Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2005 Census)

Rank	City	2006 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,824,584	-0.5%
2	Aurora	165,787	2.8%
3	Rockford	153,063	0.2%
4	Naperville	139,460	1.5%
5	Joliet	133,022	4.2%
6	Springfield	115,652	0.6%
7	Peoria	112,921	-0.0%
8	Elgin	97,382	0.5%
9	Waukegan	89,853	0.3%
10	Cicero	82,018	-0.8%
11	Decatur	77,565	-1.1%
12	Evanston	75,489	0.4%
13	Champaign	74,870	1.2%
14	Arlington Heights	73,903	-0.7%
15	Schaumburg	72,088	-0.9%
16	Bloomington	70,186	1.3%
17	Bolingbrook	68,330	3.7%
18	Palatine	66,688	0.1%
19	Skokie	64,674	0.4%
20	Tinley Park	57,395	3.1%
21	Des Plaines	56,206	-0.3%
22	Orland Park	54,914	1.3%
23	Wheaton	54,514	-0.4%
24	Mount Prospect	53,977	-0.8%
25	Oak Lawn	53,491	-0.6%
26	Oak Park	53,020	0.2%
27	Hoffman Estates	52,038	0.9%
28	Berwyn	50,984	-1.1%
29	Normal	49,764	1.7%
30	Downers Grove	48,957	-0.3%
31	Glenview	45,542	1.1%
32	Elmhurst	45,045	0.9%
33	DeKalb	43,411	2.1%
34	Moline	42,706	-0.6%
35	Lombard	42,501	-0.1%
36	Buffalo Grove	42,464	-0.4%
37	Belleville	41,064	-0.6%
38	Crystal Lake	40,591	1.1%
39	Carol Stream	39,738	-0.4%
40	Quincy	39,665	-0.5%
41	Urbana	38,703	0.4%
42	Rock Island	38,397	-0.6%
43	Bartlett	38,186	0.7%
44	Calumet City	37,461	-0.8%
45	Streamwood	36,936	0.2%
46	Hanover Park	36,931	-0.7%
47	Addison	36,735	0.2%
48	Romeoville	36,734	10.7%
49	Carpentersville	36,699	3.3%
50	Park Ridge	36,671	-0.6%
51	Wheeling	36,294	0.0%
52	Northbrook	33,905	0.2%
53	Woodridge	33,781	1.6%
54	Elk Grove Village	33,694	-0.6%
55	North Chicago	33,631	-1.3%
56	Pekin	33,267	-0.4%
57	Danville	33,175	-0.7%
58	St. Charles	32,331	2.7%
59	Glendale Heights	32,222	0.1%
60	Mundelein	32,126	0.6%
61	Galesburg	31,754	-1.2%
62	Chicago Heights	31,097	-1.0%
63	Granite City	30,948	-0.6%
64	Highland Park	30,817	0.3%
65	Gurnee	30,002	0.7%
66	East St. Louis	29,580	-1.3%
67	Alton	29,524	-0.6%
68	Niles	29,062	-0.7%
69	Algonquin	29,014	4.5%
70	Lake in the Hills	28,778	3.6%
71	Harvey	28,533	-1.0%
72	Plainfield	28,228	15.5%
73	Oak Forest	27,958	-0.2%
74	Round Lake Beach	27,709	1.2%
75	Burbank	27,367	-0.4%
76	Lansing	27,064	-0.9%
77	Glen Ellyn	27,055	-0.1%
78	Batavia	26,703	1.8%
79	Wilmette	26,680	-0.7%
80	Kankakee	26,667	-0.7%
81	West Chicago	26,350	2.0%
82	Carbondale	25,801	-0.3%
83	O'Fallon	25,656	2.9%
84	Collinsville	25,622	0.5%
85	Maywood	25,550	-1.1%
86	Freeport	25,257	-0.9%
87	Westmont	24,780	-0.1%
88	Homer Glen	24,737	2.0%
89	McHenry	24,642	2.5%
90	Elmwood Park	24,278	-0.9%
91	Dolton	24,275	-1.0%
92	Belvidere	24,204	2.7%
93	Edwardsville	24,024	1.4%
94	Zion	23,876	0.8%
95	Rolling Meadows	23,700	-0.8%
96	Vernon Hills	23,481	2.9%
97	Lisle	23,206	0.5%
98	Roselle	23,173	-0.1%
99	Oswego	23,145	10.7%
100	Geneva	23,102	3.2%

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