Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2011 Census)

Rank	City	2012 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,705,248	0.4%
2	Aurora	199,300	0.7%
3	Rockford	151,735	-0.7%
4	Joliet	147,919	0.3%
5	Naperville	142,873	0.7%
6	Springfield	116,992	0.6%
7	Peoria	115,310	0.3%
8	Elgin	109,353	1.1%
9	Waukegan	88,984	-0.1%
10	Cicero	84,028	0.2%
11	Champaign	81,856	1.0%
12	Bloomington	77,114	0.7%
13	Decatur	75,852	-0.4%
14	Arlington Heights	75,393	0.4%
15	Evanston	74,988	0.7%
16	Schaumburg	74,531	0.4%
17	Bolingbrook	73,818	0.6%
18	Palatine	68,858	0.4%
19	Skokie	64,945	0.2%
20	Des Plaines	58,632	0.5%
21	Orland Park	57,113	0.6%
22	Tinley Park	56,946	0.4%
23	Oak Lawn	56,863	0.3%
24	Berwyn	56,736	0.1%
25	Mount Prospect	54,356	0.3%
26	Wheaton	53,322	0.8%
27	Normal	53,053	1.1%
28	Hoffman Estates	52,133	0.5%
29	Oak Park	51,957	0.2%
30	Downers Grove	49,202	2.9%
31	Elmhurst	44,950	1.9%
32	Glenview	44,872	0.4%
33	Belleville	44,138	-0.8%
34	DeKalb	43,800	-0.1%
35	Lombard	43,656	1.1%
36	Moline	43,296	-0.4%
37	Buffalo Grove	41,664	0.4%
38	Urbana	41,579	0.8%
39	Bartlett	41,469	0.6%
40	Quincy	40,770	0.3%
41	Crystal Lake	40,573	-0.4%
42	Plainfield	40,151	1.4%
43	Streamwood	40,069	0.5%
44	Carol Stream	40,018	0.8%
45	Romeoville	39,706	0.1%
46	Rock Island	38,968	-0.1%
47	Hanover Park	38,212	0.6%
48	Carpentersville	38,086	1.0%
49	Wheeling	37,828	0.5%
50	Park Ridge	37,599	0.3%
51	Addison	37,202	0.7%
52	Calumet City	37,150	0.3%
53	Glendale Heights	34,439	0.7%
54	Pekin	34,063	-0.1%
55	Northbrook	33,344	0.5%
56	Elk Grove Village	33,252	0.4%
57	St. Charles	33,219	0.7%
58	Woodridge	33,202	0.7%
59	Danville	32,908	-0.4%
60	Galesburg	32,022	-0.5%
61	Gurnee	31,290	-0.0%
62	Mundelein	31,193	0.4%
63	Oswego	31,118	2.5%
64	Chicago Heights	30,341	0.2%
65	Algonquin	30,029	-0.1%
66	Niles	29,894	0.3%
67	Highland Park	29,849	0.3%
68	Granite City	29,733	-0.4%
69	North Chicago	29,707	-8.8%
70	O'Fallon	29,251	3.4%
71	Burbank	29,031	0.4%
72	Lake in the Hills	28,859	-0.4%
73	Lansing	28,413	0.3%
74	Round Lake Beach	28,148	-0.1%
75	Oak Forest	28,073	0.4%
76	Alton	27,623	-0.9%
77	Glen Ellyn	27,549	0.4%
78	Kankakee	27,499	-0.1%
79	West Chicago	27,487	1.5%
80	Wilmette	27,208	0.4%
81	McHenry	26,889	-0.4%
82	East St. Louis	26,789	-0.8%
83	Batavia	26,239	0.7%
84	Carbondale	26,238	1.3%
85	Vernon Hills	25,682	2.3%
86	Belvidere	25,560	-0.1%
87	Melrose Park	25,474	0.2%
88	Freeport	25,443	-0.8%
89	Collinsville	25,373	-0.8%
90	Harvey	25,339	0.2%
91	Lockport	24,972	0.5%
92	Woodstock	24,955	0.7%
93	Elmwood Park	24,934	0.2%
94	Westmont	24,827	0.6%
95	Huntley	24,533	1.0%
96	New Lenox	24,517	0.5%
97	Zion	24,398	-0.1%
98	Homer Glen	24,317	0.4%
99	Edwardsville	24,252	-0.2%
100	Rolling Meadows	24,177	0.3%

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