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SNAP Benefits in
Illinois
Illinois had an overall SNAP participation rate of 13.5% across 102 counties, with a coverage gap of 58.1% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
13.5%
SNAP participation
58.1%
Poverty coverage gap
675K
SNAP households
$81,702
Median income
Illinois by county
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Illinois at a glance
SNAP households
675K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
13.5%
All households
Poverty coverage
41.9%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
37.3%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
43.9%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
58.1%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 102 counties in Illinois.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Champaign 78.5%
- 2 DuPage 69.7%
- 3 McLean 68.2%
- 4 Woodford 67.8%
- 5 Shelby 66.7%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Saline 75.1%
- 2 Menard 67.0%
- 3 Calhoun 65.9%
- 4 Edwards 64.7%
- 5 Perry 64.3%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Alexander 28.5%
- 2 Saline 25.2%
- 3 Franklin 23.7%
- 4 Gallatin 21.8%
- 5 Pulaski 20.8%
Every county in Illinois
All 102 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 11.9% | 47.1% | 52.9% | 35.8% | 57.7% | 50.8% | $64,962 |
| Alexander | 28.5% | 62.7% | 37.3% | 49.2% | 51.0% | 46.0% | $43,523 |
| Bond | 13.7% | 35.3% | 64.7% | 28.6% | 59.9% | 69.6% | $61,603 |
| Boone | 13.5% | 53.1% | 46.9% | 32.0% | 48.4% | 57.8% | $81,638 |
| Brown | 12.4% | 57.5% | 42.5% | 35.1% | 47.4% | 46.6% | $72,288 |
| Bureau | 13.8% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 35.7% | 48.4% | 53.4% | $65,894 |
| Calhoun | 7.9% | 65.9% | 34.1% | 41.7% | 64.6% | 41.7% | $92,095 |
| Carroll | 12.6% | 44.3% | 55.7% | 30.6% | 45.5% | 58.3% | $60,871 |
| Cass | 13.3% | 39.1% | 60.9% | 34.5% | 53.2% | 62.5% | $64,907 |
| Champaign | 9.6% | 21.5% | 78.5% | 25.3% | 37.3% | 57.4% | $63,091 |
| Christian | 15.4% | 51.6% | 48.4% | 33.8% | 40.7% | 55.6% | $59,253 |
| Clark | 12.2% | 45.0% | 55.0% | 28.1% | 49.5% | 62.1% | $70,625 |
| Clay | 17.1% | 55.4% | 44.6% | 35.2% | 55.0% | 52.5% | $57,266 |
| Clinton | 8.2% | 41.4% | 58.6% | 24.8% | 46.6% | 57.7% | $82,314 |
| Coles | 17.2% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 31.2% | 52.3% | 53.6% | $56,040 |
| Cook | 15.2% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 41.8% | 42.9% | 58.1% | $81,797 |
| Crawford | 14.8% | 46.6% | 53.4% | 35.6% | 54.1% | 55.7% | $67,614 |
| Cumberland | 8.2% | 44.9% | 55.1% | 35.1% | 49.4% | 47.7% | $69,826 |
| De Witt | 11.4% | 42.9% | 57.1% | 33.8% | 40.6% | 60.8% | $64,802 |
| DeKalb | 15.1% | 44.2% | 55.8% | 22.6% | 38.7% | 47.5% | $69,022 |
| Douglas | 10.6% | 42.5% | 57.5% | 27.8% | 47.5% | 60.2% | $74,186 |
| DuPage | 7.3% | 30.3% | 69.7% | 38.4% | 35.3% | 71.7% | $110,502 |
| Edgar | 19.0% | 53.5% | 46.5% | 36.7% | 57.4% | 64.9% | $56,909 |
| Edwards | 18.2% | 64.7% | 35.3% | 34.4% | 47.3% | 30.3% | $59,386 |
| Effingham | 13.3% | 53.0% | 46.9% | 34.1% | 49.5% | 60.8% | $75,380 |
| Fayette | 12.7% | 43.9% | 56.1% | 40.2% | 54.2% | 48.8% | $57,113 |
| Ford | 17.5% | 54.9% | 45.1% | 24.5% | 54.0% | 49.5% | $60,782 |
| Franklin | 23.7% | 62.5% | 37.5% | 39.7% | 55.0% | 51.7% | $53,471 |
| Fulton | 16.1% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 29.7% | 43.3% | 52.8% | $58,617 |
| Gallatin | 21.8% | 59.0% | 41.0% | 49.9% | 65.2% | 48.4% | $54,626 |
| Greene | 15.0% | 49.8% | 50.2% | 35.7% | 50.1% | 56.0% | $60,976 |
| Grundy | 9.2% | 44.9% | 55.1% | 29.5% | 44.1% | 66.8% | $93,060 |
| Hamilton | 15.1% | 53.1% | 46.9% | 44.3% | 59.1% | 57.5% | $61,520 |
| Hancock | 12.4% | 51.9% | 48.1% | 34.7% | 62.2% | 47.4% | $65,044 |
| Hardin | 17.9% | 60.7% | 39.3% | 31.2% | 39.5% | 44.4% | $57,155 |
| Henderson | 10.4% | 54.1% | 45.9% | 37.2% | 61.0% | 45.1% | $65,651 |
| Henry | 11.9% | 55.5% | 44.5% | 36.3% | 58.4% | 56.3% | $69,912 |
| Iroquois | 14.4% | 47.3% | 52.7% | 39.7% | 59.5% | 53.4% | $62,439 |
| Jackson | 18.2% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 28.4% | 58.6% | 48.9% | $45,572 |
| Jasper | 11.3% | 54.3% | 45.7% | 46.9% | 46.5% | 50.7% | $71,094 |
| Jefferson | 17.5% | 57.6% | 42.4% | 27.4% | 49.7% | 53.3% | $61,102 |
| Jersey | 11.9% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 55.2% | 46.3% | 56.1% | $79,104 |
| Jo Daviess | 7.1% | 39.4% | 60.6% | 26.2% | 48.4% | 54.6% | $74,954 |
| Johnson | 13.0% | 50.1% | 49.9% | 36.2% | 35.3% | 42.9% | $65,203 |
| Kane | 10.8% | 44.5% | 55.5% | 33.4% | 37.9% | 66.1% | $100,678 |
| Kankakee | 16.6% | 53.0% | 47.0% | 30.2% | 42.9% | 61.0% | $68,325 |
| Kendall | 8.1% | 37.3% | 62.7% | 30.2% | 35.4% | 79.7% | $110,474 |
| Knox | 17.1% | 51.1% | 48.9% | 32.9% | 43.0% | 48.8% | $53,291 |
| Lake | 8.8% | 37.3% | 62.7% | 39.3% | 41.8% | 65.0% | $108,917 |
| LaSalle | 14.4% | 56.4% | 43.6% | 27.8% | 43.1% | 49.1% | $72,281 |
| Lawrence | 15.2% | 55.2% | 44.8% | 27.0% | 62.8% | 53.9% | $53,438 |
| Lee | 15.6% | 57.6% | 42.4% | 30.7% | 57.3% | 49.8% | $68,459 |
| Livingston | 14.5% | 56.6% | 43.4% | 34.6% | 45.0% | 59.9% | $70,796 |
| Logan | 17.5% | 55.8% | 44.2% | 36.3% | 57.0% | 55.0% | $64,188 |
| Macon | 19.2% | 60.0% | 40.0% | 32.2% | 39.1% | 54.4% | $62,449 |
| Macoupin | 14.4% | 49.1% | 50.9% | 36.3% | 54.4% | 52.4% | $68,518 |
| Madison | 13.5% | 50.2% | 49.8% | 32.9% | 51.4% | 57.5% | $74,800 |
| Marion | 19.6% | 63.4% | 36.6% | 31.1% | 50.4% | 49.7% | $60,839 |
| Marshall | 12.1% | 45.5% | 54.5% | 30.4% | 48.3% | 53.2% | $69,818 |
| Mason | 14.4% | 56.5% | 43.5% | 35.0% | 52.0% | 48.0% | $62,127 |
| Massac | 16.3% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 42.8% | 46.3% | 58.3% | $62,584 |
| McDonough | 14.1% | 34.4% | 65.6% | 30.7% | 56.0% | 45.6% | $50,434 |
| McHenry | 6.8% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 36.8% | 42.6% | 66.6% | $102,836 |
| McLean | 9.8% | 31.9% | 68.2% | 29.1% | 37.5% | 52.4% | $78,329 |
| Menard | 13.7% | 67.0% | 33.0% | 22.8% | 52.5% | 46.4% | $81,334 |
| Mercer | 9.7% | 46.2% | 53.8% | 40.7% | 51.2% | 53.8% | $71,710 |
| Monroe | 5.1% | 49.3% | 50.7% | 31.9% | 66.0% | 45.5% | $101,635 |
| Montgomery | 17.6% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 37.9% | 53.8% | 54.2% | $61,863 |
| Morgan | 15.9% | 60.9% | 39.1% | 42.4% | 56.3% | 54.1% | $65,175 |
| Moultrie | 10.7% | 63.9% | 36.0% | 25.2% | 45.2% | 45.8% | $71,676 |
| Ogle | 10.7% | 37.2% | 62.8% | 38.2% | 48.8% | 66.2% | $79,244 |
| Peoria | 17.7% | 53.2% | 46.8% | 32.2% | 46.5% | 52.4% | $64,938 |
| Perry | 19.5% | 64.3% | 35.7% | 29.0% | 66.0% | 51.2% | $59,286 |
| Piatt | 6.1% | 35.0% | 65.0% | 33.8% | 49.2% | 57.6% | $87,516 |
| Pike | 14.7% | 47.1% | 52.9% | 38.2% | 47.1% | 50.9% | $58,029 |
| Pope | 9.8% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 41.4% | 54.1% | 46.6% | $62,500 |
| Pulaski | 20.8% | 53.9% | 46.1% | 38.4% | 58.8% | 42.5% | $43,227 |
| Putnam | 7.2% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 29.6% | 52.0% | 46.9% | $77,526 |
| Randolph | 11.3% | 44.2% | 55.8% | 34.3% | 56.5% | 54.2% | $68,870 |
| Richland | 15.2% | 57.7% | 42.3% | 38.2% | 47.6% | 54.1% | $60,404 |
| Rock Island | 16.2% | 54.1% | 45.9% | 29.8% | 45.0% | 51.4% | $66,768 |
| Saline | 25.2% | 75.1% | 24.9% | 41.1% | 64.0% | 47.0% | $54,945 |
| Sangamon | 14.6% | 55.1% | 44.9% | 31.2% | 45.3% | 50.7% | $74,114 |
| Schuyler | 9.4% | 52.1% | 47.9% | 36.6% | 35.4% | 46.7% | $66,059 |
| Scott | 15.5% | 58.0% | 42.0% | 37.9% | 46.8% | 59.6% | $73,013 |
| Shelby | 12.1% | 33.3% | 66.7% | 38.6% | 44.8% | 69.6% | $68,457 |
| St. Clair | 16.4% | 53.0% | 47.0% | 33.1% | 43.9% | 57.6% | $70,178 |
| Stark | 11.2% | 49.6% | 50.3% | 37.1% | 42.6% | 44.1% | $62,284 |
| Stephenson | 16.9% | 58.6% | 41.4% | 28.3% | 41.0% | 54.4% | $61,943 |
| Tazewell | 10.2% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 30.1% | 44.0% | 56.2% | $76,704 |
| Union | 18.1% | 50.7% | 49.3% | 39.7% | 45.3% | 49.4% | $56,420 |
| Vermilion | 19.2% | 54.8% | 45.2% | 28.6% | 37.4% | 52.6% | $54,537 |
| Wabash | 19.7% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 38.5% | 58.7% | 58.1% | $53,650 |
| Warren | 14.0% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 41.6% | 46.5% | 60.6% | $64,650 |
| Washington | 10.2% | 41.2% | 58.8% | 34.2% | 55.8% | 66.0% | $75,652 |
| Wayne | 13.6% | 48.1% | 51.9% | 27.7% | 44.4% | 51.4% | $53,107 |
| White | 19.1% | 59.1% | 40.9% | 44.6% | 62.5% | 41.8% | $53,097 |
| Whiteside | 13.3% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 34.7% | 49.3% | 56.3% | $64,536 |
| Will | 9.5% | 42.0% | 58.0% | 34.5% | 40.7% | 68.2% | $107,799 |
| Williamson | 16.3% | 55.7% | 44.3% | 36.7% | 58.9% | 51.8% | $65,521 |
| Winnebago | 20.2% | 60.4% | 39.6% | 30.4% | 43.0% | 54.5% | $64,363 |
| Woodford | 6.5% | 32.2% | 67.8% | 26.9% | 46.0% | 57.9% | $85,629 |
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