Illinois
The freest counties in Illinois (2026)
Illinois has 102 counties in the ranking. The freest is Brown, #2,222 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores5.58 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 0 of 10 for 2a, which every county in Illinois shares.
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- 2222BrownIllinois
- 2306PopeIllinois
- 2416PutnamIllinois
- 2474EffinghamIllinois
- 2515GreeneIllinois
- 2518CumberlandIllinois
- 2523CalhounIllinois
- 2528FayetteIllinois
- 2559JasperIllinois
- 2562HancockIllinois
- 2564HendersonIllinois
- 2576RichlandIllinois
- 2582ClintonIllinois
- 2594WayneIllinois
- 2598WashingtonIllinois
- 2602StarkIllinois
- 2609MonroeIllinois
- 2620LawrenceIllinois
- 2627HamiltonIllinois
- 2631UnionIllinois
- 2642ScottIllinois
- 2647ClayIllinois
- 2665CrawfordIllinois
- 2669JerseyIllinois
- 2683MassacIllinois
- 2685AdamsIllinois
- 2691EdwardsIllinois
- 2694Jo DaviessIllinois
- 2713WabashIllinois
- 2715CarrollIllinois
- 2724JohnsonIllinois
- 2741MarshallIllinois
- 2742MercerIllinois
- 2770DouglasIllinois
- 2792FordIllinois
- 2794RandolphIllinois
- 2796HardinIllinois
- 2798ShelbyIllinois
- 2800MenardIllinois
- 2809ChristianIllinois
- 2823PiattIllinois
- 2832EdgarIllinois
- 2833De WittIllinois
- 2841CassIllinois
- 2844WhiteIllinois
- 2845SchuylerIllinois
- 2851ClarkIllinois
- 2860MacoupinIllinois
- 2864WoodfordIllinois
- 2877WarrenIllinois
- 2878MontgomeryIllinois
- 2881IroquoisIllinois
- 2890MoultrieIllinois
- 2896PulaskiIllinois
- 2899MasonIllinois
- 2920McDonoughIllinois
- 2921GallatinIllinois
- 2932PerryIllinois
- 2933BondIllinois
- 2935PikeIllinois
- 2937JeffersonIllinois
- 2940GrundyIllinois
- 2942FranklinIllinois
- 2943OgleIllinois
- 2949ColesIllinois
- 2955BureauIllinois
- 2960DuPageIllinois
- 2971MorganIllinois
- 2978LeeIllinois
- 2986HenryIllinois
- 2988LoganIllinois
- 2988TazewellIllinois
- 2995FultonIllinois
- 3004McHenryIllinois
- 3006WilliamsonIllinois
- 3020BooneIllinois
- 3020KaneIllinois
- 3022McLeanIllinois
- 3028LakeIllinois
- 3034MarionIllinois
- 3035KendallIllinois
- 3043La SalleIllinois
- 3047WillIllinois
- 3057LivingstonIllinois
- 3060KnoxIllinois
- 3071StephensonIllinois
- 3074MadisonIllinois
- 3076DeKalbIllinois
- 3080SalineIllinois
- 3083WhitesideIllinois
- 3084JacksonIllinois
- 3104AlexanderIllinois
- 3105ChampaignIllinois
- 3118KankakeeIllinois
- 3121VermilionIllinois
- 3122SangamonIllinois
- 3132Rock IslandIllinois
- 3135WinnebagoIllinois
- 3137MaconIllinois
- 3139PeoriaIllinois
- 3143CookIllinois
- 3144Saint ClairIllinois
See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.