Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2013 Census)

Rank City 2014 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Chicago 2,718,782 0.3%
2 Aurora 199,963 0.3%
3 Rockford 150,251 -0.6%
4 Joliet 147,806 0.1%
5 Naperville 144,864 0.7%
6 Springfield 117,006 0.2%
7 Peoria 116,513 0.4%
8 Elgin 110,145 0.6%
9 Waukegan 88,826 -0.1%
10 Cicero 84,103 0.1%
11 Champaign 83,424 1.0%
12 Bloomington 78,902 1.0%
13 Arlington Heights 75,994 0.4%
14 Evanston 75,570 0.5%
15 Schaumburg 74,907 0.3%
16 Decatur 74,710 -0.6%
17 Bolingbrook 73,936 0.3%
18 Palatine 69,350 0.4%
19 Skokie 65,176 0.2%
20 Des Plaines 58,918 0.3%
21 Orland Park 58,590 1.1%
22 Tinley Park 57,282 0.3%
23 Oak Lawn 57,073 0.2%
24 Berwyn 56,758 0.1%
25 Mount Prospect 54,771 0.4%
26 Normal 54,664 1.4%
27 Wheaton 53,648 0.5%
28 Hoffman Estates 52,398 0.3%
29 Oak Park 52,066 0.1%
30 Downers Grove 49,670 1.3%
31 Elmhurst 45,556 1.1%
32 Glenview 45,417 0.5%
33 Lombard 43,907 0.6%
34 DeKalb 43,849 -0.0%
35 Moline 43,116 -0.3%
36 Belleville 42,895 -1.2%
37 Buffalo Grove 41,778 0.2%
38 Urbana 41,752 0.4%
39 Plainfield 41,734 1.8%
40 Bartlett 41,679 0.4%
41 Quincy 40,915 0.2%
42 Crystal Lake 40,388 -0.3%
43 Carol Stream 40,379 0.6%
44 Streamwood 40,351 0.4%
45 Romeoville 39,650 -0.0%
46 Rock Island 38,877 -0.1%
47 Hanover Park 38,510 0.5%
48 Carpentersville 38,241 0.5%
49 Wheeling 38,015 0.3%
50 Park Ridge 37,839 0.3%
51 Addison 37,385 0.4%
52 Calumet City 37,240 0.2%
53 Glendale Heights 34,620 0.4%
54 Pekin 34,081 -0.0%
55 Northbrook 33,600 0.4%
56 Elk Grove Village 33,419 0.3%
57 Woodridge 33,408 0.4%
58 St. Charles 33,264 0.3%
59 Danville 32,523 -0.5%
60 Oswego 32,174 2.0%
61 Galesburg 31,665 -0.6%
62 Mundelein 31,395 0.4%
63 Gurnee 31,284 -0.0%
64 Algonquin 30,467 0.5%
65 Chicago Heights 30,423 0.2%
66 North Chicago 30,038 -2.7%
67 Niles 30,022 0.2%
68 Highland Park 29,902 0.2%
69 Granite City 29,375 -0.5%
70 Burbank 29,210 0.3%
71 O'Fallon 29,143 1.0%
72 Lake in the Hills 28,939 -0.0%
73 Lansing 28,508 0.2%
74 Oak Forest 28,198 0.3%
75 Round Lake Beach 28,093 -0.1%
76 Glen Ellyn 27,761 0.4%
77 West Chicago 27,554 0.6%
78 Wilmette 27,363 0.3%
79 Alton 27,290 -0.7%
80 Kankakee 27,126 -0.5%
81 McHenry 26,676 -0.4%
82 East St. Louis 26,598 -0.5%
83 Batavia 26,394 0.4%
84 Carbondale 26,363 0.6%
85 Vernon Hills 25,613 0.7%
86 Melrose Park 25,518 0.1%
87 Harvey 25,361 0.1%
88 Belvidere 25,339 -0.3%
89 Huntley 25,267 1.3%
90 Woodstock 25,146 0.5%
91 Collinsville 25,059 -0.7%
92 Freeport 25,035 -0.8%
93 Lockport 25,023 0.2%
94 Elmwood Park 24,985 0.1%
95 Westmont 24,974 0.4%
96 New Lenox 24,962 0.8%
97 Edwardsville 24,663 0.5%
98 Zion 24,339 -0.1%
99 Homer Glen 24,320 0.1%
100 Rolling Meadows 24,289 0.3%

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