County-Level Education Data for IL

Click a column name to sort the table by that column.

		Persons 25 and over
			Measures of rurality		Percent completing less than high school4
	FIPS1	Name	2003 Rural-urban Continuum Code2	2003 Urban influence Code3	1970	1980	1990	2000
1	17000	Illinois			47.4	33.5	23.8	18.6
2	17001	Adams County	5	8	47.8	35.8	24.9	16.3
3	17003	Alexander County	7	8	65.8	53.0	40.3	33.0
4	17005	Bond County	1	1	55.5	44.7	30.7	27.2
5	17007	Boone County	2	2	47.3	33.2	24.5	19.2
6	17009	Brown County	7	10	60.4	43.3	31.1	36.7
7	17011	Bureau County	6	5	47.3	33.7	23.4	15.9
8	17013	Calhoun County	1	1	68.9	53.2	37.2	20.1
9	17015	Carroll County	7	9	45.4	34.7	24.0	16.7
10	17017	Cass County	6	6	52.2	38.3	27.7	20.0
11	17019	Champaign County	3	2	30.0	19.1	12.5	9.0
12	17021	Christian County	6	5	52.3	37.7	26.9	19.0
13	17023	Clark County	6	6	56.4	39.9	28.7	20.0
14	17025	Clay County	7	9	61.6	49.1	34.4	24.1
15	17027	Clinton County	1	1	62.4	44.7	32.8	22.6
16	17029	Coles County	5	8	47.0	33.8	23.9	17.1
17	17031	Cook County	1	1	48.3	35.7	26.6	22.3
18	17033	Crawford County	6	6	50.0	35.4	24.0	20.7
19	17035	Cumberland County	9	8	60.3	43.2	27.8	19.8
20	17037	DeKalb County	1	1	35.9	24.8	16.1	12.5
21	17039	De Witt County	6	6	49.3	34.6	25.4	16.5
22	17041	Douglas County	6	6	44.3	33.6	26.0	20.7
23	17043	DuPage County	1	1	28.0	16.9	11.4	10.0
24	17045	Edgar County	6	6	48.6	38.1	26.5	18.6
25	17047	Edwards County	9	12	56.3	41.1	30.3	17.7
26	17049	Effingham County	7	8	54.2	37.6	25.0	16.6
27	17051	Fayette County	6	4	62.0	47.0	31.2	27.8
28	17053	Ford County	3	2	39.7	30.7	22.8	14.0
29	17055	Franklin County	5	9	64.0	47.8	33.3	23.3
30	17057	Fulton County	6	5	50.4	37.5	26.2	21.7
31	17059	Gallatin County	8	7	69.4	54.2	41.6	26.4
32	17061	Greene County	6	4	54.2	43.2	31.0	21.1
33	17063	Grundy County	1	1	44.9	33.3	21.0	13.1
34	17065	Hamilton County	7	8	69.1	53.0	40.0	25.7
35	17067	Hancock County	7	9	43.3	32.0	22.5	14.3
36	17069	Hardin County	9	10	69.0	58.0	40.3	31.9
37	17071	Henderson County	9	8	47.5	37.9	26.7	17.6
38	17073	Henry County	2	2	48.4	32.2	22.8	15.5
39	17075	Iroquois County	6	6	49.4	36.5	26.6	19.7
40	17077	Jackson County	5	8	43.7	30.3	21.2	14.8
41	17079	Jasper County	7	9	62.1	45.5	30.3	17.4
42	17081	Jefferson County	7	8	59.0	43.7	30.1	23.0
43	17083	Jersey County	1	1	57.9	40.7	28.1	17.5
44	17085	Jo Daviess County	6	6	50.6	35.3	25.9	16.4
45	17087	Johnson County	7	10	59.6	46.9	33.8	32.9
46	17089	Kane County	1	1	43.5	29.4	22.3	19.8
47	17091	Kankakee County	3	2	50.9	39.0	26.9	20.2
48	17093	Kendall County	1	1	34.9	23.1	16.3	10.1
49	17095	Knox County	4	5	43.3	31.6	23.4	18.2
50	17097	Lake County	1	1	36.9	22.4	15.3	13.4
51	17099	La Salle County	4	3	50.0	37.9	26.9	18.6
52	17101	Lawrence County	7	9	51.1	38.1	30.8	18.7
53	17103	Lee County	4	3	47.3	32.2	23.7	19.8
54	17105	Livingston County	4	5	47.3	36.7	25.9	21.9
55	17107	Logan County	6	5	48.8	33.6	24.1	19.6
56	17109	McDonough County	5	8	38.4	25.6	19.7	13.1
57	17111	McHenry County	1	1	43.3	25.1	15.5	10.8
58	17113	McLean County	3	2	39.1	24.0	15.3	9.3
59	17115	Macon County	3	2	47.0	31.5	23.8	16.8
60	17117	Macoupin County	1	1	55.9	39.7	27.2	17.9
61	17119	Madison County	1	1	53.0	37.2	24.2	15.7
62	17121	Marion County	4	3	56.8	43.6	29.9	20.9
63	17123	Marshall County	2	2	44.5	32.3	22.2	15.0
64	17125	Mason County	6	6	52.5	39.7	27.4	20.1
65	17127	Massac County	7	8	61.4	46.9	34.7	23.5
66	17129	Menard County	3	2	50.2	33.0	22.7	11.7
67	17131	Mercer County	2	2	44.6	32.5	22.6	15.1
68	17133	Monroe County	1	1	58.1	40.2	24.1	12.8
69	17135	Montgomery County	6	6	53.4	42.0	27.8	22.9
70	17137	Morgan County	4	5	45.0	32.5	24.1	20.1
71	17139	Moultrie County	6	6	54.5	40.9	29.7	21.2
72	17141	Ogle County	4	5	44.0	33.2	22.4	16.9
73	17143	Peoria County	2	2	46.3	30.7	22.1	16.2
74	17145	Perry County	7	9	61.9	45.0	32.2	27.7
75	17147	Piatt County	3	2	42.2	30.0	17.0	11.3
76	17149	Pike County	7	9	51.0	38.7	30.1	20.4
77	17151	Pope County	9	10	70.2	51.2	34.8	24.2
78	17153	Pulaski County	9	10	68.2	53.1	40.2	29.3
79	17155	Putnam County	8	5	47.9	34.2	24.2	16.2
80	17157	Randolph County	6	4	62.8	44.6	35.8	28.7
81	17159	Richland County	7	11	51.8	39.9	26.5	16.6
82	17161	Rock Island County	2	2	45.0	30.3	22.6	17.4
83	17163	St. Clair County	1	1	57.4	40.9	27.4	19.1
84	17165	Saline County	7	8	62.9	49.3	36.8	23.9
85	17167	Sangamon County	3	2	43.4	27.6	18.2	11.9
86	17169	Schuyler County	7	9	50.1	39.3	30.6	16.4
87	17171	Scott County	9	8	59.4	39.7	26.4	16.9
88	17173	Shelby County	6	6	54.7	39.3	27.3	17.1
89	17175	Stark County	2	2	42.0	31.3	23.0	16.6
90	17177	Stephenson County	4	5	46.0	32.5	23.3	15.9
91	17179	Tazewell County	2	2	46.7	31.3	21.4	15.0
92	17181	Union County	7	9	61.8	50.0	35.8	25.2
93	17183	Vermilion County	3	2	52.4	37.7	27.2	21.3
94	17185	Wabash County	6	6	50.0	37.8	25.1	17.8
95	17187	Warren County	7	8	43.5	34.7	23.7	17.7
96	17189	Washington County	6	4	68.8	50.1	34.3	20.9
97	17191	Wayne County	7	9	66.0	50.1	36.9	24.8
98	17193	White County	6	6	60.9	44.3	33.8	25.4
99	17195	Whiteside County	4	5	50.7	37.7	26.7	20.2
100	17197	Will County	1	1	48.1	29.8	19.6	13.1
101	17199	Williamson County	5	8	55.3	41.5	28.2	20.2
102	17201	Winnebago County	2	2	47.9	32.5	23.7	18.6
103	17203	Woodford County	2	2	44.7	29.6	20.0	12.2

Download the State- and county-level data in Excel format.

¹See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.

²The 2003 Rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See the Rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.

³The 2003 Urban influence codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 2) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 3 through 12) by the size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micro areas. See the Urban influence codes for precise definitions of each code.

⁴For 1970 and 1980, the share of adults with less than high school includes those who had not completed the 12th grade. In 1990 and 2000, the share includes those who did not receive a high school diploma or its equivalent (such as a GED).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population.