Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2008 Census)

Rank	City	2009 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,830,026	-0.3%
2	Aurora	170,765	2.1%
3	Rockford	157,266	0.4%
4	Joliet	145,793	3.8%
5	Naperville	142,489	1.2%
6	Springfield	117,456	0.6%
7	Peoria	114,200	0.1%
8	Elgin	105,491	1.3%
9	Waukegan	90,154	0.3%
10	Cicero	79,846	-0.8%
11	Champaign	79,341	1.5%
12	Evanston	77,102	0.5%
13	Decatur	76,276	-0.9%
14	Bloomington	73,199	1.4%
15	Arlington Heights	72,738	-0.6%
16	Schaumburg	71,037	-0.7%
17	Bolingbrook	70,723	2.7%
18	Skokie	66,578	0.6%
19	Palatine	66,424	0.0%
20	Tinley Park	59,124	2.3%
21	Des Plaines	56,596	-0.1%
22	Orland Park	54,936	0.8%
23	Wheaton	54,324	-0.3%
24	Hoffman Estates	53,583	0.9%
25	Oak Park	53,187	0.2%
26	Mount Prospect	52,890	-0.8%
27	Oak Lawn	52,789	-0.6%
28	Normal	52,056	1.7%
29	Berwyn	49,584	-1.1%
30	Downers Grove	48,834	-0.2%
31	Elmhurst	46,033	0.8%
32	Glenview	45,750	0.7%
33	DeKalb	45,444	1.9%
34	Moline	43,020	-0.3%
35	Lombard	42,649	0.0%
36	Buffalo Grove	42,620	-0.2%
37	Bartlett	41,911	1.6%
38	Crystal Lake	41,759	1.1%
39	Belleville	41,157	-0.4%
40	Quincy	39,919	-0.2%
41	Carol Stream	39,867	-0.2%
42	Urbana	39,513	0.5%
43	Rock Island	38,081	-0.5%
44	Romeoville	37,984	7.0%
45	Carpentersville	37,440	2.3%
46	Streamwood	36,760	0.0%
47	Addison	36,751	0.1%
48	Park Ridge	36,628	-0.4%
49	Hanover Park	36,570	-0.6%
50	Calumet City	36,522	-0.8%
51	Plainfield	36,234	12.9%
52	Wheeling	35,752	-0.2%
53	Woodridge	33,994	1.1%
54	Northbrook	33,616	0.0%
55	Pekin	33,462	-0.2%
56	Mundelein	33,431	0.9%
57	Elk Grove Village	33,019	-0.6%
58	St. Charles	32,817	1.9%
59	Danville	32,628	-0.7%
60	North Chicago	32,539	-1.2%
61	Glendale Heights	31,746	-0.1%
62	Highland Park	31,231	0.4%
63	Galesburg	31,130	-1.0%
64	Granite City	30,674	-0.5%
65	Gurnee	30,378	0.6%
66	Chicago Heights	30,349	-1.0%
67	Algonquin	30,310	3.4%
68	Lake in the Hills	29,668	2.6%
69	Alton	29,349	-0.5%
70	Oswego	28,950	9.6%
71	East St. Louis	28,718	-1.2%
72	Niles	28,426	-0.7%
73	Harvey	27,865	-0.9%
74	Round Lake Beach	27,639	0.7%
75	Oak Forest	27,589	-0.3%
76	O'Fallon	27,515	2.7%
77	Batavia	27,312	1.4%
78	Burbank	27,309	-0.3%
79	Glen Ellyn	27,077	-0.1%
80	Kankakee	26,778	-0.4%
81	McHenry	26,762	2.6%
82	Lansing	26,442	-0.8%
83	Belvidere	26,413	2.8%
84	West Chicago	26,350	1.2%
85	Wilmette	26,212	-0.6%
86	Homer Glen	26,112	1.9%
87	Carbondale	26,041	-0.1%
88	Collinsville	25,929	0.5%
89	Zion	24,958	1.0%
90	Westmont	24,882	-0.0%
91	Maywood	24,856	-1.0%
92	Freeport	24,743	-0.8%
93	Lockport	24,651	5.8%
94	Edwardsville	24,420	1.1%
95	Loves Park	24,372	2.3%
96	Vernon Hills	24,226	2.2%
97	New Lenox	24,124	3.5%
98	Geneva	24,062	2.5%
99	Woodstock	23,874	2.0%
100	Elmwood Park	23,856	-0.8%

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