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Illinois: cities and towns by population

The largest of Illinois's 945 recorded places, ranked by population — 11,340,428 people across the state's towns and cities.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Population
1	Chicago	2,664,452
2	Aurora	200,661
3	Rockford	148,278
4	Joliet	147,861
5	Naperville	147,100
6	Peoria	115,070
7	Springfield	114,394
8	North Peoria	113,004
9	Elgin	112,111
10	Waukegan	88,475
11	Champaign	86,096
12	Cicero	83,886
13	Bloomington	78,292
14	Arlington Heights	75,926
15	Evanston	75,527
16	Schaumburg	74,693
17	Bolingbrook	74,306
18	Decatur	73,254
19	Palatine	69,308
20	Skokie	64,821
21	Des Plaines	58,677
22	Orland Park	58,619
23	Tinley Park	57,143
24	Oak Lawn	56,781
25	Berwyn	56,368
26	Mount Prospect	54,747
27	Normal	54,373
28	Wheaton	53,715
29	Oak Park	52,287
30	Hoffman Estates	52,138
31	Downers Grove	49,732
32	Glenview	47,446
33	Elmhurst	45,957
34	Lombard	43,797
35	DeKalb	43,211
36	Moline	42,681
37	Plainfield	42,527
38	Urbana	42,311
39	Belleville	42,034
40	Bartlett	41,545
41	Buffalo Grove	41,496
42	Quincy	40,780
43	Streamwood	40,554
44	Crystal Lake	40,448
45	Carol Stream	40,356
46	Romeoville	39,719
47	Rock Island	38,620
48	Carpentersville	38,512
49	Hanover Park	38,333
50	Wheeling	38,079
51	Park Ridge	37,757
52	Addison	37,208
53	Calumet City	37,031
54	Glendale Heights	34,208
55	Oswego	33,955
56	Northbrook	33,663
57	Woodridge	33,370
58	Elk Grove Village	33,238
59	Pekin	33,223
60	St. Charles	32,974
61	Danville	32,108
62	Mundelein	31,582
63	Galesburg	31,273
64	Gurnee	31,056
65	Algonquin	30,571
66	Chicago Heights	30,284
67	Niles	29,876
68	Highland Park	29,743
69	North Chicago	29,491
70	Upper Alton	29,251
71	Burbank	29,128
72	Granite City	29,054
73	Lake in the Hills	29,024
74	O'Fallon	29,002
75	Lansing	28,349
76	Glen Ellyn	28,201
77	Oak Forest	28,074
78	Round Lake Beach	27,852
79	West Chicago	27,447
80	Wilmette	27,413
81	East Saint Louis	27,006
82	Alton	27,003
83	Kankakee	26,676
84	McHenry	26,657
85	Batavia	26,495
86	Carbondale	26,399
87	Vernon Hills	26,314
88	Huntley	26,005
89	New Lenox	25,800
90	Melrose Park	25,379
91	Harvey	25,194
92	Woodstock	25,189
93	Lockport	25,175
94	Belvidere	25,132
95	Edwardsville	24,992
96	Westmont	24,941
97	Elmwood Park	24,840
98	Collinsville	24,754
99	Freeport	24,476
100	Homer Glen	24,395
101	Rolling Meadows	24,190
102	Zion	24,117
103	Maywood	24,012
104	Blue Island	23,652
105	Loves Park	23,455
106	Morton Grove	23,448
107	Dolton	23,197
108	East Peoria	23,080
109	Roselle	22,994
110	Lisle	22,964
111	Machesney Park	22,927
112	Wasco	22,560
113	South Elgin	22,365
114	Darien	22,256
115	Bloomingdale	22,254
116	South Holland	22,043
117	Villa Park	21,969
118	Park Forest	21,954
119	Geneva	21,806
120	East Moline	21,350
121	Charleston	21,196
122	Crest Hill	21,153
123	Grayslake	20,915
124	Libertyville	20,436
125	Lake Zurich	19,993
126	Mokena	19,923
127	Evergreen Park	19,841
128	Montgomery	19,489
129	Lake Forest	19,408
130	Homewood	19,373
131	Alsip	19,346
132	Bellwood	19,308
133	Matteson	19,195
134	Jacksonville	19,103
135	Deerfield	19,019
136	Brookfield	18,944
137	Frankfort	18,653
138	Bourbonnais	18,569
139	Goodings Grove	18,569
140	Macomb	18,547
141	Round Lake	18,461
142	Yorkville	18,451
143	Bensenville	18,440
144	Ottawa	18,342
145	Franklin Park	18,312
146	Mattoon	18,113
147	Cary	17,965
148	Marion	17,803
149	Godfrey	17,759
150	Sycamore	17,712
151	Hinsdale	17,628
152	Palos Hills	17,565
153	North Aurora	17,456
154	Fairview Heights	16,827
155	Country Club Hills	16,795
156	Lemont	16,788
157	Shorewood	16,747
158	Westchester	16,729
159	Washington	16,664
160	Bridgeview	16,407
161	Prospect Heights	16,386
162	Morton	16,306
163	La Grange	15,723
164	Bradley	15,617
165	Dixon	15,319
166	Mount Vernon	15,087
167	Sterling	15,057
168	Midlothian	14,847
169	Norridge	14,621
170	Lindenhurst	14,408
171	Cahokia	14,402
172	Chicago Ridge	14,373
173	Morris	14,363
174	Antioch	14,329
175	Canton	14,211
176	Forest Park	14,123
177	Hickory Hills	14,122
178	Hazel Crest	14,118
179	Beach Park	13,976
180	Lincoln	13,966
181	Wood Dale	13,917
182	Wauconda	13,814
183	Richton Park	13,695
184	La Grange Park	13,608
185	Swansea	13,543
186	Riverdale	13,536
187	Village of Campton Hills	13,483
188	Western Springs	13,369
189	Warrenville	13,317
190	Streator	13,182
191	Rantoul	13,008
192	Justice	12,968
193	Glen Carbon	12,966
194	Shiloh	12,961
195	Herrin	12,910
196	Markham	12,682
197	Centralia	12,655
198	Lincolnwood	12,646
199	Effingham	12,604
200	Channahon	12,594

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