Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2019 Census)

Rank	City	2020 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,693,976	-0.0%
2	Aurora	197,757	-0.0%
3	Naperville	148,449	0.5%
4	Joliet	147,344	-0.0%
5	Rockford	145,609	-0.5%
6	Springfield	114,230	-0.2%
7	Elgin	110,849	0.3%
8	Peoria	110,417	-0.5%
9	Champaign	88,909	1.0%
10	Waukegan	86,075	-0.4%
11	Cicero	80,796	-0.4%
12	Bloomington	77,330	0.1%
13	Arlington Heights	74,760	-0.1%
14	Bolingbrook	74,545	0.2%
15	Evanston	73,473	-0.2%
16	Schaumburg	72,887	-0.2%
17	Decatur	70,746	-0.8%
18	Palatine	67,482	-0.2%
19	Skokie	62,700	-0.4%
20	Des Plaines	58,899	0.1%
21	Orland Park	57,857	0.2%
22	Tinley Park	55,773	-0.2%
23	Oak Lawn	55,022	-0.3%
24	Normal	54,469	0.4%
25	Berwyn	54,391	-0.5%
26	Mount Prospect	53,719	-0.1%
27	Wheaton	52,745	-0.0%
28	Oak Park	52,381	0.1%
29	Hoffman Estates	50,932	-0.2%
30	Downers Grove	49,057	0.3%
31	Glenview	47,308	0.6%
32	Elmhurst	46,746	0.6%
33	Plainfield	44,308	1.3%
34	Lombard	44,303	0.3%
35	DeKalb	42,847	-0.3%
36	Urbana	42,214	0.3%
37	Moline	41,356	-0.6%
38	Belleville	40,897	-0.9%
39	Bartlett	40,647	-0.2%
40	Buffalo Grove	40,494	-0.3%
41	Quincy	39,949	-0.2%
42	Crystal Lake	39,829	-0.3%
43	Romeoville	39,746	0.0%
44	Streamwood	39,228	-0.2%
45	Carol Stream	39,203	-0.1%
46	Wheeling	38,646	0.3%
47	Hanover Park	37,426	-0.2%
48	Carpentersville	37,254	-0.1%
49	Rock Island	37,176	-0.5%
50	Park Ridge	36,950	-0.2%
51	Addison	36,482	-0.1%
52	Oswego	36,252	2.0%
53	Calumet City	35,913	-0.3%
54	Glendale Heights	33,617	-0.2%
55	Woodridge	33,432	0.2%
56	Northbrook	32,958	-0.1%
57	St. Charles	32,887	-0.0%
58	Elk Grove Village	32,400	-0.2%
59	Pekin	32,045	-0.7%
60	Mundelein	31,051	-0.0%
61	Algonquin	30,897	0.3%
62	Danville	30,479	-0.9%
63	Gurnee	30,378	-0.3%
64	Galesburg	30,197	-0.7%
65	North Chicago	29,615	-1.1%
66	O'Fallon	29,583	0.5%
67	Highland Park	29,515	-0.1%
68	Chicago Heights	29,322	-0.4%
69	Niles	28,938	-0.3%
70	Lake in the Hills	28,634	-0.1%
71	Burbank	28,289	-0.2%
72	Granite City	28,158	-0.6%
73	Glen Ellyn	27,714	0.1%
74	Lansing	27,402	-0.4%
75	Huntley	27,228	1.3%
76	Oak Forest	27,173	-0.3%
77	Round Lake Beach	27,100	-0.4%
78	Wilmette	27,089	0.0%
79	McHenry	27,061	0.0%
80	New Lenox	26,926	1.1%
81	West Chicago	26,816	-0.1%
82	Vernon Hills	26,521	0.6%
83	Batavia	26,420	0.2%
84	Alton	26,208	-0.7%
85	East St. Louis	26,047	-0.4%
86	Kankakee	26,024	-0.6%
87	Lockport	25,615	0.3%
88	Woodstock	25,240	0.2%
89	Edwardsville	25,233	0.4%
90	Belvidere	25,143	-0.2%
91	Carbondale	25,083	-0.4%
92	South Elgin	24,755	1.3%
93	Melrose Park	24,703	-0.3%
94	Homer Glen	24,472	0.1%
95	Westmont	24,443	-0.1%
96	Harvey	24,408	-0.4%
97	Collinsville	24,395	-0.5%
98	Elmwood Park	24,098	-0.4%
99	Freeport	23,775	-0.8%
100	Rolling Meadows	23,532	-0.3%

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