Every county in Illinois
101 countiesRanked by units under contract. 92 of 101 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 128,862 | 113,999 | 45 | 39.3% |
| Lake County | 8,944 | 7,727 | 12 | 40.2% |
| DuPage County | 6,712 | 6,328 | 27 | 31.8% |
| Winnebago County | 6,394 | 5,349 | 20 | 38.7% |
| St. Clair County | 5,908 | 4,788 | 26 | 37.6% |
| Peoria County | 5,690 | 4,711 | 12 | 46% |
| Kane County | 4,590 | 4,141 | 29 | 29.8% |
| Rock Island County | 4,484 | 3,964 | 10 | 52.9% |
| Will County | 4,367 | 3,791 | 15 | 29.3% |
| Sangamon County | 4,182 | 3,658 | 17 | 35.7% |
| Madison County | 3,384 | 3,118 | 19 | 27.9% |
| Champaign County | 3,004 | 2,727 | 4 | 17.2% |
| Macon County | 2,970 | 2,332 | 18 | 47% |
| Vermilion County | 2,443 | 1,907 | 32 | 61.7% |
| McLean County | 2,062 | 1,843 | 10 | 17.3% |
| Jackson County | 1,912 | 1,387 | 7 | 26.5% |
| DeKalb County | 1,747 | 1,710 | 10 | 25.2% |
| Tazewell County | 1,667 | 1,555 | 23 | 37% |
| McHenry County | 1,632 | 1,390 | 16 | 24.1% |
| Kankakee County | 1,623 | 1,074 | 19 | 29.3% |
| LaSalle County | 1,585 | 1,474 | 6 | 39.2% |
| Williamson County | 1,545 | 1,401 | 6 | 46.1% |
| Knox County | 1,246 | 1,130 | 5 | 35% |
| Adams County | 1,146 | 989 | 6 | 43.6% |
| Coles County | 1,050 | 912 | 15 | 28.1% |
| Stephenson County | 838 | 699 | 20 | 31.4% |
| McDonough County | 805 | 716 | 22 | 32.1% |
| Whiteside County | 802 | 622 | 8 | 31.6% |
| Jefferson County | 797 | 672 | 9 | 40.6% |
| Franklin County | 793 | 752 | 10 | 38% |
| Morgan County | 779 | 720 | 4 | 53.9% |
| Fulton County | 755 | 722 | 3 | 59% |
| Marion County | 727 | 669 | 6 | 37.3% |
| Henry County | 690 | 651 | 6 | 45.4% |
| Christian County | 681 | 588 | 6 | 46.9% |
| Boone County | 641 | 459 | 36 | 33.5% |
| Saline County | 569 | 526 | 2 | 43% |
| Ogle County | 534 | 488 | 6 | 27.8% |
| Livingston County | 494 | 414 | 6 | 37.6% |
| Woodford County | 490 | 386 | 11 | 57.8% |
| Effingham County | 472 | 428 | 5 | 44.6% |
| Lee County | 420 | 366 | 12 | 24.7% |
| Jersey County | 418 | 370 | 6 | 65.8% |
| Macoupin County | 407 | 366 | 10 | 27.5% |
| Logan County | 403 | 318 | 5 | 27.4% |
| Kendall County | 394 | 347 | 39 | 21.8% |
| Grundy County | 386 | 346 | 7 | 25% |
| Bureau County | 379 | 354 | 8 | 28.1% |
| Warren County | 373 | 349 | 5 | 53% |
| Union County | 358 | 306 | 2 | 33.6% |
| Perry County | 345 | 283 | 6 | 29.7% |
| Massac County | 338 | 325 | 47 | 68.7% |
| Montgomery County | 322 | 295 | 13 | 29.3% |
| Edgar County | 299 | 268 | 8 | 29.4% |
| Menard County | 288 | 216 | 11 | 67.6% |
| Wayne County | 285 | 210 | 38 | 37.1% |
| Randolph County | 272 | 252 | 16 | 28% |
| Pike County | 260 | 193 | 36 | 23.4% |
| De Witt County | 257 | 244 | 12 | 42.2% |
| Alexander County | 244 | 131 | no data | 121.3% |
| Clinton County | 232 | 210 | 11 | 28.3% |
| Bond County | 231 | 199 | 5 | 28.3% |
| Richland County | 227 | 178 | 5 | 38.6% |
| Lawrence County | 213 | 192 | 2 | 52.8% |
| Clay County | 211 | 204 | 6 | 44.4% |
| Shelby County | 179 | 156 | 3 | 25.8% |
| Mason County | 169 | 145 | 8 | 37.3% |
| Wabash County | 167 | 159 | 4 | 29.7% |
| Pulaski County | 161 | 140 | 4 | 55.8% |
| Jo Daviess County | 160 | 121 | 6 | 14.9% |
| White County | 152 | 143 | 5 | 27% |
| Hardin County | 147 | 139 | 5 | 36.1% |
| Johnson County | 139 | 121 | 7 | 32.2% |
| Greene County | 137 | 121 | no data | 27.7% |
| Brown County | 128 | 119 | 6 | 46.5% |
| Gallatin County | 123 | 119 | 10 | 42.5% |
| Pope County | 122 | 113 | 2 | 44% |
| Clark County | 119 | 108 | 1 | 19.4% |
| Scott County | 117 | 99 | 7 | 68.4% |
| Ford County | 111 | 109 | 12 | 16.1% |
| Carroll County | 103 | 94 | 18 | 23.7% |
| Cass County | 102 | 95 | 5 | 25.6% |
| Mercer County | 100 | 82 | 4 | 18.9% |
| Cumberland County | 94 | 91 | 1 | 50.4% |
| Hancock County | 90 | 76 | 4 | 13.8% |
| Hamilton County | 78 | 78 | 11 | 26.7% |
| Edwards County | 75 | 72 | 2 | 28.5% |
| Piatt County | 68 | 65 | 3 | 17.4% |
| Jasper County | 66 | 53 | no data | 31.2% |
| Marshall County | 66 | 60 | no data | 13.8% |
| Douglas County | 54 | 38 | 10 | 9.7% |
| Moultrie County | 52 | 41 | 9 | 17.3% |
| Crawford County | 45 | 36 | 7 | 5.2% |
| Calhoun County | 43 | 39 | 16 | 62.2% |
| Fayette County | 42 | 32 | 12 | 6.4% |
| Iroquois County | 41 | 39 | no data | 5% |
| Henderson County | 29 | 27 | no data | 37.1% |
| Stark County | 28 | 24 | no data | 10.6% |
| Schuyler County | 19 | 17 | no data | 12.5% |
| Washington County | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5.6% |
| Monroe County | 6 | 0 | no data | no data |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator