Illinois Poverty Rate By Race
White
2021
8.7% of 7.6 million people
Black or African American
2021
24.8% of 1.6 million people
American Indian and Alaska Native
2021
15.5% of 83 thousand people
Asian
2021
10.5% of 718 thousand people
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
2021
10.7% of 6 thousand people
Some other race
2021
16.5% of 943 thousand people
Two or more races
2021
13.5% of 1.4 million people
Hispanic
2021
14.8% of 2.2 million people
White, not Hispanic
2021
8.5% of 7.3 million people