Overview: Illinois sales tax by cities

Kevin Hoffman

REBOOT STAFF

Nov 20, 2014

If you’re one of those Illinoisans who trek past your city’s limits to avoid a steep sales tax, you’re not alone. Illinois, with a base sales tax of 6.25 percent, is ranked 10th in the nation for highest combined state and average local sales tax.

On top of the 6.25 percent state rate, counties and municipalities can impose their own sales tax. Some even have special business districts where sales taxes are higher than the rest of the city.Illinois sales tax rates range from 6.25 percent to 10 percent throughout the state’s cities; here are the rates in the 25 largest, according to population data from the 2010 census.

 

Thirteen cities have a sales tax higher than 9 percent, which is 0.008 percent of all cities’ sales tax listed by the Department of Revenue. Here are the lucky 13.

 

If you didn’t see your city above and want to know the rate in your hometown, you can sort through the following interactive table by clicking on the city or sales tax column.

And for a breakdown of how many cities have a particular sales tax rate, see the bar graph below.

Kevin Hoffman is a Reboot Illinois staff writer who graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in journalism, political science and international studies. He believes keeping citizens informed and politicians in check is the best way to improve Illinois and bring about common sense reform.  Follow us on Facebook.