 35,473 | 35,503 |
| Calhoun County | 5,101 | 5,137 | 5,124 | 5,119 | 5,106 | 5,098 | 4,976 | 5,042 | 5,090 | 5,084 |
| Carroll County | 15,841 | 15,877 | 15,992 | 16,016 | 16,189 | 16,332 | 16,367 | 16,443 | 16,627 | 16,674 |
| Cass County | 13,574 | 13,595 | 13,512 | 13,615 | 13,598 | 13,647 | 13,530 | 13,666 | 13,676 | 13,695 |
| Champaign County | 193,636 | 193,015 | 190,738 | 188,020 | 186,459 | 185,323 | 183,101 | 181,320 | 179,919 | 179,669 |
| Christian County | 34,501 | 34,563 | 34,646 | 34,797 | 35,020 | 34,950 | 35,024 | 35,153 | 35,355 | 35,372 |
| Clark County | 16,834 | 16,835 | 16,807 | 16,836 | 16,809 | 16,822 | 16,906 | 16,873 | 16,993 | 17,008 |
| Clay County | 13,767 | 13,751 | 13,862 | 13,932 | 13,980 | 14,070 | 14,151 | 14,223 | 14,410 | 14,560 |
| Clinton County | 36,711 | 36,394 | 36,305 | 36,012 | 35,973 | 35,851 | 35,726 | 35,629 | 35,529 | 35,535 |
| Coles County | 52,172 | 52,283 | 52,321 | 52,086 | 52,420 | 52,365 | 52,029 | 52,319 | 53,084 | 53,196 |
| Cook County | 5,294,664 | 5,271,405 | 5,270,146 | 5,288,709 | 5,316,484 | 5,339,646 | 5,360,625 | 5,378,570 | 5,377,092 | 5,376,741 |
| Crawford County | 19,555 | 19,584 | 19,676 | 19,776 | 19,837 | 19,933 | 20,093 | 20,303 | 20,399 | 20,452 |
| Cumberland County | 10,846 | 10,827 | 10,885 | 10,850 | 10,903 | 10,918 | 11,056 | 11,152 | 11,256 | 11,253 |
| De Witt County | 16,354 | 16,391 | 16,487 | 16,407 | 16,427 | 16,497 | 16,550 | 16,725 | 16,788 | 16,798 |
| DeKalb County | 106,321 | 105,180 | 102,573 | 99,455 | 97,015 | 94,741 | 92,395 | 90,804 | 89,321 | 88,969 |
| Douglas County | 19,448 | 19,541 | 19,635 | 19,678 | 19,760 | 19,747 | 19,842 | 19,925 | 19,926 | 19,922 |
| DuPage County | 930,528 | 926,228 | 925,473 | 925,156 | 924,777 | 921,657 | 919,547 | 914,555 | 906,665 | 904,161 |
| Edgar County | 18,692 | 18,831 | 18,892 | 18,947 | 19,045 | 19,122 | 19,338 | 19,560 | 19,657 | 19,704 |
| Edwards County | 6,501 | 6,548 | 6,525 | 6,649 | 6,708 | 6,793 | 6,801 | 6,854 | 6,967 | 6,971 |
| Effingham County | 34,275 | 34,174 | 34,279 | 34,405 | 34,535 | 34,429 | 34,313 | 34,359 | 34,260 | 34,264 |
| Fayette County | 20,981 | 20,979 | 21,092 | 21,149 | 20,603 | 21,092 | 21,494 | 21,513 | 21,792 | 21,802 |
| Ford County | 14,050 | 14,114 | 14,007 | 13,984 | 14,057 | 14,041 | 14,092 | 14,146 | 14,209 | 14,241 |
| Franklin County | 39,488 | 39,402 | 39,411 | 39,395 | 39,157 | 38,964 | 38,845 | 38,786 | 39,017 | 39,018 |
| Fulton County | 36,719 | 36,811 | 36,947 | 37,134 | 37,381 | 37,521 | 37,493 | 37,849 | 38,240 | 38,250 |
| Gallatin County | 5,982 | 6,026 | 6,080 | 6,077 | 6,117 | 6,155 | 6,181 | 6,309 | 6,427 | 6,445 |
| Greene County | 13,644 | 13,724 | 13,878 | 14,110 | 14,170 | 14,344 | 14,591 | 14,595 | 14,746 | 14,761 |
| Grundy County | 47,958 | 46,987 | 45,512 | 43,459 | 40,870 | 39,417 | 38,622 | 38,191 | 37,675 | 37,535 |
| Hamilton County | 8,267 | 8,224 | 8,298 | 8,281 | 8,375 | 8,320 | 8,371 | 8,492 | 8,604 | 8,621 |
| Hancock County | 18,691 | 18,845 | 18,947 | 19,050 | 19,227 | 19,395 | 19,597 | 19,941 | 20,089 | 20,121 |
| Hardin County | 4,381 | 4,448 | 4,507 | 4,625 | 4,679 | 4,743 | 4,704 | 4,762 | 4,785 | 4,800 |
| Henderson County | 7,477 | 7,561 | 7,615 | 7,784 | 7,917 | 7,945 | 8,104 | 8,182 | 8,210 | 8,213 |
| Henry County | 49,569 | 49,604 | 49,548 | 49,860 | 49,940 | 50,273 | 50,169 | 50,562 | 51,049 | 51,020 |
| Iroquois County | 30,285 | 30,245 | 30,188 | 30,368 | 30,346 | 30,557 | 30,710 | 30,945 | 31,320 | 31,334 |
| Jackson County | 58,264 | 58,233 | 59,005 | 59,076 | 58,691 | 58,736 | 58,567 | 59,351 | 59,609 | 59,612 |
| Jasper County | 9,698 | 9,680 | 9,710 | 9,791 | 9,919 | 9,902 | 9,974 | 10,037 | 10,070 | 10,117 |
| Jefferson County | 40,083 | 40,086 | 40,129 | 40,123 | 40,054 | 40,044 | 40,040 | 40,014 | 40,056 | 40,045 |
| Jersey County | 22,622 | 22,400 | 22,331 | 22,185 | 22,130 | 21,940 | 21,899 | 21,709 | 21,655 | 21,668 |
| Jo Daviess County | 22,188 | 22,218 | 22,370 | 22,274 | 22,322 | 22,448 | 22,317 | 22,399 | 22,278 | 22,289 |
| Johnson County | 13,731 | 13,724 | 13,695 | 13,493 | 13,512 | 13,449 | 12,718 | 13,021 | 12,920 | 12,878 |
| Kane County | 507,579 | 498,142 | 487,279 | 477,214 | 468,212 | 454,661 | 440,584 | 423,969 | 407,520 | 404,119 |
| Kankakee County | 112,524 | 111,538 | 109,944 | 108,431 | 107,399 | 106,068 | 105,396 | 104,805 | 103,876 | 103,833 |
| Kendall County | 103,460 | 96,566 | 87,453 | 79,031 | 72,308 | 66,836 | 61,725 | 58,158 | 55,207 | 54,544 |
| Knox County | 51,857 | 51,973 | 52,299 | 52,752 | 53,308 | 53,952 | 54,657 | 55,170 | 55,757 | 55,836 |
| Lake County | 712,453 | 706,386 | 701,754 | 694,862 | 686,580 | 677,561 | 672,303 | 660,851 | 648,174 | 644,356 |
| LaSalle County | 112,474 | 112,068 | 111,625 | 111,197 | 111,030 | 110,193 | 111,312 | 111,869 | 111,511 | 111,509 |
| Lawrence County | 16,681 | 16,744 | 16,597 | 16,736 | 16,466 | 16,412 | 16,045 | 15,273 | 15,390 | 15,452 |
| Lee County | 35,129 | 35,089 | 34,924 | 34,885 | 35,086 | 35,105 | 35,483 | 35,916 | 36,055 | 36,062 |
| Livingston County | 37,681 | 37,838 | 37,924 | 38,255 | 38,476 | 38,580 | 39,113 | 39,632 | 39,650 | 39,678 |
| Logan County | 29,788 | 29,817 | 29,915 | 30,213 | 30,452 | 30,485 | 30,711 | 30,880 | 31,149 | 31,183 |
| Macon County | 108,328 | 108,664 | 109,082 | 109,635 | 110,027 | 110,683 | 111,998 | 113,318 | 114,481 | 114,706 |
| Macoupin County | 48,138 | 48,160 | 48,130 | 48,437 | 48,648 | 48,719 | 48,774 | 48,832 | 48,989 | 49,019 |
| Madison County | 268,078 | 267,053 | 265,984 | 264,825 | 263,959 | 262,957 | 261,298 | 260,434 | 259,117 | 258,941 |
| Marion County | 39,505 | 39,589 | 39,747 | 39,703 | 40,047 | 40,462 | 40,897 | 41,367 | 41,688 | 41,691 |
| Marshall County | 12,670 | 12,823 | 12,826 | 12,938 | 12,999 | 12,907 | 12,942 | 12,921 | 13,138 | 13,180 |
| Mason County | 15,076 | 15,111 | 15,176 | 15,457 | 15,666 | 15,714 | 15,853 | 15,967 | 16,009 | 16,038 |
| Massac County | 15,070 | 15,078 | 15,088 | 15,220 | 15,239 | 15,048 | 15,106 | 15,025 | 15,127 | 15,161 |
| McDonough County | 32,788 | 33,017 | 32,939 | 32,897 | 32,814 | 32,982 | 32,798 | 32,791 | 32,852 | 32,913 |
| McHenry County | 318,641 | 314,669 | 309,025 | 302,105 | 294,596 | 287,058 | 278,282 | 269,982 | 261,870 | 260,077 |
| McLean County | 165,298 | 163,692 | 161,630 | 159,349 | 158,369 | 157,227 | 155,595 | 152,598 | 150,880 | 150,433 |
| Menard County | 12,464 | 12,454 | 12,338 | 12,399 | 12,520 | 12,476 | 12,476 | 12,484 | 12,494 | 12,486 |
| Mercer County | 16,481 | 16,453 | 16,523 | 16,568 | 16,701 | 16,760 | 16,880 | 16,904 | 16,956 | 16,957 |
| Monroe County | 32,804 | 32,324 | 31,878 | 31,291 | 30,652 | 29,931 | 29,193 | 28,371 | 27,764 | 27,619 |
| Montgomery County | 29,773 | 29,813 | 29,970 | 29,961 | 30,146 | 30,177 | 30,441 | 30,454 | 30,625 | 30,652 |
| Morgan County | 35,251 | 35,365 | 35,447 | 35,684 | 35,995 | 35,970 | 36,071 | 36,300 | 36,619 | 36,616 |
| Moultrie County | 14,374 | 14,316 | 14,248 | 14,343 | 14,328 | 14,286 | 14,268 | 14,274 | 14,318 | 14,287 |
| Ogle County | 55,167 | 54,894 | 54,552 | 53,926 | 53,343 | 52,793 | 52,122 | 51,604 | 51,155 | 51,032 |
| Peoria County | 183,655 | 183,006 | 182,545 | 182,040 | 181,974 | 181,830 | 182,399 | 182,207 | 183,156 | 183,433 |
| Perry County | 22,484 | 22,572 | 22,631 | 22,592 | 22,624 | 22,631 | 22,728 | 23,024 | 23,062 | 23,094 |
| Piatt County | 16,505 | 16,457 | 16,497 | 16,490 | 16,344 | 16,285 | 16,160 | 16,324 | 16,373 | 16,365 |
| Pike County | 16,519 | 16,665 | 16,510 | 16,735 | 16,809 | 16,801 | 16,994 | 17,170 | 17,335 | 17,384 |
| Pope County | 4,079 | 4,107 | 4,104 | 4,110 | 4,231 | 4,613 | 4,292 | 4,331 | 4,418 | 4,413 |
| Pulaski County | 6,362 | 6,473 | 6,552 | 6,667 | 6,830 | 6,950 | 7,086 | 7,182 | 7,324 | 7,348 |
| Putnam County | 6,003 | 6,007 | 5,919 | 5,980 | 6,020 | 6,079 | 6,073 | 6,063 | 6,075 | 6,086 |
| Randolph County | 32,641 | 32,763 | 32,970 | 33,034 | 33,254 | 33,073 | 33,277 | 34,008 | 33,898 | 33,893 |
| Richland County | 15,532 | 15,639 | 15,687 | 15,851 | 15,941 | 16,053 | 16,157 | 16,072 | 16,242 | 16,149 |
| Rock Island County | 146,886 | 147,136 | 146,379 | 146,532 | 146,857 | 147,056 | 148,133 | 148,620 | 149,127 | 149,374 |
| Saline County | 25,944 | 26,049 | 25,973 | 25,969 | 26,133 | 26,114 | 26,271 | 26,370 | 26,631 | 26,733 |
| Sangamon County | 194,925 | 193,838 | 193,316 | 192,577 | 192,227 | 191,810 | 191,455 | 190,282 | 189,090 | 188,951 |
| Schuyler County | 6,916 | 6,993 | 7,010 | 7,068 | 7,026 | 6,975 | 6,999 | 7,031 | 7,189 | 7,189 |
| Scott County | 5,181 | 5,215 | 5,250 | 5,336 | 5,370 | 5,430 | 5,453 | 5,511 | 5,539 | 5,537 |
| Shelby County | 21,748 | 21,722 | 21,881 | 22,039 | 22,160 | 22,373 | 22,492 | 22,614 | 22,831 | 22,893 |
| St. Clair County | 262,291 | 261,467 | 260,470 | 258,776 | 258,338 | 257,691 | 257,075 | 255,895 | 256,204 | 256,082 |
| Stark County | 6,135 | 6,151 | 6,135 | 6,097 | 6,143 | 6,175 | 6,256 | 6,302 | 6,320 | 6,332 |
| Stephenson County | 46,367 | 46,581 | 46,926 | 47,330 | 47,846 | 48,006 | 48,039 | 48,445 | 48,886 | 48,979 |
| Tazewell County | 131,524 | 130,869 | 129,765 | 129,250 | 128,405 | 127,804 | 128,134 | 128,145 | 128,496 | 128,485 |
| Union County | 18,191 | 18,188 | 18,156 | 18,119 | 18,092 | 18,149 | 18,118 | 18,124 | 18,256 | 18,293 |
| Vermilion County | 80,680 | 81,167 | 81,641 | 81,743 | 82,170 | 82,386 | 82,923 | 83,452 | 83,799 | 83,919 |
| Wabash County | 12,047 | 12,127 | 12,271 | 12,415 | 12,461 | 12,541 | 12,635 | 12,759 | 12,903 | 12,937 |
| Warren County | 17,541 | 17,675 | 17,657 | 17,705 | 17,760 | 18,112 | 18,324 | 18,442 | 18,680 | 18,735 |
| Washington County | 14,728 | 14,737 | 14,831 | 14,820 | 15,003 | 15,111 | 15,086 | 15,236 | 15,163 | 15,148 |
| Wayne County | 16,494 | 16,565 | 16,473 | 16,650 | 16,679 | 16,794 | 16,916 | 17,027 | 17,124 | 17,151 |
| White County | 14,671 | 14,651 | 14,809 | 14,983 | 15,017 | 14,953 | 15,101 | 15,266 | 15,328 | 15,371 |
| Whiteside County | 59,153 | 59,026 | 59,171 | 59,217 | 59,461 | 59,564 | 60,101 | 60,560 | 60,631 | 60,653 |
| Will County | 681,097 | 670,663 | 656,190 | 632,173 | 608,767 | 580,714 | 555,723 | 531,273 | 508,029 | 502,266 |
| Williamson County | 64,628 | 64,169 | 63,512 | 63,518 | 63,080 | 62,322 | 62,089 | 61,737 | 61,266 | 61,296 |
| Winnebago County | 300,252 | 298,010 | 293,103 | 289,638 | 287,020 | 285,130 | 282,518 | 280,744 | 278,948 | 278,418 |
| Woodford County | 38,503 | 37,944 | 37,365 | 37,029 | 36,509 | 36,027 | 35,703 | 35,560 | 35,484 | 35,469 |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau