Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2006 Census)

Rank	City	2007 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,806,391	-0.5%
2	Aurora	167,372	2.5%
3	Rockford	154,230	0.3%
4	Naperville	140,519	1.4%
5	Joliet	139,469	4.3%
6	Springfield	116,476	0.6%
7	Peoria	113,388	0.1%
8	Elgin	100,057	0.9%
9	Waukegan	90,196	0.3%
10	Cicero	80,785	-0.9%
11	Champaign	77,292	1.6%
12	Decatur	76,964	-1.0%
13	Evanston	75,914	0.4%
14	Arlington Heights	73,134	-0.8%
15	Schaumburg	71,678	-0.8%
16	Bloomington	71,486	1.4%
17	Bolingbrook	69,818	3.4%
18	Skokie	66,620	0.8%
19	Palatine	66,469	0.0%
20	Tinley Park	58,453	2.9%
21	Des Plaines	56,451	-0.2%
22	Orland Park	54,751	1.1%
23	Wheaton	54,104	-0.4%
24	Mount Prospect	53,425	-0.8%
25	Oak Lawn	53,067	-0.7%
26	Oak Park	53,060	0.2%
27	Hoffman Estates	52,462	0.9%
28	Normal	50,613	1.7%
29	Berwyn	50,213	-1.2%
30	Downers Grove	48,783	-0.3%
31	Glenview	45,684	0.9%
32	Elmhurst	45,289	0.8%
33	DeKalb	44,392	2.1%
34	Moline	42,534	-0.5%
35	Buffalo Grove	42,404	-0.3%
36	Lombard	42,288	-0.1%
37	Belleville	41,167	-0.5%
38	Crystal Lake	41,035	1.1%
39	Quincy	39,819	-0.4%
40	Bartlett	39,798	1.3%
41	Carol Stream	39,560	-0.4%
42	Urbana	38,948	0.5%
43	Rock Island	38,254	-0.6%
44	Streamwood	36,999	0.2%
45	Romeoville	36,975	9.0%
46	Calumet City	36,927	-0.9%
47	Addison	36,715	0.1%
48	Hanover Park	36,700	-0.7%
49	Carpentersville	36,560	2.7%
50	Park Ridge	36,431	-0.6%
51	Wheeling	35,946	-0.1%
52	Woodridge	33,992	1.5%
53	Northbrook	33,670	0.1%
54	Elk Grove Village	33,208	-0.8%
55	Pekin	33,164	-0.4%
56	Danville	33,086	-0.6%
57	North Chicago	32,675	-1.6%
58	St. Charles	32,604	2.4%
59	Mundelein	32,286	0.6%
60	Plainfield	32,031	15.1%
61	Glendale Heights	31,948	-0.0%
62	Galesburg	31,482	-1.1%
63	Highland Park	30,936	0.3%
64	Granite City	30,752	-0.6%
65	Chicago Heights	30,665	-1.1%
66	Gurnee	30,051	0.6%
67	Algonquin	29,862	4.3%
68	Alton	29,397	-0.6%
69	Lake in the Hills	29,341	3.4%
70	East St. Louis	29,302	-1.2%
71	Niles	28,690	-0.8%
72	Harvey	28,160	-1.0%
73	Oak Forest	27,699	-0.3%
74	Round Lake Beach	27,640	0.9%
75	Burbank	27,288	-0.4%
76	Glen Ellyn	27,020	-0.1%
77	Batavia	26,803	1.6%
78	Lansing	26,729	-1.0%
79	Kankakee	26,571	-0.7%
80	West Chicago	26,417	1.7%
81	Wilmette	26,396	-0.7%
82	O'Fallon	26,265	2.8%
83	Carbondale	25,833	-0.3%
84	Collinsville	25,735	0.5%
85	Oswego	25,631	10.7%
86	McHenry	25,523	2.7%
87	Homer Glen	25,416	2.1%
88	Belvidere	25,203	2.9%
89	Maywood	25,185	-1.1%
90	Freeport	25,030	-0.9%
91	Westmont	24,791	-0.1%
92	Zion	24,364	1.0%
93	Edwardsville	24,253	1.4%
94	Elmwood Park	23,983	-0.9%
95	Dolton	23,922	-1.1%
96	Vernon Hills	23,630	2.5%
97	Geneva	23,521	2.9%
98	Loves Park	23,514	2.5%
99	Lockport	23,480	6.9%
100	New Lenox	23,399	4.1%

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