Dogs for Adoption in Illinois

Rescues and shelters near 880 Illinois cities and towns have dogs looking for homes, including 85 near Chicago. Pick the place nearest you, or search by zip code. Updated November 4, 2026.

Biggest cities in Illinois

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  Dogs for Adoption in Chicago, IL

  85 dogs · 7 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Aurora, IL

  157 dogs · 10 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Naperville, IL

  149 dogs · 10 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Joliet, IL

  92 dogs · 5 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Rockford, IL

  184 dogs · 7 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Elgin, IL

  277 dogs · 13 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Springfield, IL

  285 dogs · 20 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Peoria, IL

  65 dogs · 5 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Champaign, IL

  81 dogs · 5 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Waukegan, IL

  70 dogs · 7 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Cicero, IL

  105 dogs · 9 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Bloomington, IL

  47 dogs · 3 rescues

Dogs for adoption by county

• Bond County 63
• Boone County 111
• Calhoun County 187
• Champaign County 81
• Clark County 38
• Clinton County 146
• Cook County 93
• Crawford County 38
• De Witt County 76
• DeKalb County 58
• DuPage County 11
• Edwards County 142
• Fayette County 10
• Ford County 47
• Franklin County 20
• Gallatin County 161
• Greene County 58
• Grundy County 40
• Hamilton County 10
• Hardin County 19
• Iroquois County 20
• Jackson County 20
• Jefferson County 20
• Jersey County 223
• Johnson County 10
• Kane County 65
• Kankakee County 95
• Kendall County 70
• Lake County 33
• LaSalle County 58
• Livingston County 47
• Logan County 91
• Macon County 81
• Macoupin County 98
• Madison County 12
• Marion County 18
• Marshall County 65
• Massac County 19
• McHenry County 111
• McLean County 47
• Monroe County 97
• Montgomery County 23
• Ogle County 155
• Peoria County 65
• Perry County 10
• Piatt County 81
• Pope County 19
• Putnam County 60
• Randolph County 10
• Saline County 10
• St. Clair County 24
• Tazewell County 59
• Union County 20
• Wabash County 142
• Washington County 117
• White County 142
• Will County 61
• Williamson County 20
• Winnebago County 166
• Woodford County 59

Every city and town in Illinois

• A
• Addieville 146
• Addison 241
• Albers 180
• Albion 142
• Algonquin 236
• Alhambra 186
• Allendale 178
• Alma 8
• Alsip 88
• Alto Pass 20
• Alton 196
• Anchor 47
• Andalusia 28
• Anna 20
• Antioch 316
• Argenta 81
• Arlington Heights 273
• Armington 44
• Aroma Park 95
• Arrowsmith 47
• Ashkum 21
• Ashley 52
• Ashton 180
• Atlanta 44
• Aurora 157
• Ava 20
• Aviston 181
• B
• Baldwin 187
• Bannockburn 110
• Barrington 270
• Barrington Hills 270
• Bartelso 146
• Bartlett 324
• Bartonville 65
• Batavia 287
• Batchtown 215
• Bay View Gardens 65
• Beach Park 316
• Beaverville 28
• Beckemeyer 150
• Bedford Park 85
• Beecher 176
• Belle Prairie City 10
• Belle Rive 10
• Belleville 126
• Bellevue 65
• Bellflower 79
• Bellmont 142
• Bellwood 117
• Belvidere 111
• Bement 81
• Benld 178
• Bensenville 190
• Benson 42
• Benton 20
• Berkeley 157
• Berwyn 105
• Bethalto 196
• Big Rock 120
• Bingham 8
• Bloomingdale 353
• Bloomington 47
• Blue Island 77
• Bluford 10
• Bolingbrook 119
• Bondville 81
• Bone Gap 142
• Bonfield 112
• Bonnie 20
• Boulder Hill 107
• Bourbonnais 145
• Braceville 143
• Bradley 145
• Braidwood 40
• Breese 150
• Bridgeview 136
• Brighton 196
• Broadview 106
• Broadwell 91
• Brookfield 145
• Brooklyn 155
• Brookport 19
• Broughton 10
• Browns 142
• Brownstown 10
• Brussels 224
• Buckingham 91
• Buckley 42
• Buckner 20
• Buffalo Grove 272
• Bull Valley 224
• Buncombe 10
• Bunker Hill 192
• Burbank 96
• Burlington 190
• Burnham 77
• Burnt Prairie 142
• Burr Ridge 149
• Bush 20
• Butler 23
• Byron 166
• C
• Cabery 64
• Cahokia Heights 150
• Caledonia 285
• Calumet City 206
• Calumet Park 77
• Cambria 20
• Campbell Hill 33
• Campton Hills 220
• Campus 103
• Capron 111
• Carbon Hill 40
• Carbondale 20
• Carlinville 71
• Carlock 47
• Carlyle 117
• Carmi 142
• Carol Stream 352
• Carpentersville 236
• Carrier Mills 10
• Carrollton 116
• Carterville 20
• Cary 225
• Casey 38
• Caseyville 152
• Cave-In-Rock 19
• Central City 52
• Centralia 52
• Cerro Gordo 81
• Champaign 81
• Channahon 54
• Chatsworth 47
• Chebanse 88
• Chenoa 47
• Cherry Valley 231
• Chester 95
• Chesterfield 146
• Chicago 85
• Chicago Heights 206
• Chicago Ridge 136
• Chillicothe 65
• Christopher 20
• Cicero 105
• Cisco 81
• Clarendon Hills 170
• Clifton 61
• Clinton 79
• Coal City 40
• Coalton 40
• Cobden 20
• Coffeen 23
• Colfax 47
• Collinsville 150
• Colp 20
• Columbia 159
• Compton 220
• Congerville 59
• Cooksville 47
• Cornell 59
• Cortland 180
• Coulterville 121
• Country Club Hills 74
• Countryside 145
• Crainville 20
• Creal Springs 10
• Crescent City 20
• Crest Hill 119
• Creston 264
• Crestwood 128
• Crete 196
• Creve Coeur 65
• Crossville 142
• Crystal Lake 225
• Cullom 47
• Cutler 44
• Cypress 10
• D
• Dahlgren 10
• Damiansville 180
• Dana 59
• Danforth 23
• Danvers 59
• Darien 149
• Davis Junction 184
• De Land 81
• De Soto 20
• De Witt 79
• Decatur 81
• Deer Creek 59
• Deer Park 273
• Deerfield 99
• DeKalb 180
• Delavan 91
• Des Plaines 149
• Diamond 40
• Dix 18
• Dixmoor 77
• Dolton 77
• Dongola 10
• Donnellson 36
• Donovan 20
• Dorchester 186
• Dowell 20
• Downers Grove 170
• Downs 47
• Du Bois 52
• Du Quoin 20
• Dunlap 65
• Dupo 150
• Durand 111
• Dwight 120
• E
• Eagarville 178
• Earlville 232
• East Alton 196
• East Brooklyn 117
• East Cape Girardeau 10
• East Carondelet 150
• East Dundee 275
• East Gillespie 178
• East Hazel Crest 74
• East Peoria 65
• East St. Louis 155
• Eddyville 19
• Edwardsville 130
• El Paso 47
• Elburn 241
• Eldorado 10
• Eldred 143
• Elgin 277
• Elizabethtown 19
• Elk Grove Village 189
• Elkhart 88
• Elkville 20
• Elliott 47
• Ellis Grove 157
• Ellsworth 47
• Elmhurst 170
• Elmwood Park 105
• Elsah 232
• Elwood 41
• Emden 91
• Emington 88
• Energy 20
• Enfield 142
• Equality 161
• Essex 143
• Eureka 59
• Evanston 122
• Evansville 167
• Evergreen Park 96
• Ewing 20
• F
• Fairbury 47
• Fairmont City 159
• Fairview Heights 126
• Farina 10
• Farmer City 79
• Farmersville 44
• Fayetteville 192
• Fidelity 192
• Fieldon 215
• Fillmore 19
• Fisher 79
• Flanagan 42
• Flossmoor 198
• Foosland 79
• Ford Heights 206
• Forest City 56
• Forest Park 105
• Forest View 105
• Forrest 47
• Forsyth 81
• Fox Lake 194
• Fox Lake Hills 213
• Fox River Grove 225
• Frankfort 88
• Frankfort Square 114
• Franklin Grove 129
• Franklin Park 146
• Freeburg 89
• Freeman Spur 20
• Fults 51
• G
• Gages Lake 70
• Galatia 10
• Gardner 117
• Geneva 286
• Genoa 167
• Germantown 160
• Germantown Hills 65
• Gibson City 47
• Gilberts 249
• Gillespie 178
• Girard 12
• Glasford 65
• Glasgow 11
• Glen Carbon 130
• Glen Ellyn 210
• Glencoe 99
• Glendale Heights 241
• Glenview 121
• Glenwood 217
• Godfrey 196
• Godley 143
• Golconda 19
• Golden Gate 142
• Golf 137
• Goodfield 59
• Goreville 20
• Gorham 20
• Grafton 223
• Grand Ridge 99
• Grand Tower 20
• Grandwood Park 62
• Granite City 159
• Grant Park 135
• Grantfork 157
• Grayslake 213
• Grayville 142
• Green Oaks 70
• Green Valley 91
• Greenfield 93
• Greenville 36
• Greenwood 195
• Gridley 47
• Gurnee 70
• H
• Hainesville 224
• Hamburg 143
• Hamel 196
• Hampshire 191
• Hanaford 20
• Hanna City 65
• Hanover Park 286
• Hardin 187
• Harrisburg 10
• Harristown 78
• Hartford 151
• Hartsburg 91
• Harvard 111
• Harvel 44
• Harvey 77
• Harwood Heights 133
• Hawthorn Woods 232
• Hazel Crest 74
• Hebron 182
• Hecker 66
• Henry 65
• Herrick 42
• Herrin 20
• Herscher 88
• Hettick 60
• Heyworth 47
• Hickory Hills 136
• Highland 190
• Highland Park 99
• Highwood 99
• Hillcrest 231
• Hillsboro 23
• Hillside 157
• Hillview 58
• Hinckley 58
• Hinsdale 159
• Hodgkins 135
• Hoffman 52
• Hoffman Estates 286
• Holiday Hills 224
• Holiday Shores 196
• Homer Glen 138
• Hometown 96
• Homewood 74
• Hopedale 91
• Hopewell 65
• Hopkins Park 95
• Hoyleton 52
• Hudson 47
• Huey 52
• Huntley 223
• Hurst 20
• Hutsonville 38
• I
• Illiopolis 76
• Ina 20
• Indian Creek 235
• Indian Head Park 159
• Ingalls Park 112
• Inverness 273
• Iroquois 20
• Irving 12
• Irvington 52
• Irwin 88
• Island Lake 224
• Itasca 202
• Iuka 18
• Ivesdale 81
• J
• Jerseyville 192
• Johnsburg 224
• Johnston City 20
• Joliet 92
• Jonesboro 20
• Junction 161
• Junction City 42
• Justice 125
• K
• Kampsville 143
• Kane 192
• Kaneville 231
• Kangley 116
• Kankakee 95
• Kappa 47
• Kaskaskia 101
• Keenes 10
• Keensburg 142
• Kell 18
• Kempton 103
• Kenilworth 95
• Kenney 91
• Keyesport 32
• Kildeer 272
• Kingston 166
• Kingston Mines 65
• Kinmundy 8
• Kinsman 101
• Kirkland 155
• L
• La Grange 146
• La Grange Park 146
• La Rose 65
• Lacon 65
• Lake Barrington 233
• Lake Bluff 73
• Lake Forest 73
• Lake Holiday 58
• Lake in the Hills 225
• Lake Ka-Ho 151
• Lake of the Woods 79
• Lake Villa 62
• Lake Zurich 269
• Lakemoor 224
• Lakewood 225
• Lansing 206
• LaSalle 75
• Latham 79
• Le Roy 47
• Leaf River 115
• Lebanon 209
• Lee 241
• Leland 268
• Lemont 122
• Lenzburg 187
• Leonore 103
• Lexington 47
• Libertyville 121
• Lily Lake 210
• Limestone 138
• Lincoln 91
• Lincolnshire 150
• Lincolnwood 133
• Lindenhurst 62
• Lisbon 57
• Lisle 170
• Litchfield 64
• Livingston 186
• Lockport 118
• Loda 47
• Lombard 210
• Long Creek 39
• Long Grove 261
• Long Lake 224
• Long Point 59
• Lostant 65
• Loves Park 198
• Ludlow 47
• Lynwood 206
• Lyons 145
• M
• Macedonia 10
• Machesney Park 184
• Mackinaw 56
• Madison 157
• Maeystown 70
• Magnolia 65
• Mahomet 81
• Makanda 20
• Malta 291
• Manhattan 88
• Manito 59
• Mansfield 79
• Manteno 148
• Maple Park 180
• Mapleton 65
• Marengo 166
• Marine 190
• Marion 20
• Marissa 187
• Markham 77
• Maroa 81
• Marquette Heights 65
• Marseilles 70
• Marshall 38
• Martinsville 38
• Martinton 21
• Maryville 130
• Mascoutah 219
• Mason City 88
• Matteson 198
• Maunie 142
• Maywood 105
• Mazon 117
• McClure 20
• McCook 145
• McCullom Lake 224
• McHenry 224
• McLean 47
• McLeansboro 10
• McNabb 65
• Medora 192
• Melrose Park 117
• Melvin 47
• Mendota 64
• Merrionette Park 96
• Metamora 65
• Metropolis 19
• Mettawa 84
• Middletown 91
• Midlothian 77
• Mill Creek 10
• Millbrook 58
• Millington 57
• Millstadt 128
• Milton 11
• Minier 56
• Minonk 59
• Minooka 54
• Mokena 125
• Momence 95
• Monee 187
• Monroe Center 215
• Montgomery 81
• Monticello 81
• Morris 40
• Morrisonville 40
• Morton 59
• Morton Grove 137
• Mount Carmel 142
• Mount Clare 178
• Mount Olive 151
• Mount Prospect 162
• Mount Pulaski 79
• Mount Vernon 20
• Mount Zion 39
• Muddy 10
• Mulberry Grove 32
• Mundelein 232
• Murphysboro 20
• N
• Naperville 149
• Naplate 58
• Nashville 52
• Nason 20
• Nebo 65
• New Athens 192
• New Baden 183
• New Burnside 10
• New Douglas 151
• New Haven 142
• New Holland 91
• New Lenox 99
• New Milford 194
• New Minden 52
• Newark 57
• Niantic 78
• Niles 137
• Nilwood 12
• Nokomis 42
• Normal 47
• Norridge 133
• Norris City 142
• North Aurora 166
• North Barrington 232
• North Chicago 70
• North City 20
• North Pekin 65
• North Riverside 105
• North Utica 63
• Northbrook 110
• Northfield 99
• Northlake 117
• Norwood 65
• O
• O'Fallon 126
• Oak Brook 170
• Oak Forest 128
• Oak Lawn 96
• Oak Park 105
• Oakbrook Terrace 170
• Oakdale 117
• Oakwood Hills 224
• Oblong 38
• Oconee 42
• Odell 87
• Odin 29
• Oglesby 75
• Ohlman 42
• Okawville 156
• Old Mill Creek 316
• Old Ripley 151
• Old Shawneetown 161
• Olympia Fields 198
• Omaha 142
• Oreana 81
• Oregon 155
• Orient 20
• Orland Hills 125
• Orland Park 125
• Oswego 81
• Ottawa 70
• Otterville 223
• P
• Palatine 273
• Palmyra 13
• Palos Heights 128
• Palos Hills 136
• Palos Park 128
• Panama 63
• Panola 47
• Papineau 28
• Paris 38
• Park City 70
• Park Forest 187
• Park Ridge 148
• Patoka 19
• Paw Paw 231
• Paxton 47
• Pearl 38
• Pecatonica 111
• Pekin 59
• Peoria 65
• Peoria Heights 65
• Peotone 157
• Percy 44
• Phillipstown 142
• Phoenix 77
• Pierron 151
• Pinckneyville 44
• Pingree Grove 251
• Piper City 47
• Pistakee Highlands 213
• Pittsburg 20
• Plainfield 123
• Plano 69
• Plattville 59
• Pleasant Hill 65
• Pocahontas 151
• Pontiac 47
• Pontoon Beach 151
• Poplar Grove 111
• Port Barrington 224
• Posen 77
• Prairie du Rocher 179
• Prairie Grove 224
• Preston Heights 92
• Prospect Heights 161
• R
• Radom 52
• Raleigh 10
• Ramsey 10
• Ransom 100
• Rantoul 47
• Raymond 12
• Red Bud 187
• Reddick 104
• Richmond 184
• Richton Park 198
• Richview 52
• Ridgway 142
• Ringwood 205
• River Forest 105
• River Grove 105
• Riverdale 77
• Riverside 105
• Riverwoods 110
• Roanoke 59
• Robbins 77
• Roberts 47
• Robinson 38
• Rochelle 231
• Rockbridge 135
• Rockdale 92
• Rockford 184
• Rockton 213
• Rockwood 20
• Rolling Meadows 273
• Romeoville 119
• Roodhouse 38
• Roscoe 213
• Roselle 313
• Rosemont 148
• Rosewood Heights 196
• Rosiclare 19
• Round Lake 224
• Round Lake Beach 213
• Round Lake Heights 213
• Round Lake Park 224
• Roxana 151
• Royal Lakes 186
• Royalton 20
• Ruma 187
• Rutland 59
• S
• Sadorus 39
• Salem 18
• Sammons Point 88
• San Jose 91
• Sandoval 42
• Sandwich 58
• Sauget 150
• Sauk Village 206
• Saunemin 47
• Savoy 81
• Sawyerville 178
• Saybrook 47
• Schaumburg 286
• Schiller Park 145
• Schram City 23
• Scott AFB 97
• Secor 59
• Seneca 70
• Sesser 20
• Shabbona 261
• Shawneetown 161
• Sheldon 20
• Sheridan 57
• Shiloh 126
• Shipman 192
• Shorewood 65
• Sibley 47
• Simpson 10
• Sims 10
• Skokie 133
• Sleepy Hollow 249
• Smithboro 36
• Smithton 122
• Somonauk 58
• Sorento 93
• South Barrington 270
• South Beloit 209
• South Chicago Heights 206
• South Elgin 277
• South Holland 77
• South Pekin 59
• South Roxana 151
• South Wilmington 117
• Sparland 65
• Sparta 165
• Spillertown 20
• Spring Bay 65
• Spring Grove 184
• Springerton 142
• Springfield 285
• St. Anne 95
• St. Charles 286
• St. Elmo 10
• St. Francisville 178
• St. Jacob 190
• St. Johns 20
• St. Libory 191
• St. Peter 10
• St. Rose 170
• Standard City 13
• Stanford 47
• Staunton 180
• Ste. Marie 38
• Steeleville 86
• Steger 206
• Steward 231
• Stickney 105
• Stillman Valley 180
• Stone Park 117
• Stonefort 10
• Stoy 38
• Strawn 47
• Streamwood 283
• Streator 116
• Sugar Grove 120
• Summerfield 210
• Summit 145
• Sun River Terrace 95
• Swansea 126
• Sycamore 180
• Symerton 41
• T
• Tamaroa 39
• Taylor Springs 36
• Thawville 47
• Third Lake 62
• Thomasboro 79
• Thompsonville 10
• Thornton 217
• Tilden 165
• Timberlane 111
• Tinley Park 125
• Toluca 65
• Tonica 64
• Towanda 47
• Tower Lakes 232
• Tremont 59
• Trenton 183
• Trout Valley 225
• Troy 205
• Troy Grove 64
• U
• Union 166
• Union Hill 101
• University Park 187
• Urbana 81
• V
• Valier 20
• Valmeyer 126
• Vandalia 8
• Varna 65
• Venedy 176
• Venetian Village 62
• Venice 155
• Vergennes 20
• Vermilion 38
• Vernon 19
• Vernon Hills 235
• Verona 93
• Vienna 10
• Villa Park 170
• Virgil 201
• Volo 224
• W
• Wadsworth 316
• Waggoner 12
• Walnut Hill 39
• Walshville 64
• Waltonville 20
• Wamac 52
• Wapella 79
• Warrensburg 81
• Warrenville 203
• Washburn 65
• Washington 65
• Washington Park 160
• Waterloo 137
• Waterman 291
• Watseka 20
• Wauconda 224
• Waukegan 70
• Wayne 317
• Wayne City 10
• Waynesville 76
• Weldon 81
• Wenona 65
• Wenonah 42
• West Brooklyn 220
• West Chicago 287
• West City 20
• West Dundee 249
• West Frankfort 20
• West Peoria 65
• West Salem 142
• Westchester 146
• Western Springs 159
• Westmont 170
• Wheaton 210
• Wheeling 161
• White City 178
• White Hall 58
• Williamson 178
• Willisville 44
• Willow Hill 38
• Willow Springs 125
• Willowbrook 159
• Wilmette 99
• Wilmington 41
• Wilsonville 186
• Winfield 321
• Winnebago 166
• Winnetka 99
• Winthrop Harbor 316
• Witt 40
• Wonder Lake 205
• Wood Dale 202
• Wood River 205
• Woodland 20
• Woodlawn 28
• Woodridge 152
• Woodstock 215
• Worden 196
• Worth 136
• Y
• Yale 38
• Yorkville 70
• Z
• Zeigler 20
• Zion 316

Rescues in Illinois

• Animal House Shelter, Inc. 111
• Starfish Animal Rescue 39
• Wish Bone Canine Rescue 38
• Project Hope Animal 37
• Magnificent Mutts Rescue 26
• REACH Rescue, Inc 23
• Dogs are Deserving 19
• Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF-IL) 11
• Hoof Woof Meow Animal Rescue 11
• Echo Dogs White Shepherd Rescue 10
• Come Bye Border Collie Rescue 9
• Randolph County Humane Society 9
• Perry County Humane Society of Illinois 8

All states · All rescues · Listings are updated daily.