PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Illinois
Illinois's senior poverty rate is 9.8%, and 29.2% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 102 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
9.8%
Senior poverty (65+)
29.2%
Seniors living alone
37.3%
Senior SNAP take-up
$57,977
Senior median income
Illinois by county
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Illinois at a glance
Seniors in poverty
200K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
9.8%
Ages 65+
Living alone
29.2%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
37.3%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$57,977
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.41
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 102 counties in Illinois.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Pulaski 22.2%
- 2 Alexander 19.4%
- 3 Schuyler 16.8%
- 4 Franklin 14.2%
- 5 White 13.4%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Clay 41.1%
- 2 Knox 38.6%
- 3 Saline 37.4%
- 4 Union 37.2%
- 5 Adams 36.6%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Cook 784K
- 2 DuPage 151K
- 3 Lake 106K
- 4 Will 96K
- 5 Kane 76K
Every county in Illinois
All 102 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 12.0% | 36.6% | 35.8% | $45,753 | 12,357 | 0.63 |
| Alexander | 19.4% | 32.9% | 49.2% | $41,719 | 1,182 | 0.71 |
| Bond | 6.7% | 29.9% | 28.6% | $53,978 | 2,940 | 0.36 |
| Boone | 7.8% | 28.6% | 32.0% | $55,975 | 8,517 | 0.35 |
| Brown | 5.5% | 24.6% | 35.1% | $70,536 | 860 | 0.21 |
| Bureau | 10.0% | 28.6% | 35.7% | $50,487 | 7,204 | 0.40 |
| Calhoun | 3.2% | 13.4% | 41.7% | $68,250 | 1,013 | 0.00 |
| Carroll | 7.2% | 28.1% | 30.6% | $50,375 | 3,638 | 0.32 |
| Cass | 9.8% | 35.9% | 34.5% | $49,310 | 2,283 | 0.56 |
| Champaign | 7.8% | 28.3% | 25.3% | $64,353 | 27,376 | 0.34 |
| Christian | 12.1% | 35.4% | 33.8% | $42,192 | 6,331 | 0.60 |
| Clark | 7.0% | 28.8% | 28.1% | $54,511 | 2,891 | 0.34 |
| Clay | 9.2% | 41.1% | 35.2% | $40,829 | 2,663 | 0.64 |
| Clinton | 8.9% | 31.3% | 24.8% | $56,761 | 6,377 | 0.44 |
| Coles | 9.5% | 30.8% | 31.2% | $49,467 | 7,887 | 0.44 |
| Cook | 12.7% | 31.1% | 41.8% | $55,061 | 784,383 | 0.52 |
| Crawford | 9.5% | 29.3% | 35.6% | $52,652 | 3,388 | 0.41 |
| Cumberland | 7.6% | 32.2% | 35.1% | $43,884 | 2,016 | 0.43 |
| De Witt | 5.1% | 31.1% | 33.8% | $50,167 | 2,955 | 0.35 |
| DeKalb | 8.1% | 26.6% | 22.6% | $60,478 | 13,105 | 0.31 |
| Douglas | 9.4% | 31.6% | 27.8% | $50,542 | 3,566 | 0.46 |
| DuPage | 6.4% | 24.3% | 38.4% | $76,406 | 151,494 | 0.22 |
| Edgar | 9.2% | 30.2% | 36.7% | $53,028 | 3,735 | 0.42 |
| Edwards | 11.5% | 25.5% | 34.4% | $49,018 | 1,338 | 0.36 |
| Effingham | 8.7% | 25.5% | 34.1% | $56,431 | 6,026 | 0.30 |
| Fayette | 12.5% | 30.7% | 40.2% | $37,966 | 3,973 | 0.50 |
| Ford | 4.5% | 27.5% | 24.5% | $48,000 | 2,300 | 0.25 |
| Franklin | 14.2% | 34.4% | 39.7% | $41,899 | 7,558 | 0.63 |
| Fulton | 8.1% | 28.1% | 29.7% | $49,888 | 6,698 | 0.34 |
| Gallatin | 13.3% | 34.4% | 49.9% | $47,614 | 1,239 | 0.61 |
| Greene | 5.1% | 29.0% | 35.7% | $54,015 | 2,313 | 0.30 |
| Grundy | 4.9% | 28.0% | 29.5% | $55,451 | 7,493 | 0.27 |
| Hamilton | 6.8% | 32.0% | 44.3% | $52,104 | 1,708 | 0.40 |
| Hancock | 11.0% | 31.2% | 34.7% | $44,583 | 4,029 | 0.48 |
| Hardin | 6.6% | 19.4% | 31.2% | $48,438 | 1,136 | 0.11 |
| Henderson | 6.2% | 26.0% | 37.2% | $49,861 | 1,635 | 0.25 |
| Henry | 9.1% | 30.6% | 36.3% | $46,992 | 10,070 | 0.43 |
| Iroquois | 9.9% | 29.5% | 39.7% | $47,011 | 5,639 | 0.42 |
| Jackson | 10.8% | 30.5% | 28.4% | $51,513 | 8,382 | 0.46 |
| Jasper | 9.8% | 29.2% | 46.9% | $48,288 | 1,846 | 0.41 |
| Jefferson | 8.7% | 29.8% | 27.4% | $48,632 | 6,964 | 0.40 |
| Jersey | 7.1% | 26.7% | 55.2% | $55,128 | 4,043 | 0.29 |
| Jo Daviess | 5.5% | 24.1% | 26.2% | $63,250 | 6,291 | 0.20 |
| Johnson | 10.7% | 24.9% | 36.2% | $53,560 | 2,639 | 0.33 |
| Kane | 7.9% | 24.1% | 33.4% | $70,983 | 75,578 | 0.25 |
| Kankakee | 8.8% | 28.3% | 30.2% | $50,013 | 18,123 | 0.37 |
| Kendall | 3.9% | 21.3% | 30.2% | $72,672 | 14,788 | 0.10 |
| Knox | 12.4% | 38.6% | 32.9% | $41,275 | 10,361 | 0.68 |
| Lake | 6.8% | 24.9% | 39.3% | $77,859 | 105,718 | 0.24 |
| LaSalle | 7.9% | 29.8% | 27.8% | $52,290 | 20,248 | 0.38 |
| Lawrence | 11.3% | 26.9% | 27.0% | $44,518 | 2,548 | 0.39 |
| Lee | 9.3% | 27.9% | 30.7% | $53,899 | 6,424 | 0.37 |
| Livingston | 7.9% | 28.4% | 34.6% | $53,135 | 6,668 | 0.35 |
| Logan | 10.6% | 31.3% | 36.3% | $52,895 | 5,104 | 0.47 |
| Macon | 9.1% | 31.7% | 32.2% | $49,020 | 20,455 | 0.45 |
| Macoupin | 11.8% | 25.2% | 36.3% | $53,868 | 9,093 | 0.36 |
| Madison | 8.7% | 30.2% | 32.9% | $56,750 | 46,128 | 0.41 |
| Marion | 7.7% | 33.9% | 31.1% | $50,308 | 6,925 | 0.47 |
| Marshall | 7.7% | 28.5% | 30.4% | $50,648 | 2,565 | 0.34 |
| Mason | 7.7% | 34.9% | 35.0% | $48,975 | 2,835 | 0.49 |
| Massac | 11.0% | 22.3% | 42.8% | $54,702 | 2,806 | 0.28 |
| McDonough | 9.8% | 34.5% | 30.7% | $47,982 | 4,925 | 0.53 |
| McHenry | 5.5% | 25.1% | 36.8% | $69,056 | 48,590 | 0.22 |
| McLean | 8.4% | 29.4% | 29.1% | $66,822 | 23,621 | 0.38 |
| Menard | 6.0% | 26.3% | 22.8% | $68,190 | 2,377 | 0.26 |
| Mercer | 5.9% | 26.0% | 40.7% | $54,701 | 3,288 | 0.25 |
| Monroe | 7.1% | 24.6% | 31.9% | $62,823 | 6,393 | 0.24 |
| Montgomery | 11.1% | 30.6% | 37.9% | $43,350 | 5,434 | 0.47 |
| Morgan | 9.3% | 33.6% | 42.4% | $49,663 | 6,415 | 0.50 |
| Moultrie | 5.9% | 24.9% | 25.2% | $51,125 | 2,599 | 0.22 |
| Ogle | 7.9% | 30.7% | 38.2% | $59,369 | 9,664 | 0.40 |
| Peoria | 9.6% | 33.7% | 32.2% | $51,407 | 30,902 | 0.51 |
| Perry | 9.9% | 28.1% | 29.0% | $49,043 | 3,897 | 0.39 |
| Piatt | 4.8% | 25.7% | 33.8% | $65,222 | 3,367 | 0.22 |
| Pike | 10.4% | 32.8% | 38.2% | $43,942 | 2,990 | 0.50 |
| Pope | 8.5% | 27.8% | 41.4% | $47,125 | 940 | 0.35 |
| Pulaski | 22.2% | 35.2% | 38.4% | $31,467 | 1,136 | 0.83 |
| Putnam | 5.5% | 23.9% | 29.6% | $58,438 | 1,336 | 0.19 |
| Randolph | 9.2% | 29.0% | 34.3% | $50,024 | 5,865 | 0.39 |
| Richland | 7.9% | 32.2% | 38.2% | $49,225 | 3,069 | 0.43 |
| Rock Island | 8.3% | 33.9% | 29.8% | $54,335 | 27,842 | 0.48 |
| Saline | 11.7% | 37.4% | 41.1% | $42,357 | 4,674 | 0.64 |
| Sangamon | 7.9% | 33.0% | 31.2% | $62,729 | 36,021 | 0.45 |
| Schuyler | 16.8% | 17.2% | 36.6% | $46,000 | 1,666 | 0.31 |
| Scott | 11.5% | 32.1% | 37.9% | $44,167 | 958 | 0.51 |
| Shelby | 8.2% | 25.4% | 38.6% | $54,470 | 4,787 | 0.29 |
| St. Clair | 9.5% | 31.3% | 33.1% | $52,684 | 41,556 | 0.45 |
| Stark | 5.3% | 31.5% | 37.1% | $41,726 | 1,123 | 0.36 |
| Stephenson | 8.5% | 29.0% | 28.3% | $56,598 | 10,049 | 0.37 |
| Tazewell | 6.2% | 27.6% | 30.1% | $59,388 | 24,727 | 0.29 |
| Union | 12.7% | 37.2% | 39.7% | $39,299 | 3,574 | 0.66 |
| Vermilion | 11.1% | 34.8% | 28.6% | $46,002 | 14,248 | 0.57 |
| Wabash | 9.7% | 31.3% | 38.5% | $39,504 | 2,407 | 0.46 |
| Warren | 7.3% | 30.2% | 41.6% | $52,326 | 3,130 | 0.38 |
| Washington | 7.6% | 28.6% | 34.2% | $56,065 | 2,821 | 0.35 |
| Wayne | 9.4% | 33.0% | 27.7% | $38,101 | 3,466 | 0.49 |
| White | 13.4% | 33.5% | 44.6% | $40,662 | 2,958 | 0.59 |
| Whiteside | 8.4% | 31.4% | 34.7% | $50,219 | 11,544 | 0.43 |
| Will | 6.3% | 21.8% | 34.5% | $71,575 | 96,209 | 0.16 |
| Williamson | 11.0% | 31.9% | 36.7% | $45,785 | 12,686 | 0.50 |
| Winnebago | 8.9% | 30.4% | 30.4% | $51,366 | 50,173 | 0.42 |
| Woodford | 7.2% | 24.3% | 26.9% | $60,625 | 6,808 | 0.24 |
Senior food help in Illinois
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