Bond County, Illinois

A county in Illinois, ranked 60 of 102 by population.

CountyFIPS 17005

Within Illinois
Bond County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Greenville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
16,959
+100 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
380.3
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
44.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1817
208 years ago
Largest city
Greenville city
Population 7,469.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bond County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bond County, Illinois from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 765 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bond County ranks

Position among the 102 counties of Illinois, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IllinoisNationally
Population16,95960th of 1021,979th of 3,144
Land area380.3 sq mi76th of 1022,602nd of 3,144
Population density44.6 per sq mi51st of 1021,576th of 3,144
Median household income$65,95956th of 1021,546th of 3,143

Full data for Bond County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,959Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,859Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,899Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area380.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area382.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,959American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$145,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,147American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,899American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-41
143 births, 184 deaths
Net migration
+404
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Bond County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Montgomery CountyIllinois23 mi28,076
Fayette CountyIllinois20 mi20,790
Madison CountyIllinois20 mi263,110
Clinton CountyIllinois19 mi37,128

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 102 counties of Illinois

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.