Illinois abortion percentages by county

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 6 November 2011

Data for Illinois counties, residents only

Note: Illinois does not report annual abortion figures for counties where the number of abortions was less than 50. For some counties, no figures can be determined.

abortion ratio abortion % rank

county 1995-1998 1999-2002 2003-2006 2006-2009 1995-1998 1999-2002 2003-2006 2006-2009 1995-1998 1999-2002 2003-2006 2006-2009

Adams 134 62 76 75 11.9 5.8 7.1 7.0 27 30 29 29

Alexander 91 116 8.4 10.4 38 19

Bond

Boone 177 141 118 121 15.0 12.3 10.5 10.8 14 12 17 15

Brown

Bureau 149 33 69 38 13.0 3.2 6.4 3.6 23 32 30 33

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Champaign 248 229 176 184 19.9 18.6 15.0 15.6 6 2 4 4

Christian

Clark

Clay

Clinton 116 10.4 30

Coles 197 173 123 78 16.5 14.7 10.9 7.3 11 8 14 28

Cook 358 303 282 307 26.4 23.2 22.0 23.5 1 1 1 1

Crawford

Cumberland

DeKalb 190 158 132 160 15.9 13.7 11.6 13.8 12 10 12 9

DeWitt

Douglas

DuPage 144 139 156 173 12.6 12.2 13.5 14.7 25 14 7 6

Edgar

Edwards

Effingham

Fayette

Ford

Franklin 128 71 64 81 11.3 6.7 6.0 7.5 28 29 32 27

Fulton 161 34 33 13.9 3.3 3.2 19 31 34

Gallatin

Greene

Grundy 76 18 7.1 1.7 41 36

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Henderson

Henry 116 23 22 10.4 2.2 2.2 29 36 36

Iroquois

Jackson 276 178 170 177 21.6 15.1 14.5 15.1 3 7 6 5

Jasper

Jefferson 164 30 97 28 14.1 2.9 8.9 2.8 18 33 23 35

Jersey

Jo Daviess

Johnson

Kane 73 73 82 119 6.8 6.8 7.5 10.6 42 28 27 16

Kankakee 99 85 65 72 9.0 7.9 6.1 6.7 34 26 31 30

Kendall 18 15 46 82 1.8 1.5 4.4 7.5 45 38 33 26

Knox 203 139 136 139 16.9 12.2 12.0 12.2 10 13 10 11

Lake 93 122 128 161 8.5 10.9 11.3 13.9 37 21 13 8

LaSalle 157 112 121 118 13.6 10.1 10.8 10.6 20 23 15 17

Lawrence

Lee 68 76 6.4 7.1 43 27

Livingston 96 8.8 35

Logan 83 7.6 40

Macon 169 133 108 99 14.5 11.8 9.8 9.0 17 17 22 22

Macoupin 93 29 51 8.5 2.8 4.9 36 35 31

Madison 228 183 174 170 18.6 15.5 14.8 14.5 7 6 5 7

Marion 157 28 120 85 13.6 2.8 10.7 7.9 21 34 16 24

Marshall

Mason

Massac

McDonough 322 130 45 47 24.4 11.5 4.3 4.5 2 19 34 32

McHenry 108 129 114 136 9.8 11.4 10.2 12.0 33 20 20 13

McLean 226 168 142 134 18.4 14.4 12.4 11.8 8 9 9 14

Menard

Mercer

Monroe

Montgomery

Morgan 173 14.8 16

Moultrie

Ogle 145 135 77 87 12.7 11.9 7.1 8.0 24 16 28 23

Peoria 260 193 199 204 20.6 16.2 16.6 17.0 5 4 2 3

Perry

Piatt

Pike

Pope

Pulaski

Putnam

Randolph

Richland

Rock Island 55 17 5.2 1.7 44 37

Saint Clair 275 223 194 206 21.6 18.3 16.2 17.1 4 3 3 2

Saline

Sangamon 182 141 135 137 15.4 12.3 11.9 12.1 13 11 11 12

Schuyler

Scott

Shelby

Stark

Stephenson 114 138 84 84 10.2 12.2 7.7 7.7 31 15 26 25

Tazewell 176 133 117 115 14.9 11.8 10.5 10.3 15 18 18 19

Union

Vermilion 155 119 108 99 13.4 10.6 9.8 9.0 22 22 21 21

Wabash

Warren

Washington

Wayne

White

Whiteside 113 87 18 10.1 8.0 1.8 32 25 37

Will 88 87 97 118 8.1 8.0 8.9 10.5 39 24 24 18

Williamson 135 26 85 100 11.9 2.5 7.8 9.1 26 35 25 20

Winnebago 207 191 149 144 17.2 16.0 13.0 12.6 9 5 8 10

Woodford

ILLINOIS 258 228 218 231 20.5 18.5 17.9 18.8

Sources:

Illinois Department of Public Health, 1996, "1995 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abortion.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 1997, "1996 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort96.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 1998, "1997 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort97.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 1999, "1998 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort98.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2000, "1999 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort99.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2001, "2000 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort00.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2002, "2001 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort01.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2003, "2002 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort02.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2004, "2003 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort03.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2005, "2004 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort04.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2006, "2004 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort04.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2006, "Birth statistics: Births by county of residence: Illinois, 1990-1999," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/bdmd/birth1.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2006, "Birth statistics: Births by county of residence: Illinois, 2000-2004," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/bdmd/birth2.htm].
Illinois Department of Public Health, 2007, "2005 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort05.htm].
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© 2003-2009, 2011 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 6 November 2011.
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county	1995-1998	1999-2002	2003-2006	2006-2009	1995-1998	1999-2002	2003-2006	2006-2009	1995-1998	1999-2002	2003-2006	2006-2009
	abortion ratio				abortion %				rank
Adams	134	62	76	75	11.9	5.8	7.1	7.0	27	30	29	29
Alexander	91		116		8.4		10.4		38		19
Bond
Boone	177	141	118	121	15.0	12.3	10.5	10.8	14	12	17	15
Brown
Bureau	149	33	69	38	13.0	3.2	6.4	3.6	23	32	30	33
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Champaign	248	229	176	184	19.9	18.6	15.0	15.6	6	2	4	4
Christian
Clark
Clay
Clinton	116				10.4				30
Coles	197	173	123	78	16.5	14.7	10.9	7.3	11	8	14	28
Cook	358	303	282	307	26.4	23.2	22.0	23.5	1	1	1	1
Crawford
Cumberland
DeKalb	190	158	132	160	15.9	13.7	11.6	13.8	12	10	12	9
DeWitt
Douglas
DuPage	144	139	156	173	12.6	12.2	13.5	14.7	25	14	7	6
Edgar
Edwards
Effingham
Fayette
Ford
Franklin	128	71	64	81	11.3	6.7	6.0	7.5	28	29	32	27
Fulton	161	34		33	13.9	3.3		3.2	19	31		34
Gallatin
Greene
Grundy	76			18	7.1			1.7	41			36
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Henderson
Henry	116	23	22		10.4	2.2	2.2		29	36	36
Iroquois
Jackson	276	178	170	177	21.6	15.1	14.5	15.1	3	7	6	5
Jasper
Jefferson	164	30	97	28	14.1	2.9	8.9	2.8	18	33	23	35
Jersey
Jo Daviess
Johnson
Kane	73	73	82	119	6.8	6.8	7.5	10.6	42	28	27	16
Kankakee	99	85	65	72	9.0	7.9	6.1	6.7	34	26	31	30
Kendall	18	15	46	82	1.8	1.5	4.4	7.5	45	38	33	26
Knox	203	139	136	139	16.9	12.2	12.0	12.2	10	13	10	11
Lake	93	122	128	161	8.5	10.9	11.3	13.9	37	21	13	8
LaSalle	157	112	121	118	13.6	10.1	10.8	10.6	20	23	15	17
Lawrence
Lee	68	76			6.4	7.1			43	27
Livingston	96				8.8				35
Logan	83				7.6				40
Macon	169	133	108	99	14.5	11.8	9.8	9.0	17	17	22	22
Macoupin	93		29	51	8.5		2.8	4.9	36		35	31
Madison	228	183	174	170	18.6	15.5	14.8	14.5	7	6	5	7
Marion	157	28	120	85	13.6	2.8	10.7	7.9	21	34	16	24
Marshall
Mason
Massac
McDonough	322	130	45	47	24.4	11.5	4.3	4.5	2	19	34	32
McHenry	108	129	114	136	9.8	11.4	10.2	12.0	33	20	20	13
McLean	226	168	142	134	18.4	14.4	12.4	11.8	8	9	9	14
Menard
Mercer
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan	173				14.8				16
Moultrie
Ogle	145	135	77	87	12.7	11.9	7.1	8.0	24	16	28	23
Peoria	260	193	199	204	20.6	16.2	16.6	17.0	5	4	2	3
Perry
Piatt
Pike
Pope
Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Richland
Rock Island	55	17			5.2	1.7			44	37
Saint Clair	275	223	194	206	21.6	18.3	16.2	17.1	4	3	3	2
Saline
Sangamon	182	141	135	137	15.4	12.3	11.9	12.1	13	11	11	12
Schuyler
Scott
Shelby
Stark
Stephenson	114	138	84	84	10.2	12.2	7.7	7.7	31	15	26	25
Tazewell	176	133	117	115	14.9	11.8	10.5	10.3	15	18	18	19
Union
Vermilion	155	119	108	99	13.4	10.6	9.8	9.0	22	22	21	21
Wabash
Warren
Washington
Wayne
White
Whiteside	113	87	18		10.1	8.0	1.8		32	25	37
Will	88	87	97	118	8.1	8.0	8.9	10.5	39	24	24	18
Williamson	135	26	85	100	11.9	2.5	7.8	9.1	26	35	25	20
Winnebago	207	191	149	144	17.2	16.0	13.0	12.6	9	5	8	10
Woodford
ILLINOIS	258	228	218	231	20.5	18.5	17.9	18.8