Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2004 Census)

Rank	City	2005 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,848,996	-0.4%
2	Aurora	164,750	3.3%
3	Rockford	152,968	0.2%
4	Naperville	138,816	1.8%
5	Joliet	128,381	4.4%
6	Springfield	114,874	0.6%
7	Peoria	112,785	-0.1%
8	Elgin	96,849	0.5%
9	Waukegan	90,433	0.6%
10	Cicero	82,545	-0.9%
11	Decatur	78,168	-1.2%
12	Evanston	74,894	0.3%
13	Arlington Heights	74,616	-0.6%
14	Champaign	74,199	1.3%
15	Schaumburg	72,777	-0.9%
16	Bloomington	69,652	1.5%
17	Palatine	66,215	-0.0%
18	Bolingbrook	66,185	3.8%
19	Skokie	63,964	0.2%
20	Tinley Park	56,230	3.4%
21	Des Plaines	55,937	-0.5%
22	Wheaton	54,796	-0.3%
23	Mount Prospect	54,630	-0.7%
24	Orland Park	54,359	1.4%
25	Oak Lawn	53,865	-0.6%
26	Oak Park	52,710	0.1%
27	Berwyn	51,667	-1.1%
28	Hoffman Estates	51,496	0.9%
29	Normal	49,275	1.9%
30	Downers Grove	49,195	-0.2%
31	Glenview	45,492	1.3%
32	Elmhurst	44,412	0.8%
33	Moline	42,899	-0.6%
34	Buffalo Grove	42,861	-0.2%
35	DeKalb	42,823	2.2%
36	Lombard	42,783	0.1%
37	Belleville	41,495	-0.5%
38	Crystal Lake	40,301	1.2%
39	Carol Stream	40,043	-0.3%
40	Quincy	39,653	-0.6%
41	Rock Island	38,641	-0.6%
42	Urbana	38,521	0.4%
43	Calumet City	37,909	-0.7%
44	Bartlett	37,542	0.5%
45	Hanover Park	37,154	-0.7%
46	Addison	36,953	0.4%
47	Park Ridge	36,946	-0.6%
48	Streamwood	36,832	0.1%
49	Wheeling	36,494	0.2%
50	Carpentersville	35,619	3.4%
51	Romeoville	35,177	12.3%
52	Northbrook	34,001	0.3%
53	Elk Grove Village	33,876	-0.6%
54	Woodridge	33,694	2.0%
55	Danville	33,330	-0.8%
56	Pekin	33,084	-0.6%
57	North Chicago	33,061	-2.1%
58	Glendale Heights	32,533	0.4%
59	Mundelein	32,229	0.9%
60	St. Charles	32,134	3.3%
61	Galesburg	32,132	-1.2%
62	Chicago Heights	31,478	-1.0%
63	Granite City	31,221	-0.6%
64	Highland Park	30,799	0.4%
65	East St. Louis	30,095	-1.2%
66	Gurnee	30,084	1.0%
67	Alton	29,755	-0.6%
68	Niles	29,405	-0.5%
69	Harvey	28,845	-0.9%
70	Algonquin	28,219	5.0%
71	Lake in the Hills	28,217	4.1%
72	Oak Forest	27,980	-0.2%
73	Round Lake Beach	27,831	1.6%
74	Burbank	27,531	-0.3%
75	Lansing	27,369	-0.8%
76	Glen Ellyn	27,198	-0.0%
77	Kankakee	26,921	-0.7%
78	Wilmette	26,913	-0.6%
79	Batavia	26,579	2.2%
80	West Chicago	25,969	2.1%
81	Maywood	25,901	-1.0%
82	Freeport	25,603	-0.8%
83	Collinsville	25,560	0.6%
84	Carbondale	25,415	-0.8%
85	O'Fallon	24,948	2.9%
86	Westmont	24,776	-0.1%
87	Plainfield	24,634	15.7%
88	Dolton	24,584	-1.0%
89	Elmwood Park	24,480	-0.9%
90	Homer Glen	23,970	1.7%
91	McHenry	23,938	2.4%
92	Rolling Meadows	23,870	-0.8%
93	Edwardsville	23,838	1.6%
94	Zion	23,774	0.8%
95	Belvidere	23,506	2.6%
96	Roselle	23,309	-0.0%
97	Vernon Hills	23,093	3.2%
98	Park Forest	23,032	-0.5%
99	Lisle	22,892	0.3%
100	Blue Island	22,872	-0.6%

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