Prairie State Wire

Nearly 6 percent of Adams County residents have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus as of Feb. 10, giving the county the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate among the 102 Illinois counties, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).

Out of the county’s population of 65,691, a total of 3,934 have been fully vaccinated, the IDPH reported. 

Coming in second was Fulton County, with a 4.53% vaccination rate, while Calhoun County was third at 4.25%. Fulton has a population of under 35,000, and Calhoun has only 4,802 residents.

Statewide, 2.57% of the population has been fully vaccinated against the virus, or 327,413 out of 12,741,080 residents. Cook County’s vaccination rate came in below the state average at 2.43%.

The numbers are based on data reported to the IDPH, and those reports may be delayed by as much as three days. The state’s total number of doses in its inventory is 227,492, according to the IDPH.

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Illinois COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by County

County	Persons Fully Vaccinated	Population	% of Population Fully Vaccinated	Rank
Adams	3,934	65,691	5.99%	1
Fulton	1,579	34,844	4.53%	2
Calhoun	204	4,802	4.25%	3
Marshall	484	11,534	4.20%	4
Iroquois	1,154	27,604	4.18%	5
Champaign	8,722	209,983	4.15%	6
Sangamon	8,076	195,348	4.13%	7
Piatt	675	16,396	4.12%	8
Clinton	1,376	37,639	3.66%	9
Woodford	1,368	38,463	3.56%	10
Macoupin	1,548	45,313	3.42%	11
Jersey	743	21,847	3.40%	12
Greene	435	13,044	3.33%	13
Morgan	1,129	33,976	3.32%	14
Whiteside	1,809	55,626	3.25%	15
Livingston	1,114	35,761	3.12%	16
Henry	1,519	49,090	3.09%	17
Lee	1,055	34,223	3.08%	18 (tie)
Wayne	503	16,332	3.08%	18 (tie)
Bureau	1,004	32,993	3.04%	20
Mason	410	13,565	3.02%	21 (tie)
Scott	149	4,926	3.02%	21 (tie)
Tazewell	3,999	132,328	3.02%	21 (tie)
Peoria	5,442	180,621	3.01%	24
Menard	369	12,288	3.00%	25 (tie)
Putnam	172	5,740	3.00%	25 (tie)
Douglas	582	19,479	2.99%	27 (tie)
Wabash	344	11,549	2.98%	27 (tie)
DuPage	27,600	928,589	2.97%	29
Randolph	932	32,106	2.90%	30
Richland	456	15,763	2.89%	31
Stephenson	1,282	44,753	2.86%	32
Macon	2,981	104,712	2.85%	33
Ogle	1,442	50,923	2.83%	34
Grundy	1,416	50,972	2.78%	35 (tie)
Knox	1,391	50,112	2.78%	35 (tie)
Hardin	108	3,910	2.76%	37
Schuyler	189	6,907	2.74%	38
Perry	577	21,174	2.73%	39 (tie)
Winnebago	7,744	284,081	2.73%	39 (tie)
LaSalle	2,980	109,430	2.72%	41 (tie)
Mercer	425	15,601	2.72%	41 (tie)
Logan	780	28,925	2.70%	43
Kankakee	2,946	110,024	2.68%	44
Stark	145	5,427	2.67%	45
Saline	635	23,906	2.66%	46
Montgomery	754	28,601	2.64%	47 (tie)
Moultrie	389	14,717	2.64%	47 (tie)
Ford	348	13,264	2.62%	49
Cass	319	12,260	2.60%	50 (tie)
De Witt	410	15,769	2.60%	50 (tie)
Marion	976	37,620	2.59%	52
McDonough	771	29,955	2.57%	53
McLean	4,431	172,828	2.56%	54
Effingham	870	34,208	2.54%	55
Warren	422	17,032	2.48%	56
Boone	1,323	53,577	2.47%	57
Williamson	1,651	67,056	2.46%	58
Chicago	65,996	2,705,994	2.44%	59
Cook	60,185	2,474,499	2.43%	60
Christian	788	32,661	2.41%	61
Washington	333	13,995	2.38%	62
Union	399	16,841	2.37%	63
Gallatin	118	5,058	2.33%	64
Kendall	2,967	127,915	2.32%	65
DeKalb	2,379	104,143	2.28%	66 (tie)
Jasper	219	9,611	2.28%	66 (tie)
Jefferson	861	37,820	2.28%	66 (tie)
Jo Daviess	478	21,366	2.24%	69
Will	15,208	692,310	2.20%	70
Carroll	309	14,312	2.16%	71 (tie)
Edgar	375	17,360	2.16%	71 (tie)
Clay	284	13,253	2.14%	73
Brown	138	6,556	2.10%	74
Franklin	804	38,701	2.08%	75
Pike	322	15,611	2.06%	76 (tie)
White	281	13,665	2.06%	76 (tie)
Jackson	1,159	57,419	2.02%	78 (tie)
Monroe	694	34,335	2.02%	78 (tie)
Bond	330	16,630	1.98%	80
Coles	982	50,885	1.93%	81
Kane	10,214	534,216	1.91%	82
Fayette	407	21,416	1.90%	83
Crawford	351	18,807	1.87%	84 (tie)
McHenry	5,775	308,570	1.87%	84 (tie)
Hancock	332	17,844	1.86%	86 (tie)
Rock Island	2,672	143,477	1.86%	86 (tie)
Johnson	225	12,456	1.81%	88
Massac	252	14,080	1.79%	89
Shelby	388	21,741	1.78%	90
Lake	12,437	700,832	1.77%	91
Madison	4,667	264,461	1.76%	92
St. Clair	4,491	261,059	1.72%	93
Cumberland	175	10,808	1.62%	94
Edwards	102	6,392	1.60%	95 (tie)
Hamilton	131	8,163	1.60%	95 (tie)
Henderson	100	6,709	1.49%	97
Vermilion	1,068	76,806	1.39%	98
Clark	209	15,596	1.34%	99
Pope	55	4,212	1.31%	100
Lawrence	188	15,765	1.19%	101
Pulaski	48	5,463	0.88%	102
Alexander	21	6,060	0.35%	103
Illinois Totals	327,413	12,741,080	2.57%

Source: Illinois Department of Public Health