Illinois, abbreviated "IL", is in the East North Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Springfield.There were 12,821,497 people in Illinois as per 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS.gov.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.
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2018-19, National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
RANKS | CITY OR TOWN | COLLEGES | STUDENTS |
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1 | Chicago | 69 | 216,575 |
2 | Quincy | 7 | 3,275 |
3 | Rockford | 7 | 10,181 |
4 | Springfield | 7 | 11,108 |
5 | Peoria | 5 | 7,563 |
6 | Elgin | 5 | 10,967 |
7 | Downers Grove | 4 | 3,150 |
8 | Decatur | 4 | 4,645 |
9 | Evanston | 4 | 22,536 |
10 | Skokie | 3 | 372 |
11 | Lombard | 3 | 885 |
12 | Canton | 3 | 1,496 |
13 | Jacksonville | 3 | 1,552 |
14 | Danville | 3 | 2,834 |
15 | Lisle | 3 | 6,129 |
16 | Crystal Lake | 3 | 7,592 |
17 | Schaumburg | 3 | 9,195 |
18 | East Peoria | 3 | 9,451 |
19 | Joliet | 3 | 18,706 |
20 | Normal | 3 | 25,808 |
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CITY OR TOWN | POPULATION |
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Lisbon | 414 |
Lisle | 23,435 |
Litchfield | 7,015 |
Livingston | 765 |
Lomax | 394 |
Lombard | 43,904 |
Long Grove | 7,978 |
Long Point | 237 |
Longview | 130 |
Loves Park | 24,043 |
Ludlow | 382 |
Lynnville | 68 |
Machesney Park | 22,906 |
Mackinaw | 2,023 |
McLean | 793 |
Macomb | 18,118 |
Macon | 1,152 |
Mahomet | 8,327 |
Malden | 275 |
Mansfield | 942 |
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Source: American Community Survey, 2018, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/.
Total Population | 12,821,497 |
Male Share of the Population | 49.1% |
Female Share of the Population | 50.9% |
Senior Citizens | 14.8% |
Employed Population 16+ | 6,124,144 |
Age of the Population | 37.9 |
% of people married | 47.7% |
Average household size | 3 |
Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher | 34.3% |
Median Earnings25+ | $41,683 |
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification | $23,916 |
Median Earnings With High School Degree | $31,011 |
Median Family Income | $79,747 |
% Above Poverty Level | 86.9% |
% Below Poverty Level | 13.1% |
Average Commute Time | 29 minutes |
% Working from Home | 4.7% |
% Walking and Biking to Work | 3.6% |
% Using Public Transportation | 9.4% |
People Living Alone | 29.3% |
Median Gross Rent | $984 |
Median House Value | $187,200 |
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American) | 37.4% |
German | 17.8% |
Irish | 11.3% |
Polish | 6.8% |
Italian | 5.9% |
English | 5.5% |
Swedish | 2% |
French Except Basque | 1.8% |
Dutch | 1.2% |
Norwegian | 1.2% |
Scottish | 1.1% |
Russian | 0.9% |
African | 0.8% |
Czech | 0.8% |
Greek | 0.8% |
Arab | 0.8% |
Lithuanian | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 0.4% |
Welsh | 0.4% |
Ukrainian | 0.4% |
Danishn | 0.4% |
Croatian | 0.3% |
Swiss | 0.3% |
Canadian | 0.3% |
Romanian | 0.3% |
Slovak | 0.3% |
Austrian | 0.3% |
West Indian | 0.3% |
Belgian | 0.2% |
Nigerian | 0.2% |
Serbian | 0.2% |
Jamaican | 0.1% |
Albanian | 0.1% |
Turkish | 0.1% |
Haitian | 0.1% |
US/American | 0.1% |
Portuguese | 0.1% |
Palestinian | 0.1% |
Syrian | 0.1% |
Finnish | 0.1% |
Bulgarian | 0.1% |
Iranian | 0.1% |
Lebanese | 0.1% |
Egyptian | 0.1% |
Iraqi | 0.1% |
Jordanian | 0.1% |
Slovene | 0.1% |
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Source: American Community Survey, 2018, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/.
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