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State of Illinois

Illinois, abbreviated "IL", is in the East North Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Springfield.

There were 12,419,293 people in Illinois as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on December 3, 1818.

Please explore the cities and towns of Illinois, below.

Top Illinois College Towns

(The 20 cities and towns with the most colleges.)

Note: Student counts are with available data; actual counts may be higher.

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Chicago Colleges	82	218,652
2	Rockford Colleges	11	10,294
3	Peoria Colleges	9	7,303
4	Elgin Colleges	8	10,958
5	Joliet Colleges	7	16,729
6	Springfield Colleges	7	12,952
7	Quincy Colleges	7	4,054
8	Skokie Colleges	7	1,162
9	Champaign Colleges	6	51,804
10	Aurora Colleges	6	4,003
11	Evanston Colleges	5	19,699
12	Crystal Lake Colleges	4	5,274
13	Naperville Colleges	4	2,559
14	Fairview Heights Colleges	4	61
15	Darien Colleges	4	39
16	Belleville Colleges	3	13,757
17	Decatur Colleges	3	5,718
18	Danville Colleges	3	3,177
19	Jacksonville Colleges	3	1,696
20	Lombard Colleges	3	651

200 Largest Illinois Cities and Towns (population 10,391 and up)

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City or Town	Pop.	County
Addison	35,914	Du Page
Algonquin	23,276	McHenry
Alsip	19,725	Cook
Alton	30,496	Madison
Arlington Heights	76,031	Cook
Aurora	142,990	Du Page
Bartlett	36,706	Cook
Batavia	23,866	Kane
Belleville	41,410	St Clair
Bellwood	20,535	Cook
Belvidere	20,820	Boone
Bensenville	20,703	Du Page
Berwyn	54,016	Cook
Bloomingdale	21,675	Du Page
Bloomington	64,808	McLean
Blue Island	23,463	Cook
Bolingbrook	56,321	Will
Bourbonnais	15,256	Kankakee
Bradley	12,784	Kankakee
Bridgeview	15,335	Cook
Brookfield	19,085	Cook
Buffalo Grove	42,909	Lake
Burbank	27,902	Cook
Burr Ridge	10,408	Du Page
Cahokia	16,391	St Clair
Calumet City	39,071	Cook
Canton	15,288	Fulton
Carbondale	20,681	Jackson
Carol Stream	40,438	Du Page
Carpentersville	30,586	Kane
Cary	15,531	McHenry
Centralia	14,136	Marion
Champaign	67,518	Champaign
Charleston	21,039	Coles
Chicago	2,896,016	Cook
Chicago Heights	32,776	Cook
Chicago Ridge	14,127	Cook
Cicero	85,616	Cook
Collinsville	24,707	Madison
Country Club Hills	16,169	Cook
Crest Hill	13,329	Will
Crestwood	11,251	Cook
Crystal Lake	38,000	McHenry
Danville	33,904	Vermilion
Darien	22,860	Du Page
Decatur	81,860	Macon
Deerfield	18,420	Lake
DeKalb	39,018	De Kalb
Des Plaines	58,720	Cook
Dixon	15,941	Lee
Dolton	25,614	Cook
Downers Grove	48,724	Du Page
East Moline	20,333	Rock Island
East Peoria	22,638	Tazewell
East St. Louis	31,542	St Clair
Edwardsville	21,491	Madison
Effingham	12,384	Effingham
Elgin	94,487	Kane
Elk Grove Village	34,727	Cook
Elmhurst	42,762	Du Page
Elmwood Park	25,405	Cook
Evanston	74,239	Cook
Evergreen Park	20,821	Cook
Fairview Heights	15,034	St Clair
Forest Park	15,688	Cook
Frankfort	10,391	Will
Franklin Park	19,434	Cook
Freeport	26,443	Stephenson
Galesburg	33,706	Knox
Geneva	19,515	Kane
Glen Carbon	10,425	Madison
Glen Ellyn	26,999	Du Page
Glendale Heights	31,765	Du Page
Glenview	41,847	Cook
Godfrey	16,286	Madison
Granite City	31,301	Madison
Grayslake	18,506	Lake
Gurnee	28,834	Lake
Hanover Park	38,278	Cook
Harvey	30,000	Cook
Hazel Crest	14,816	Cook
Herrin	11,298	Williamson
Hickory Hills	13,926	Cook
Highland Park	31,365	Lake
Hinsdale	17,349	Du Page
Hoffman Estates	49,495	Cook
Homewood	19,543	Cook
Jacksonville	18,940	Morgan
Joliet	106,221	Will
Justice	12,193	Cook
Kankakee	27,491	Kankakee
Kewanee	12,944	Henry
La Grange	15,608	Cook
La Grange Park	13,295	Cook
Lake in the Hills	23,152	McHenry
Lake Forest	20,059	Lake
Lake Zurich	18,104	Lake
Lansing	28,332	Cook
Lemont	13,098	Cook
Libertyville	20,742	Lake
Lincoln	15,369	Logan
Lincolnwood	12,359	Cook
Lindenhurst	12,539	Lake
Lisle	21,182	Du Page
Lockport	15,191	Will
Lombard	42,322	Du Page
Loves Park	20,044	Winnebago
Machesney Park	20,759	Winnebago
Macomb	18,558	McDonough
Marion	16,035	Williamson
Markham	12,620	Cook
Matteson	12,928	Cook
Mattoon	18,291	Coles
Maywood	26,987	Cook
McHenry	21,501	McHenry
Melrose Park	23,171	Cook
Midlothian	14,315	Cook
Mokena	14,583	Will
Moline	43,768	Rock Island
Morris	11,928	Grundy
Morton	15,198	Tazewell
Morton Grove	22,451	Cook
Mount Prospect	56,265	Cook
Mount Vernon	16,269	Jefferson
Mundelein	30,935	Lake
Murphysboro	13,295	Jackson
Naperville	128,358	Du Page
New Lenox	17,771	Will
Niles	30,068	Cook
Normal	45,386	McLean
Norridge	14,582	Cook
North Aurora	10,585	Kane
North Chicago	35,918	Lake
Northbrook	33,435	Cook
Northlake	11,878	Cook
Oak Forest	28,051	Cook
Oak Lawn	55,245	Cook
Oak Park	52,524	Cook
O'Fallon	21,910	St Clair
Orland Park	51,077	Cook
Oswego	13,326	Kendall
Ottawa	18,307	La Salle
Palatine	65,479	Cook
Palos Heights	11,260	Cook
Palos Hills	17,665	Cook
Park Forest	23,462	Cook
Park Ridge	37,775	Cook
Pekin	33,857	Tazewell
Peoria	112,936	Peoria
Plainfield	13,038	Will
Pontiac	11,864	Livingston
Prospect Heights	17,081	Cook
Quincy	40,366	Adams
Rantoul	12,857	Champaign
Richton Park	12,533	Cook
River Forest	11,635	Cook
River Grove	10,668	Cook
Riverdale	15,055	Cook
Rock Island	39,684	Rock Island
Rockford	150,115	Winnebago
Rolling Meadows	24,604	Cook
Romeoville	21,153	Will
Roselle	23,115	Du Page
Round Lake Beach	25,859	Lake
Sauk Village	10,411	Cook
Schaumburg	75,386	Cook
Schiller Park	11,850	Cook
Skokie	63,348	Cook
South Elgin	16,100	Kane
South Holland	22,147	Cook
Springfield	111,454	Sangamon
St. Charles	27,896	Kane
Sterling	15,451	Whiteside
Streamwood	36,407	Cook
Streator	14,190	La Salle
Summit	10,637	Cook
Swansea	10,579	St Clair
Sycamore	12,020	De Kalb
Taylorville	11,427	Christian
Tinley Park	48,401	Cook
Urbana	36,395	Champaign
Vernon Hills	20,120	Lake
Villa Park	22,075	Du Page
Warrenville	13,363	Du Page
Washington	10,841	Tazewell
Waukegan	87,901	Lake
West Chicago	23,469	Du Page
Westchester	16,824	Cook
Western Springs	12,493	Cook
Westmont	24,554	Du Page
Wheaton	55,416	Du Page
Wheeling	34,496	Cook
Wilmette	27,651	Cook
Winnetka	12,419	Cook
Wood Dale	13,535	Du Page
Wood River	11,296	Madison
Woodridge	30,934	Du Page
Woodstock	20,151	McHenry
Worth	11,047	Cook
Zion	22,866	Lake

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	12,419,293	100%
Male	6,080,336	49%
Female	6,338,957	51%
Under 18	3,245,451	26.1%
18+	9,173,842	73.9%
65+	1,500,025	12.1%
Median Age	34.7
Average Family Size	3.23
White	9,125,471	73.5%
African-American	1,876,875	15.1%
Asian	423,603	3.4%
American Indian & Alaskan	31,006	0.2%
Other	722,712	5.8%
Mixed Race	235,016	1.9%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	1,530,262	12.3%

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