McHenry is the 17th healthiest county in Illinois, according to a report that used a variety of health factors to evaluate counties across the United States.

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, conducted by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, gave McHenry County high marks in its “health behaviors” and “social & economic factors” categories, citing low levels of premature death, low levels of children in poverty, and a high percentage of high school graduates compared to the other 101 counties in Illinois.

While McHenry County ranks as one of Illinois' healthiest counties, it fell out of the top five for the first time in the four years the rankings have been published. It previously had ranked in fourth or fifth place.