In DuPage County, where 15 percent of the population is African-American and 16.5 percent of the population is Latino, the elected County Board is all-white.
In Zion, where 33 percent of the population is African-American and 23 percent is Latino, there are no racial minorities or women on the City Council.
In fact, in 39 jurisdictions in the state, the number of women and racial minorities serving in elected positions doesn’t statistically reflect the population served, a new study released by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee shows.