Biggest Cities in Illinois - 2016 Census Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2016 Census)

Rank	City	2017 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,704,958	0.1%
2	Aurora	201,110	0.3%
3	Joliet	148,262	0.1%
4	Rockford	147,651	-0.6%
5	Naperville	147,122	0.6%
6	Springfield	115,715	-0.1%
7	Peoria	114,265	-0.1%
8	Elgin	112,123	0.6%
9	Waukegan	88,182	-0.2%
10	Champaign	86,637	1.1%
11	Cicero	82,992	-0.2%
12	Bloomington	78,005	0.3%
13	Arlington Heights	75,525	0.1%
14	Evanston	74,895	0.1%
15	Bolingbrook	74,518	0.3%
16	Schaumburg	74,446	0.0%
17	Decatur	72,706	-0.8%
18	Palatine	68,766	0.1%
19	Skokie	64,270	-0.1%
20	Orland Park	58,862	0.6%
21	Des Plaines	58,141	-0.1%
22	Tinley Park	56,831	0.0%
23	Oak Lawn	56,257	-0.1%
24	Berwyn	55,748	-0.3%
25	Normal	54,264	0.6%
26	Mount Prospect	54,171	0.0%
27	Wheaton	53,389	0.2%
28	Oak Park	51,774	-0.0%
29	Hoffman Estates	51,738	-0.1%
30	Downers Grove	49,473	0.6%
31	Glenview	47,475	1.0%
32	Elmhurst	46,387	0.8%
33	Lombard	43,815	0.2%
34	DeKalb	43,194	-0.3%
35	Plainfield	42,933	1.4%
36	Moline	42,250	-0.5%
37	Urbana	42,014	0.3%
38	Belleville	41,906	-1.0%
39	Buffalo Grove	41,346	-0.1%
40	Bartlett	41,178	-0.0%
41	Quincy	40,531	-0.0%
42	Crystal Lake	40,339	-0.2%
43	Streamwood	40,166	0.1%
44	Carol Stream	40,069	0.1%
45	Romeoville	39,706	0.0%
46	Wheeling	38,315	0.3%
47	Carpentersville	38,291	0.3%
48	Rock Island	38,210	-0.3%
49	Hanover Park	38,044	0.0%
50	Park Ridge	37,496	0.0%
51	Addison	36,902	-0.0%
52	Calumet City	36,732	-0.1%
53	Oswego	34,571	2.2%
54	Glendale Heights	34,145	-0.0%
55	Woodridge	33,476	0.3%
56	Northbrook	33,421	0.1%
57	Pekin	33,038	-0.5%
58	Elk Grove Village	32,931	-0.1%
59	St. Charles	32,717	-0.1%
60	Danville	31,597	-0.7%
61	Mundelein	31,475	0.2%
62	Galesburg	30,960	-0.6%
63	Gurnee	30,957	-0.2%
64	Algonquin	30,947	0.5%
65	Chicago Heights	30,026	-0.1%
66	North Chicago	29,951	-1.4%
67	Highland Park	29,641	-0.1%
68	Niles	29,617	-0.1%
69	O'Fallon	29,031	0.4%
70	Granite City	28,908	-0.5%
71	Burbank	28,886	-0.0%
72	Lake in the Hills	28,830	-0.1%
73	Lansing	28,086	-0.1%
74	Glen Ellyn	28,042	0.4%
75	Oak Forest	27,792	-0.1%
76	Round Lake Beach	27,776	-0.2%
77	West Chicago	27,221	0.1%
78	Wilmette	27,219	0.1%
79	East St. Louis	26,922	-0.1%
80	Alton	26,861	-0.6%
81	Huntley	26,611	1.5%
82	McHenry	26,611	-0.2%
83	Kankakee	26,445	-0.7%
84	Batavia	26,391	0.2%
85	Vernon Hills	26,328	0.8%
86	New Lenox	26,217	1.2%
87	Carbondale	26,179	0.2%
88	Lockport	25,231	0.3%
89	Melrose Park	25,229	-0.1%
90	Woodstock	25,085	0.2%
91	Edwardsville	25,071	0.5%
92	Belvidere	25,070	-0.3%
93	Harvey	24,947	-0.2%
94	Westmont	24,767	0.1%
95	Collinsville	24,635	-0.6%
96	Elmwood Park	24,626	-0.2%
97	Homer Glen	24,481	0.2%
98	Freeport	24,392	-0.8%
99	Zion	24,029	-0.3%
100	Rolling Meadows	24,021	-0.1%

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