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Community health centers in Illinois

Illinois has 384 community health center clinics in 138 cities, run by 51 health centers that served 1,484,873 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

The median clinic in Illinois is open 45 hours a week.
Half of Illinois health centers have 17% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
Most clinics in one city: Chicago with 139.

How Illinois health centers compare

Median across Illinois health centers	Illinois	U.S.
Uninsured patients	17%	14%
Patients at or below the poverty line	73%	65%
Medicaid or CHIP patients	56%	42%
Adults with blood pressure under control	67%	68%
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	48%	54%
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	37%	44%

Largest health centers in Illinois

Health center	Based in	Patients	Uninsured	Clinics
Access Community Health Network	Chicago	152,893	17%	31
Sihf Healthcare	E Saint Louis	101,871	7%	33
Erie Family Health Center, Inc.	Chicago	95,878	23%	7
Vna Health Care	Aurora	86,797	35%	14
Greater Family Health	Elgin	75,001	27%	12
Crusaders Central Clinic Association	Rockford	63,700	25%	7
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	Chicago	61,055	8%	4
Esperanza Health Centers	Chicago	57,221	21%	4
Lawndale Christian Health Center	Chicago	57,177	25%	40
Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	Springfield	54,431	6%	16
Howard Brown Health Center	Chicago	42,984	20%	8
Pcc Community Wellness Center	Oak Park	42,379	16%	10

Cities with the most clinics

All Illinois cities with a community health center

All community health centers based in Illinois

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