Biggest Cities in Illinois - 2002 Census Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,881,295	-0.2%
2	Aurora	155,952	3.9%
3	Rockford	152,233	0.1%
4	Naperville	135,202	2.2%
5	Joliet	118,226	4.5%
6	Springfield	112,854	0.3%
7	Peoria	112,847	-0.1%
8	Elgin	96,457	0.8%
9	Waukegan	90,742	1.3%
10	Cicero	83,981	-0.9%
11	Decatur	79,776	-1.3%
12	Arlington Heights	76,137	-0.2%
13	Schaumburg	74,306	-0.7%
14	Evanston	73,139	-0.7%
15	Champaign	72,250	1.3%
16	Bloomington	67,758	1.6%
17	Palatine	66,604	0.2%
18	Skokie	63,585	0.2%
19	Bolingbrook	60,895	3.4%
20	Des Plaines	56,599	-0.4%
21	Mount Prospect	55,558	-0.6%
22	Wheaton	55,268	-0.3%
23	Oak Lawn	54,818	-0.4%
24	Berwyn	53,129	-0.8%
25	Orland Park	52,952	1.5%
26	Tinley Park	52,472	3.2%
27	Oak Park	52,338	-0.2%
28	Hoffman Estates	50,295	0.6%
29	Downers Grove	49,453	-0.2%
30	Normal	48,008	2.6%
31	Glenview	44,848	1.9%
32	Moline	43,490	-0.5%
33	Elmhurst	43,351	0.3%
34	Buffalo Grove	43,295	0.0%
35	Lombard	43,198	0.6%
36	Belleville	42,060	-0.4%
37	DeKalb	40,807	2.0%
38	Quincy	40,423	-0.3%
39	Carol Stream	40,172	-0.4%
40	Crystal Lake	39,683	1.7%
41	Rock Island	39,172	-0.6%
42	Calumet City	38,546	-0.6%
43	Urbana	38,159	0.4%
44	Hanover Park	37,781	-0.7%
45	Park Ridge	37,529	-0.3%
46	Streamwood	37,319	0.9%
47	Bartlett	37,115	0.4%
48	Wheeling	36,835	0.8%
49	Addison	36,497	0.1%
50	North Chicago	36,460	0.7%
51	Elk Grove Village	34,708	-0.1%
52	Carpentersville	34,159	4.8%
53	Danville	33,857	-0.8%
54	Northbrook	33,692	0.2%
55	Woodridge	33,527	3.8%
56	Pekin	33,452	-0.7%
57	Galesburg	33,042	-1.0%
58	Glendale Heights	32,791	1.2%
59	Chicago Heights	32,253	-0.8%
60	Mundelein	31,804	1.1%
61	Granite City	31,648	-0.4%
62	East St. Louis	30,973	-0.9%
63	St. Charles	30,653	4.2%
64	Highland Park	30,638	0.5%
65	Alton	30,182	-0.5%
66	Gurnee	29,905	1.6%
67	Niles	29,791	-0.4%
68	Harvey	29,521	-0.7%
69	Romeoville	29,139	14.9%
70	Oak Forest	28,218	0.0%
71	Lansing	27,912	-0.7%
72	Round Lake Beach	27,815	3.1%
73	Burbank	27,795	-0.2%
74	Wilmette	27,368	-0.4%
75	Kankakee	27,300	-0.6%
76	Glen Ellyn	27,205	-0.1%
77	Lake in the Hills	26,823	5.6%
78	Maywood	26,576	-0.7%
79	Algonquin	26,178	6.1%
80	Freeport	25,898	-1.0%
81	Batavia	25,606	2.4%
82	Carbondale	25,313	-1.8%
83	Collinsville	25,225	0.6%
84	Dolton	25,203	-0.7%
85	West Chicago	25,177	2.7%
86	Elmwood Park	25,009	-0.7%
87	Westmont	24,918	0.0%
88	Rolling Meadows	24,403	-0.5%
89	Zion	23,536	1.2%
90	Park Forest	23,509	-0.0%
91	Roselle	23,379	0.1%
92	O'Fallon	23,286	2.3%
93	Blue Island	23,265	-0.4%
94	Homer Glen	23,052	1.3%
95	Edwardsville	23,030	1.5%
96	Lisle	22,986	0.8%
97	Villa Park	22,971	1.4%
98	Darien	22,915	-0.1%
99	Melrose Park	22,870	-0.6%
100	McHenry	22,748	2.1%

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