Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2020 Census)

Rank	City	2020 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,741,730	0.2%
2	Aurora	180,355	-0.9%
3	Joliet	150,199	0.2%
4	Naperville	149,279	0.5%
5	Rockford	148,719	-0.3%
6	Elgin	114,621	0.6%
7	Springfield	114,245	-0.2%
8	Peoria	112,792	-0.2%
9	Waukegan	89,158	0.0%
10	Champaign	88,418	0.9%
11	Cicero	84,864	0.1%
12	Evanston	78,796	0.6%
13	Schaumburg	78,443	0.6%
14	Bloomington	78,226	0.2%
15	Arlington Heights	77,377	0.3%
16	Bolingbrook	73,831	0.1%
17	Decatur	70,514	-0.8%
18	Skokie	67,682	0.4%
19	Palatine	67,588	-0.1%
20	Des Plaines	60,511	0.4%
21	Orland Park	58,501	0.3%
22	Oak Lawn	58,089	0.2%
23	Berwyn	56,913	0.0%
24	Mount Prospect	56,626	0.4%
25	Tinley Park	55,770	-0.2%
26	Oak Park	54,318	0.5%
27	Wheaton	53,593	0.1%
28	Normal	53,575	0.2%
29	Hoffman Estates	52,333	0.1%
30	Downers Grove	50,126	0.5%
31	Glenview	48,632	0.8%
32	Elmhurst	45,649	0.3%
33	Plainfield	44,800	1.2%
34	Lombard	44,340	0.3%
35	Buffalo Grove	43,123	0.4%
36	Moline	42,831	-0.2%
37	Belleville	42,216	-0.5%
38	Bartlett	41,065	-0.0%
39	DeKalb	40,417	-0.8%
40	Crystal Lake	40,198	-0.1%
41	Romeoville	39,878	0.0%
42	Carol Stream	39,750	0.0%
43	Park Ridge	39,525	0.5%
44	Quincy	39,442	-0.3%
45	Streamwood	39,393	-0.1%
46	Wheeling	39,221	0.4%
47	Urbana	38,374	-0.7%
48	Carpentersville	37,864	0.0%
49	Hanover Park	37,334	-0.2%
50	Rock Island	37,041	-0.5%
51	Calumet City	35,848	-0.3%
52	Addison	35,670	-0.3%
53	Northbrook	35,144	0.6%
54	Oswego	34,711	1.3%
55	Woodridge	34,139	0.3%
56	Glendale Heights	33,156	-0.3%
57	St. Charles	33,045	0.0%
58	Elk Grove Village	32,664	-0.1%
59	O'Fallon	32,334	1.3%
60	Pekin	31,645	-0.7%
61	Mundelein	31,559	0.2%
62	Niles	30,917	0.4%
63	Gurnee	30,682	-0.2%
64	Highland Park	30,181	0.1%
65	North Chicago	30,133	-0.8%
66	Galesburg	30,002	-0.7%
67	Algonquin	29,678	-0.1%
68	Burbank	29,316	0.1%
69	Danville	29,097	-1.3%
70	Lansing	28,941	0.2%
71	Lake in the Hills	28,929	-0.0%
72	Glen Ellyn	28,810	0.5%
73	Wilmette	28,037	0.3%
74	Huntley	27,795	1.4%
75	Granite City	27,697	-0.7%
76	Chicago Heights	27,427	-1.0%
77	Oak Forest	27,314	-0.2%
78	New Lenox	27,257	1.1%
79	Round Lake Beach	27,235	-0.3%
80	McHenry	27,136	0.1%
81	Vernon Hills	26,855	0.7%
82	Lockport	26,157	0.5%
83	Batavia	26,096	0.0%
84	Alton	25,634	-0.8%
85	West Chicago	25,570	-0.6%
86	Woodstock	25,515	0.3%
87	Edwardsville	25,319	0.4%
88	Belvidere	25,259	-0.1%
89	Morton Grove	25,195	0.8%
90	Melrose Park	24,682	-0.3%
91	Zion	24,641	0.1%
92	Collinsville	24,510	-0.4%
93	Homer Glen	24,508	0.1%
94	Elmwood Park	24,414	-0.2%
95	Westmont	24,381	-0.1%
96	Lisle	24,129	0.8%
97	Kankakee	24,127	-1.3%
98	Rolling Meadows	24,114	0.0%
99	Freeport	23,891	-0.7%
100	South Elgin	23,839	0.8%

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