Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2007 Census)

Rank	City	2008 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,811,035	-0.4%
2	Aurora	169,010	2.3%
3	Rockford	156,400	0.4%
4	Joliet	143,158	4.1%
5	Naperville	141,310	1.3%
6	Springfield	117,090	0.6%
7	Peoria	113,726	0.1%
8	Elgin	102,981	1.2%
9	Waukegan	90,103	0.3%
10	Cicero	80,018	-0.9%
11	Champaign	78,733	1.6%
12	Decatur	76,700	-0.9%
13	Evanston	76,562	0.5%
14	Arlington Heights	72,704	-0.7%
15	Bloomington	72,498	1.4%
16	Schaumburg	71,142	-0.8%
17	Bolingbrook	70,390	3.1%
18	Skokie	66,618	0.7%
19	Palatine	66,374	0.0%
20	Tinley Park	58,936	2.6%
21	Des Plaines	56,298	-0.2%
22	Orland Park	54,884	0.9%
23	Wheaton	54,155	-0.4%
24	Oak Park	53,114	0.2%
25	Hoffman Estates	53,105	1.0%
26	Mount Prospect	53,013	-0.8%
27	Oak Lawn	52,713	-0.7%
28	Normal	51,408	1.7%
29	Berwyn	49,755	-1.2%
30	Downers Grove	48,630	-0.3%
31	Elmhurst	45,733	0.9%
32	Glenview	45,691	0.8%
33	DeKalb	45,253	2.1%
34	Moline	42,880	-0.4%
35	Buffalo Grove	42,607	-0.2%
36	Lombard	42,402	-0.1%
37	Crystal Lake	41,463	1.1%
38	Belleville	41,100	-0.4%
39	Bartlett	40,860	1.5%
40	Quincy	39,829	-0.3%
41	Carol Stream	39,452	-0.4%
42	Urbana	39,225	0.5%
43	Rock Island	38,352	-0.5%
44	Romeoville	37,860	8.0%
45	Carpentersville	37,019	2.5%
46	Streamwood	36,776	0.1%
47	Addison	36,647	0.1%
48	Calumet City	36,609	-0.9%
49	Hanover Park	36,549	-0.7%
50	Park Ridge	36,388	-0.5%
51	Wheeling	35,651	-0.2%
52	Plainfield	35,177	14.4%
53	Woodridge	33,884	1.2%
54	Northbrook	33,569	0.0%
55	Pekin	33,308	-0.3%
56	Elk Grove Village	33,092	-0.7%
57	Danville	32,848	-0.7%
58	St. Charles	32,761	2.1%
59	North Chicago	32,470	-1.5%
60	Mundelein	32,299	0.5%
61	Glendale Heights	31,714	-0.1%
62	Galesburg	31,282	-1.1%
63	Highland Park	31,106	0.4%
64	Granite City	30,665	-0.6%
65	Chicago Heights	30,435	-1.0%
66	Gurnee	30,229	0.6%
67	Algonquin	30,221	3.8%
68	Lake in the Hills	29,567	3.0%
69	Alton	29,416	-0.5%
70	East St. Louis	28,914	-1.2%
71	Niles	28,481	-0.8%
72	Harvey	27,915	-1.0%
73	Oswego	27,687	10.3%
74	Round Lake Beach	27,624	0.8%
75	Oak Forest	27,620	-0.3%
76	Burbank	27,248	-0.3%
77	O'Fallon	27,044	2.8%
78	Glen Ellyn	26,976	-0.1%
79	Batavia	26,942	1.4%
80	Kankakee	26,656	-0.5%
81	Lansing	26,499	-0.9%
82	West Chicago	26,309	1.4%
83	McHenry	26,299	2.7%
84	Wilmette	26,236	-0.7%
85	Belvidere	26,049	3.0%
86	Homer Glen	25,948	2.1%
87	Collinsville	25,921	0.5%
88	Carbondale	25,735	-0.3%
89	Maywood	24,950	-1.1%
90	Freeport	24,853	-0.9%
91	Zion	24,823	1.1%
92	Westmont	24,804	-0.1%
93	Edwardsville	24,337	1.2%
94	Lockport	24,172	6.4%
95	Loves Park	24,112	2.5%
96	Elmwood Park	23,834	-0.9%
97	Geneva	23,815	2.7%
98	Vernon Hills	23,801	2.2%
99	New Lenox	23,760	3.7%
100	Dolton	23,722	-1.1%

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