2000 Census Data					Black		Asian	Hispanic
County	1990 Pop.	2000 Pop.	Difference	% Dif.	Black Pop.	% Black	Asian Pop.	Hisp. Pop.	% Hisp.
	11,430,602	12,419,293	988,691	8.6%	1,937,671	15.6%	473,649	1,530,262	12.3%
Adams	66,090	68,277	2,187	3.3%	2,423	3.5%	360	567	0.8%
Alexander	10,626	9,590	-1,036	-9.7%	3,391	35.4%	44	138	1.4%
Bond	14,991	17,633	2,642	17.6%	1,334	7.6%	64	253	1.4%
Boone	30,806	41,786	10,980	35.6%	482	1.2%	333	5,219	12.5%
Brown	5,836	6,950	1,114	19.1%	1,270	18.3%	22	273	3.9%
Bureau	35,688	35,503	-185	-0.5%	181	0.5%	229	1,732	4.9%
Calhoun	5,322	5,084	-238	-4.5%	3	0.1%	10	32	0.6%
Carroll	16,805	16,674	-131	-0.8%	117	0.7%	101	340	2.0%
Cass	13,437	13,695	258	1.9%	75	0.5%	55	1,162	8.5%
Champaign	173,025	179,669	6,644	3.8%	21,489	12.0%	12,749	5,203	2.9%
Christian	34,418	35,372	954	2.8%	805	2.3%	154	345	1.0%
Clark	15,921	17,008	1,087	6.8%	60	0.4%	36	54	0.3%
Clay	14,460	14,560	100	0.7%	27	0.2%	80	88	0.6%
Clinton	33,944	35,535	1,591	4.7%	1,435	4.0%	176	570	1.6%
Coles	51,644	53,196	1,552	3.0%	1,386	2.6%	517	737	1.4%
Cook	5,105,067	5,376,741	271,674	5.3%	1,435,781	26.7%	287,551	1,071,740	19.9%
Crawford	19,464	20,452	988	5.1%	975	4.8%	104	351	1.7%
Cumberland	10,670	11,253	583	5.5%	18	0.2%	29	68	0.6%
DeKalb	77,932	88,969	11,037	14.2%	4,466	5.0%	2,378	5,830	6.6%
De Witt	16,516	16,798	282	1.7%	115	0.7%	75	213	1.3%
Douglas	19,464	19,922	458	2.4%	84	0.4%	72	690	3.5%
DuPage	781,666	904,161	122,495	15.7%	30,390	3.4%	76,941	81,366	9.0%
Edgar	19,595	19,704	109	0.6%	378	1.9%	48	154	0.8%
Edwards	7,440	6,971	-469	-6.3%	13	0.2%	32	32	0.5%
Effingham	31,704	34,264	2,560	8.1%	82	0.2%	138	252	0.7%
Fayette	20,893	21,802	909	4.4%	1,081	5.0%	62	174	0.8%
Ford	14,275	14,241	-34	-0.2%	55	0.4%	63	176	1.2%
Franklin	40,319	39,018	-1,301	-3.2%	81	0.2%	121	249	0.6%
Fulton	38,080	38,250	170	0.4%	1,427	3.7%	126	478	1.2%
Gallatin	6,909	6,445	-464	-6.7%	24	0.4%	10	56	0.9%
Greene	15,317	14,761	-556	-3.6%	128	0.9%	31	77	0.5%
Grundy	32,337	37,535	5,198	16.1%	114	0.3%	173	1,552	4.1%
Hamilton	8,499	8,621	122	1.4%	65	0.8%	32	55	0.6%
Hancock	21,373	20,121	-1,252	-5.9%	66	0.3%	60	105	0.5%
Hardin	5,189	4,800	-389	-7.5%	141	2.9%	27	51	1.1%
Henderson	8,096	8,213	117	1.4%	34	0.4%	12	72	0.9%
Henry	51,159	51,020	-139	-0.3%	751	1.5%	180	1,467	2.9%
Iroquois	30,787	31,334	547	1.8%	265	0.8%	117	1,217	3.9%
Jackson	61,067	59,612	-1,455	-2.4%	8,169	13.7%	2,054	1,443	2.4%
Jasper	10,609	10,117	-492	-4.6%	11	0.1%	26	48	0.5%
Jefferson	37,020	40,045	3,025	8.2%	3,302	8.2%	267	531	1.3%
Jersey	20,539	21,668	1,129	5.5%	141	0.7%	77	162	0.7%
Jo Daviess	21,821	22,289	468	2.1%	64	0.3%	56	342	1.5%
Johnson	11,347	12,878	1,531	13.5%	1,840	14.3%	36	368	2.9%
Kane	317,471	404,119	86,648	27.3%	25,503	6.3%	8,745	95,924	23.7%
Kankakee	96,255	103,833	7,578	7.9%	16,651	16.0%	949	4,959	4.8%
Kendall	39,413	54,544	15,131	38.4%	879	1.6%	611	4,086	7.5%
Knox	56,393	55,836	-557	-1.0%	3,904	7.0%	460	1,896	3.4%
Lake	516,418	644,356	127,938	24.8%	48,015	7.5%	28,615	92,716	14.4%
La Salle	106,913	111,509	4,596	4.3%	2,000	1.8%	784	5,791	5.2%
Lawrence	15,972	15,452	-520	-3.3%	155	1.0%	24	137	0.9%
Lee	34,392	36,062	1,670	4.9%	1,887	5.2%	272	1,147	3.2%
Livingston	39,301	39,678	377	1.0%	2,122	5.3%	184	1,056	2.7%
Logan	30,798	31,183	385	1.3%	2,113	6.8%	211	503	1.6%
McDonough	35,244	32,913	-2,331	-6.6%	1,247	3.8%	745	488	1.5%
McHenry	183,241	260,077	76,836	41.9%	2,040	0.8%	4,550	19,602	7.5%
McLean	129,180	150,433	21,253	16.5%	10,261	6.8%	3,527	3,833	2.5%
Macon	117,206	114,706	-2,500	-2.1%	17,106	14.9%	859	1,120	1.0%
Macoupin	47,679	49,019	1,340	2.8%	457	0.9%	143	305	0.6%
Madison	249,238	258,941	9,703	3.9%	19,896	7.7%	2,125	3,925	1.5%
Marion	41,561	41,691	130	0.3%	1,790	4.3%	291	378	0.9%
Marshall	12,846	13,180	334	2.6%	68	0.5%	49	138	1.0%
Mason	16,269	16,038	-231	-1.4%	28	0.2%	49	80	0.5%
Massac	14,752	15,161	409	2.8%	910	6.0%	60	123	0.8%
Menard	11,164	12,486	1,322	11.8%	59	0.5%	32	94	0.8%
Mercer	17,290	16,957	-333	-1.9%	71	0.4%	56	216	1.3%
Monroe	22,422	27,619	5,197	23.2%	29	0.1%	116	203	0.7%
Montgomery	30,728	30,652	-76	-0.2%	1,173	3.8%	103	326	1.1%
Morgan	36,397	36,616	219	0.6%	2,123	5.8%	225	496	1.4%
Moultrie	13,930	14,287	357	2.6%	39	0.3%	23	68	0.5%
Ogle	45,957	51,032	5,075	11.0%	349	0.7%	312	3,066	6.0%
Peoria	182,827	183,433	606	0.3%	31,327	17.1%	3,499	3,827	2.1%
Perry	21,412	23,094	1,682	7.9%	1,913	8.3%	92	406	1.8%
Piatt	15,548	16,365	817	5.3%	57	0.3%	34	101	0.6%
Pike	17,577	17,384	-193	-1.1%	275	1.6%	62	87	0.5%
Pope	4,373	4,413	40	0.9%	182	4.1%	16	40	0.9%
Pulaski	7,523	7,348	-175	-2.3%	2,328	31.7%	73	107	1.5%
Putnam	5,730	6,086	356	6.2%	53	0.9%	19	171	2.8%
Randolph	34,583	33,893	-690	-2.0%	3,238	9.6%	122	521	1.5%
Richland	16,545	16,149	-396	-2.4%	67	0.4%	123	124	0.8%
Rock Island	148,723	149,374	651	0.4%	12,419	8.3%	1,881	12,791	8.6%
St. Clair	262,852	256,082	-6,770	-2.6%	74,995	29.3%	3,259	5,604	2.2%
Saline	26,551	26,733	182	0.7%	1,193	4.5%	83	258	1.0%
Sangamon	178,386	188,951	10,565	5.9%	19,426	10.3%	2,521	2,000	1.1%
Schuyler	7,498	7,189	-309	-4.1%	17	0.2%	11	39	0.5%
Scott	5,644	5,537	-107	-1.9%	3	0.1%	7	10	0.2%
Shelby	22,261	22,893	632	2.8%	43	0.2%	70	110	0.5%
Stark	6,534	6,332	-202	-3.1%	6	0.1%	20	54	0.9%
Stephenson	48,052	48,979	927	1.9%	4,168	8.5%	452	747	1.5%
Tazewell	123,692	128,485	4,793	3.9%	1,328	1.0%	823	1,331	1.0%
Union	17,619	18,293	674	3.8%	179	1.0%	75	481	2.6%
Vermilion	88,257	83,919	-4,338	-4.9%	9,361	11.2%	601	2,504	3.0%
Wabash	13,111	12,937	-174	-1.3%	83	0.6%	77	95	0.7%
Warren	19,181	18,735	-446	-2.3%	386	2.1%	89	507	2.7%
Washington	14,965	15,148	183	1.2%	65	0.4%	42	108	0.7%
Wayne	17,241	17,151	-90	-0.5%	46	0.3%	75	103	0.6%
White	16,522	15,371	-1,151	-7.0%	54	0.4%	49	103	0.7%
Whiteside	60,186	60,653	467	0.8%	833	1.4%	340	5,347	8.8%
Will	357,313	502,266	144,953	40.6%	55,060	11.0%	13,008	43,768	8.7%
Williamson	57,733	61,296	3,563	6.2%	1,742	2.8%	401	763	1.2%
Winnebago	252,913	278,418	25,505	10.1%	31,264	11.2%	5,628	19,206	6.9%
Woodford	32,653	35,469	2,816	8.6%	146	0.4%	149	241	0.7%