Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2009 Census)

Rank City 2010 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Chicago 2,851,268 -0.2%
2 Aurora 172,950 2.0%
3 Rockford 157,280 0.4%
4 Joliet 147,648 3.5%
5 Naperville 143,661 1.2%
6 Springfield 118,033 0.6%
7 Peoria 115,520 0.2%
8 Elgin 107,519 1.4%
9 Waukegan 90,622 0.3%
10 Champaign 80,286 1.5%
11 Cicero 80,100 -0.7%
12 Evanston 77,857 0.5%
13 Decatur 76,199 -0.8%
14 Bloomington 74,184 1.4%
15 Arlington Heights 73,153 -0.5%
16 Schaumburg 71,303 -0.6%
17 Bolingbrook 70,881 2.5%
18 Palatine 66,690 0.1%
19 Skokie 66,468 0.5%
20 Tinley Park 59,140 2.1%
21 Des Plaines 56,810 -0.1%
22 Orland Park 55,236 0.8%
23 Wheaton 54,568 -0.2%
24 Hoffman Estates 53,655 0.9%
25 Oak Park 53,125 0.1%
26 Mount Prospect 53,050 -0.6%
27 Oak Lawn 52,948 -0.5%
28 Normal 52,799 1.6%
29 Berwyn 49,664 -0.9%
30 Downers Grove 49,143 -0.1%
31 Elmhurst 46,314 0.8%
32 Glenview 46,207 0.8%
33 DeKalb 45,734 1.7%
34 Moline 43,050 -0.2%
35 Buffalo Grove 42,852 -0.1%
36 Lombard 42,825 0.0%
37 Bartlett 42,770 1.7%
38 Crystal Lake 42,180 1.1%
39 Belleville 41,285 -0.3%
40 Quincy 40,061 -0.2%
41 Carol Stream 40,041 -0.1%
42 Urbana 39,985 0.6%
43 Rock Island 38,084 -0.4%
44 Carpentersville 38,020 2.2%
45 Romeoville 37,997 6.2%
46 Streamwood 36,974 0.1%
47 Addison 36,918 0.2%
48 Park Ridge 36,806 -0.3%
49 Hanover Park 36,703 -0.5%
50 Plainfield 36,659 11.5%
51 Calumet City 36,619 -0.7%
52 Wheeling 35,912 -0.1%
53 Woodridge 34,173 1.0%
54 Mundelein 33,979 1.0%
55 Northbrook 33,764 0.1%
56 Pekin 33,580 -0.1%
57 Elk Grove Village 33,124 -0.5%
58 St. Charles 32,840 1.7%
59 North Chicago 32,656 -1.1%
60 Danville 32,467 -0.6%
61 Glendale Heights 31,877 -0.0%
62 Highland Park 31,516 0.4%
63 Galesburg 31,006 -0.9%
64 Granite City 30,695 -0.4%
65 Gurnee 30,571 0.6%
66 Chicago Heights 30,412 -0.8%
67 Algonquin 30,347 3.0%
68 Lake in the Hills 29,704 2.4%
69 Oswego 29,364 8.7%
70 Alton 29,264 -0.4%
71 East St. Louis 28,753 -1.0%
72 Niles 28,513 -0.6%
73 Harvey 27,946 -0.8%
74 Round Lake Beach 27,790 0.7%
75 O'Fallon 27,778 2.5%
76 Batavia 27,700 1.4%
77 Oak Forest 27,681 -0.2%
78 Burbank 27,467 -0.2%
79 Glen Ellyn 27,236 -0.0%
80 McHenry 27,165 2.5%
81 Kankakee 26,840 -0.3%
82 Lansing 26,524 -0.7%
83 West Chicago 26,475 1.2%
84 Belvidere 26,406 2.5%
85 Wilmette 26,300 -0.5%
86 Carbondale 26,235 -0.0%
87 Homer Glen 26,150 1.7%
88 Collinsville 26,016 0.5%
89 Zion 25,206 1.0%
90 Lockport 25,055 5.3%
91 Westmont 24,999 0.0%
92 Maywood 24,903 -0.9%
93 Freeport 24,699 -0.7%
94 Edwardsville 24,475 1.0%
95 Loves Park 24,464 2.1%
96 Vernon Hills 24,400 2.0%
97 Geneva 24,391 2.4%
98 Woodstock 24,333 2.0%
99 New Lenox 24,286 3.2%
100 Elmwood Park 23,926 -0.7%

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