The graph below ranks each Illinois County by total of White residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Illinois total of White population by county
| County | White Population |
| Cook |  3,445,247 |
| DuPage | 760,483 |
| Lake | 582,012 |
| Will | 554,814 |
| Kane | 455,621 |
| McHenry | 289,881 |
| Winnebago | 239,312 |
| Madison | 238,430 |
| St. Clair | 176,276 |
| Sangamon | 166,788 |
| Champaign | 152,169 |
| McLean | 146,795 |
| Peoria | 141,378 |
| Tazewell | 131,222 |
| Rock Island | 126,124 |
| La Salle | 107,862 |
| Kendall | 104,289 |
| DeKalb | 92,381 |
| Kankakee | 91,745 |
| Macon | 87,433 |
| Vermilion | 67,478 |
| Adams | 63,074 |
| Williamson | 62,044 |
| Whiteside | 55,461 |
| Ogle | 51,265 |
| Boone | 50,197 |
| Coles | 50,064 |
| Grundy | 48,350 |
| Henry | 48,270 |
| Jackson | 47,249 |
| Knox | 46,454 |
| Macoupin | 45,978 |
| Stephenson | 40,981 |
| Franklin | 38,574 |
| Woodford | 38,030 |
| Marion | 36,342 |
| Clinton | 35,912 |
| Livingston | 35,751 |
| Fulton | 34,619 |
| Jefferson | 34,229 |
| Effingham | 33,717 |
| Christian | 33,455 |
| Bureau | 33,250 |
| Monroe | 32,710 |
| Lee | 32,462 |
| Morgan | 32,272 |
| McDonough | 29,510 |
| Randolph | 29,133 |
| Iroquois | 28,379 |
| Montgomery | 28,322 |
| Logan | 26,934 |
| Saline | 23,307 |
| Jersey | 22,170 |
| Jo Daviess | 22,078 |
| Shelby | 21,894 |
| Fayette | 20,704 |
| Perry | 19,627 |
| Douglas | 19,446 |
| Hancock | 18,560 |
| Crawford | 18,311 |
| Edgar | 17,851 |
| Union | 16,996 |
| Warren | 16,882 |
| Wayne | 16,306 |
| Piatt | 16,164 |
| De Witt | 16,072 |
| Bond | 16,062 |
| Clark | 16,005 |
| Mercer | 15,963 |
| Richland | 15,776 |
| Pike | 15,771 |
| Moultrie | 14,707 |
| Lawrence | 14,651 |
| Carroll | 14,611 |
| Washington | 14,318 |
| White | 14,292 |
| Mason | 14,070 |
| Massac | 13,899 |
| Ford | 13,661 |
| Clay | 13,444 |
| Greene | 13,350 |
| Cass | 12,643 |
| Menard | 12,361 |
| Marshall | 12,056 |
| Johnson | 11,533 |
| Wabash | 11,405 |
| Cumberland | 10,790 |
| Jasper | 9,511 |
| Hamilton | 8,227 |
| Schuyler | 7,168 |
| Henderson | 6,935 |
| Edwards | 6,603 |
| Stark | 5,817 |
| Putnam | 5,753 |
| Brown | 5,450 |
| Gallatin | 5,319 |
| Scott | 5,197 |
| Calhoun | 4,966 |
| Alexander | 4,729 |
| Hardin | 4,141 |
| Pope | 3,899 |
| Pulaski | 3,808 |