Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2012 Census)

Rank	City	2013 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,714,856	0.4%
2	Aurora	199,932	0.5%
3	Rockford	150,843	-0.7%
4	Joliet	148,268	0.3%
5	Naperville	143,684	0.6%
6	Springfield	117,126	0.4%
7	Peoria	115,687	0.3%
8	Elgin	109,927	0.8%
9	Waukegan	88,862	-0.1%
10	Cicero	84,137	0.1%
11	Champaign	82,517	0.9%
12	Bloomington	77,733	0.7%
13	Arlington Heights	75,777	0.4%
14	Evanston	75,430	0.6%
15	Decatur	75,407	-0.5%
16	Schaumburg	74,781	0.4%
17	Bolingbrook	74,039	0.5%
18	Palatine	69,144	0.4%
19	Skokie	65,074	0.2%
20	Des Plaines	58,840	0.4%
21	Orland Park	57,392	0.5%
22	Tinley Park	57,144	0.4%
23	Oak Lawn	56,995	0.3%
24	Berwyn	56,800	0.1%
25	Mount Prospect	54,505	0.3%
26	Normal	53,837	1.3%
27	Wheaton	53,469	0.5%
28	Hoffman Estates	52,305	0.4%
29	Oak Park	52,015	0.1%
30	Downers Grove	49,399	1.6%
31	Elmhurst	45,171	1.2%
32	Glenview	45,029	0.4%
33	DeKalb	43,842	-0.0%
34	Lombard	43,773	0.7%
35	Belleville	43,765	-0.8%
36	Moline	43,259	-0.3%
37	Buffalo Grove	41,715	0.3%
38	Bartlett	41,618	0.5%
39	Urbana	41,581	0.4%
40	Quincy	40,798	0.2%
41	Crystal Lake	40,480	-0.3%
42	Plainfield	40,466	1.1%
43	Streamwood	40,238	0.5%
44	Carol Stream	40,222	0.6%
45	Romeoville	39,752	0.1%
46	Rock Island	38,920	-0.1%
47	Hanover Park	38,373	0.5%
48	Carpentersville	38,196	0.7%
49	Wheeling	37,946	0.4%
50	Park Ridge	37,721	0.3%
51	Addison	37,287	0.5%
52	Calumet City	37,232	0.3%
53	Glendale Heights	34,535	0.5%
54	Pekin	34,084	-0.0%
55	Northbrook	33,477	0.5%
56	Elk Grove Village	33,350	0.3%
57	St. Charles	33,327	0.5%
58	Woodridge	33,305	0.5%
59	Danville	32,649	-0.6%
60	Galesburg	31,745	-0.7%
61	Oswego	31,672	2.1%
62	Gurnee	31,273	-0.0%
63	Mundelein	31,249	0.3%
64	Chicago Heights	30,392	0.2%
65	Algonquin	30,004	-0.1%
66	Niles	29,962	0.3%
67	Highland Park	29,914	0.3%
68	North Chicago	29,667	-4.6%
69	Granite City	29,545	-0.5%
70	O'Fallon	29,193	1.6%
71	Burbank	29,124	0.3%
72	Lake in the Hills	29,098	0.2%
73	Lansing	28,479	0.3%
74	Oak Forest	28,155	0.3%
75	Round Lake Beach	28,116	-0.1%
76	Glen Ellyn	27,650	0.4%
77	West Chicago	27,576	0.9%
78	Alton	27,415	-0.8%
79	Kankakee	27,349	-0.3%
80	Wilmette	27,294	0.4%
81	McHenry	26,825	-0.3%
82	East St. Louis	26,708	-0.6%
83	Batavia	26,318	0.5%
84	Carbondale	26,241	0.7%
85	Vernon Hills	25,678	1.1%
86	Melrose Park	25,527	0.2%
87	Harvey	25,381	0.2%
88	Belvidere	25,371	-0.4%
89	Collinsville	25,240	-0.7%
90	Freeport	25,185	-0.9%
91	Woodstock	25,084	0.6%
92	Lockport	25,046	0.4%
93	Elmwood Park	24,973	0.2%
94	Westmont	24,898	0.4%
95	Huntley	24,820	1.1%
96	New Lenox	24,715	0.7%
97	Edwardsville	24,457	0.3%
98	Homer Glen	24,363	0.3%
99	Zion	24,362	-0.1%
100	Rolling Meadows	24,241	0.3%

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