
Illinois
"Prairie State"
- Motto
- State sovereignty, national union
- Capitol
- Springfield
- Name Origin
- Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
- Statehood Date
- Dec. 3, 1818 (21st)
Cities in Illinois
- Abingdon
- Addieville
- Addison
- Albany
- Albers
- Albion
- Aledo
- Alexis
- Algonquin
- Alhambra
- Allendale
- Allerton
- Alma
- Alorton
- Alpha
- Alsey
- Alsip
- Altamont
- Alto Pass
- Alton
- Altona
- Alvin
- Amboy
- Andalusia
- Andover
- Anna
- Annawan
- Antioch
- Apple River
- Arcola
- Arenzville
- Argenta
- Arlington Heights
- Arlington
- Armington
- Aroma Park
- Arrowsmith
- Arthur
- Ashkum
- Ashland
- Ashley
- Ashmore
- Ashton
- Assumption
- Astoria
- Athens
- Atkinson
- Atlanta
- Atwood
- Auburn
- Augusta
- Aurora
- Ava
- Aviston
- Avon
- Baldwin
- Bannockburn
- Bardolph
- Barrington Hills
- Barrington
- Barry
- Bartelso
- Bartlett
- Bartonville
- Batavia
- Batchtown
- Bath
- Bay View Gardens
- Baylis
- Beach Park
- Beardstown
- Beaverville
- Beckemeyer
- Bedford Park
- Beecher City
- Beecher
- Belgium
- Belle Rive
- Belleville
- Bellevue
- Bellflower
- Bellmont
- Bellwood
- Belvidere
- Bement
- Benld
- Bensenville
- Benson
- Benton
- Berkeley
- Berwyn
- Bethalto
- Bethany
- Biggsville
- Bismarck
- Blandinsville
- Bloomingdale
- Bloomington
- Blue Island
- Blue Mound
- Bluffs
- Bluford
- Bolingbrook
- Bondville
- Bone Gap
- Bonfield
- Bonnie
- Boulder Hill
- Bourbonnais
- Bowen
- Braceville
- Bradford
- Bradley
- Braidwood
- Breese
- Bridgeport
- Bridgeview
- Brighton
- Brimfield
- Broadlands
- Broadview
- Brocton
- Brookfield
- Brooklyn
- Brookport
- Brownstown
- Bryant
- Buckingham
- Buckley
- Buckner
- Buda
- Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo
- Bull Valley
- Bulpitt
- Bunker Hill
- Burbank
- Bureau Junction
- Burlington
- Burnham
- Burr Ridge
- Bush
- Bushnell
- Byron
- Cabery
- Cahokia
- Cairo
- Calhoun
- Calumet City
- Calumet Park
- Camargo
- Cambria
- Cambridge
- Camp Point
- Campbell Hill
- Canton
- Capron
- Carbon Cliff
- Carbon Hill
- Carbondale
- Carlinville
- Carlock
- Carlyle
- Carmi
- Carol Stream
- Carpentersville
- Carrier Mills
- Carrollton
- Carterville
- Carthage
- Cary
- Casey
- Caseyville
- Catlin
- Cave-In-Rock
- Cedar Point
- Cedarville
- Central City
- Centralia
- Centreville
- Cerro Gordo
- Chadwick
- Champaign
- Chandlerville
- Channahon
- Channel Lake
- Chapin
- Charleston
- Chatham
- Chatsworth
- Chebanse
- Chenoa
- Cherry
- Cherry Valley
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chicago Heights
- Chicago
- Chicago Ridge
- Chillicothe
- Chrisman
- Christopher
- Cicero
- Cisco
- Cisne
- Cissna Park
- Claremont
- Clarendon Hills
- Clay City
- Clayton
- Clear Lake
- Cleveland
- Clifton
- Clinton
- Coal City
- Coal Valley
- Coalton
- Coatsburg
- Cobden
- Coffeen
- Colchester
- Colfax
- Collinsville
- Colona
- Colp
- Columbia
- Compton
- Congerville
- Cooksville
- Cordova
- Cornell
- Cortland
- Coulterville
- Country Club Hills
- Countryside
- Cowden
- Coyne Center
- Crainville
- Creal Springs
- Crescent City
- Crest Hill
- Creston
- Crestwood
- Crete
- Creve Coeur
- Crossville
- Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lawns
- Cuba
- Cullom
- Cutler
- Cypress
- Dahlgren
- Dakota
- Dallas City
- Dalton City
- Dalzell
- Damiansville
- Danforth
- Danvers
- Danville
- Darien
- Davis
- Davis Junction
- Dawson
- De Land
- De Pue
- De Soto
- Decatur
- Deer Creek
- Deer Park
- Deerfield
- DeKalb
- Delavan
- Des Plaines
- Diamond
- Dieterich
- Divernon
- Dix
- Dixmoor
- Dixon
- Dolton
- Dongola
- Donnellson
- Donovan
- Dowell
- Downers Grove
- Downs
- Du Bois
- Du Quoin
- Dunfermline
- Dunlap
- Dupo
- Durand
- Dwight
- Earlville
- East Alton
- East Cape Girardeau
- East Carondelet
- East Dubuque
- East Dundee
- East Galesburg
- East Gillespie
- East Hazel Crest
- East Moline
- East Peoria
- East St. Louis
- Easton
- Edgewood
- Edinburg
- Edwardsville
- Effingham
- El Paso
- Elburn
- Eldorado
- Eldred
- Elgin
- Elizabeth
- Elizabethtown
- Elk Grove Village
- Elkhart
- Elkville
- Elliott
- Ellis Grove
- Ellsworth
- Elmhurst
- Elmwood
- Elmwood Park
- Elsah
- Elwood
- Emden
- Energy
- Enfield
- Equality
- Erie
- Essex
- Eureka
- Evanston
- Evansville
- Evergreen Park
- Ewing
- Fairbury
- Fairfield
- Fairmont City
- Fairmont
- Fairmount
- Fairview Heights
- Fairview
- Farina
- Farmer City
- Farmersville
- Farmington
- Fayetteville
- Fieldon
- Fillmore
- Findlay
- Fisher
- Fithian
- Flanagan
- Flat Rock
- Flora
- Flossmoor
- Ford Heights
- Forest City
- Forest Lake
- Forest Park
- Forest View
- Forrest
- Forreston
- Forsyth
- Fox Lake Hills
- Fox Lake
- Fox River Grove
- Fox River Valley Gardens
- Frankfort
- Frankfort Square
- Franklin Grove
- Franklin
- Franklin Park
- Freeburg
- Freeman Spur
- Freeport
- Fulton
- Gages Lake
- Galatia
- Galena
- Galesburg
- Galva
- Gardner
- Gays
- Geneseo
- Geneva
- Genoa
- Georgetown
- German Valley
- Germantown Hills
- Germantown
- Gibson
- Gifford
- Gilberts
- Gillespie
- Gilman
- Girard
- Gladstone
- Glasford
- Glen Carbon
- Glen Ellyn
- Glencoe
- Glendale Heights
- Glenview
- Glenwood
- Godfrey
- Godley
- Golconda
- Golden
- Golf
- Good Hope
- Goodfield
- Goodings Grove
- Goreville
- Gorham
- Grafton
- Grand Ridge
- Grand Tower
- Grandview
- Grandwood Park
- Granite City
- Grant Park
- Grantfork
- Granville
- Grayslake
- Grayville
- Green Oaks
- Green Valley
- Greenfield
- Greenup
- Greenview
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Gridley
- Griggsville
- Gulf Port
- Gurnee
- Hainesville
- Hamel
- Hamilton
- Hammond
- Hampton
- Hanna City
- Hanover
- Hanover Park
- Hardin
- Harrisburg
- Harristown
- Hartford
- Hartsburg
- Harvard
- Harvel
- Harvey
- Harwood Heights
- Havana
- Hawthorn Woods
- Hazel Crest
- Hebron
- Hecker
- Henderson
- Hennepin
- Henning
- Henry
- Herrick
- Herrin
- Herscher
- Heyworth
- Hickory Hills
- Highland
- Highland Park
- Highwood
- Hillcrest
- Hillsboro
- Hillsdale
- Hillside
- Hinckley
- Hindsboro
- Hinsdale
- Hodgkins
- Hoffman Estates
- Hoffman
- Holiday Hills
- Homer
- Hometown
- Homewood
- Hoopeston
- Hopedale
- Hopewell
- Hopkins Park
- Hoyleton
- Hudson
- Hull
- Humboldt
- Hume
- Huntley
- Hurst
- Hutsonville
- Illiopolis
- Ina
- Indian Head Park
- Indianola
- Industry
- Ingalls Park
- Inverness
- Ipava
- Iroquois
- Irving
- Irvington
- Island Lake
- Itasca
- Iuka
- Ivesdale
- Jacksonville
- Jeffersonville
- Jerome
- Jerseyville
- Jewett
- Johnsburg
- Johnston City
- Joliet
- Jonesboro
- Joppa
- Joy
- Junction City
- Justice
- Kampsville
- Kane
- Kangley
- Kankakee
- Kansas
- Karnak
- Keensburg
- Keithsburg
- Kell
- Kempton
- Kenilworth
- Kenney
- Kewanee
- Keyesport
- Kilbourne
- Kildeer
- Kincaid
- Kinderhook
- Kingston
- Kingston Mines
- Kinmundy
- Kirkland
- Kirkwood
- Knoxville
- La Fayette
- La Grange
- La Grange Park
- La Harpe
- La Moille
- La Salle
- Lacon
- Ladd
- Lake Barrington
- Lake Bluff
- Lake Catherine
- Lake Forest
- Lake in the Hills
- Lake of the Woods
- Lake Summerset
- Lake Villa
- Lake Zurich
- Lakemoor
- Lakewood
- Lakewood Shores
- Lanark
- Lansing
- Latham
- Lawrenceville
- Le Roy
- Leaf River
- Lebanon
- Lee
- Leland Grove
- Leland
- Lemont
- Lena
- Lenzburg
- Lerna
- Lewistown
- Lexington
- Liberty
- Libertyville
- Lily Lake
- Lincoln
- Lincolnshire
- Lincolnwood
- Lindenhurst
- Lisbon
- Lisle
- Litchfield
- Little York
- Livingston
- Loami
- Lockport
- Loda
- Lomax
- Lombard
- London Mills
- Long Creek
- Long Grove
- Long Lake
- Long Point
- Loraine
- Lostant
- Louisville
- Loves Park
- Lovington
- Ludlow
- Lyndon
- Lynwood
- Lyons
- Machesney Park
- Mackinaw
- Macomb
- Macon
- Madison
- Magnolia
- Mahomet
- Makanda
- Malden
- Malta
- Manchester
- Manhattan
- Manito
- Manlius
- Mansfield
- Manteno
- Maple Park
- Mapleton
- Maquon
- Marengo
- Marine
- Marion
- Marissa
- Mark
- Markham
- Maroa
- Marquette Heights
- Marseilles
- Marshall
- Martinsville
- Martinton
- Maryville
- Mascoutah
- Mason City
- Mason
- Matherville
- Matteson
- Mattoon
- Maywood
- Mazon
- McCook
- McCullom Lake
- McHenry
- McLean
- McLeansboro
- McNabb
- Mechanicsburg
- Medora
- Melrose Park
- Melvin
- Mendon
- Mendota
- Menominee
- Meredosia
- Merrionette Park
- Metamora
- Metcalf
- Metropolis
- Mettawa
- Middletown
- Midlothian
- Milan
- Milford
- Mill Shoals
- Milledgeville
- Millington
- Millstadt
- Milton
- Mineral
- Minier
- Minonk
- Minooka
- Modesto
- Mokena
- Moline
- Momence
- Monee
- Monmouth
- Montgomery
- Monticello
- Montrose
- Morris
- Morrison
- Morrisonville
- Morton Grove
- Morton
- Mound City
- Mounds
- Mount Auburn
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Carroll
- Mount Clare
- Mount Morris
- Mount Olive
- Mount Prospect
- Mount Pulaski
- Mount Sterling
- Mount Vernon
- Mount Zion
- Moweaqua
- Mulberry Grove
- Mundelein
- Murphysboro
- Murrayville
- Naperville
- Naplate
- Nashville
- Nason
- Nauvoo
- Nebo
- Neoga
- Neponset
- New Athens
- New Baden
- New Berlin
- New Boston
- New Burnside
- New Canton
- New Douglas
- New Grand Chain
- New Hampshire
- New Haven
- New Holland
- New Lenox
- New Millford
- New Minden
- Newark
- Newman
- Newton
- Niantic
- Niles
- Nilwood
- Noble
- Nokomis
- Normal
- Norridge
- Norris City
- North Aurora
- North Barrington
- North Chicago
- North City
- North Pekin
- North Riverside
- North Utica
- Northbrook
- Northfield
- Northlake
- Norwood
- O'Fallon
- Oak Brook
- Oak Forest
- Oak Grove
- Oak Lawn
- Oak Park
- Oakbrook Terrace
- Oakdale
- Oakford
- Oakland
- Oakwood Hills
- Oakwood
- Oblong
- Oconee
- Odell
- Odin
- Ogden
- Oglesby
- Ohio
- Okawville
- Old Mill Creek
- Old Shawneetown
- Olmsted
- Olney
- Olympia Fields
- Omaha
- Onarga
- Oneida
- Oquawka
- Orangeville
- Oreana
- Oregon
- Orient
- Orion
- Orland Hills
- Orland Park
- Oswego
- Ottawa
- Owaneco
- Palatine
- Palestine
- Palmer
- Palmyra
- Palos Heights
- Palos Hills
- Palos Park
- Pana
- Panama
- Paris
- Park City
- Park Forest
- Park Ridge
- Parkersburg
- Patoka
- Paw Paw
- Pawnee
- Paxton
- Payson
- Pearl City
- Pecatonica
- Pekin
- Peoria Heights
- Peoria
- Peotone
- Percy
- Perry
- Peru
- Pesotum
- Petersburg
- Philo
- Phoenix
- Pierron
- Pinckneyville
- Piper City
- Pistakee Highlands
- Pittsburg
- Pittsfield
- Plainfield
- Plainville
- Plano
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Plains
- Plymouth
- Pocahontas
- Polo
- Pontiac
- Pontoon Beach
- Poplar Grove
- Port Byron
- Posen
- Potomac
- Prairie City
- Prairie du Rocher
- Prairie Grove
- Preston Heights
- Princeton
- Princeville
- Prophetstown
- Prospect Heights
- Pulaski
- Quincy
- Radom
- Raleigh
- Ramsey
- Rankin
- Ransom
- Rantoul
- Rapids City
- Raymond
- Red Bud
- Reddick
- Reynolds
- Richmond
- Richton Park
- Richview
- Ridge Farm
- Ridgway
- Ringwood
- Rio
- River Forest
- River Grove
- Riverdale
- Riverside
- Riverton
- Riverwoods
- Roanoke
- Robbins
- Roberts
- Robinson
- Rochelle
- Rochester
- Rock City
- Rock Falls
- Rock Island
- Rockdale
- Rockford
- Rockton
- Rolling Meadows
- Rome
- Romeoville
- Roodhouse
- Roscoe
- Roselle
- Rosemont
- Roseville
- Rosewood Heights
- Rosiclare
- Rossville
- Round Lake Beach
- Round Lake Heights
- Round Lake
- Round Lake Park
- Roxana
- Royal
- Royalton
- Ruma
- Rushville
- Rutland
- Sadorus
- Salem
- San Jose
- Sandoval
- Sandwich
- Sauget
- Sauk Village
- Saunemin
- Savanna
- Savoy
- Sawyerville
- Saybrook
- Scales Mound
- Schaumburg
- Schiller Park
- Schram City
- Scott AFB
- Seaton
- Seatonville
- Secor
- Seneca
- Sesser
- Shabbona
- Shannon
- Shawneetown
- Sheffield
- Shelbyville
- Sheldon
- Sheridan
- Sherman
- Sherrard
- Shiloh
- Shipman
- Shorewood
- Shumway
- Sibley
- Sidell
- Sidney
- Sigel
- Silvis
- Sims
- Skokie
- Sleepy Hollow
- Smithfield
- Smithton
- Somonauk
- Sorento
- South Barrington
- South Beloit
- South Chicago Heights
- South Elgin
- South Holland
- South Jacksonville
- South Pekin
- South Roxana
- South Wilmington
- Southern View
- Sparland
- Sparta
- Spaulding
- Spillertown
- Spring Bay
- Spring Grove
- Spring Valley
- Springfield
- St. Anne
- St. Charles
- St. David
- St. Elmo
- St. Francisville
- St. Jacob
- St. Johns
- St. Joseph
- St. Libory
- St. Peter
- Standard
- Stanford
- Staunton
- Ste. Marie
- Steeleville
- Steger
- Sterling
- Steward
- Stewardson
- Stickney
- Stillman Valley
- Stockton
- Stone Park
- Stonefort
- Stonington
- Strasburg
- Streamwood
- Streator
- Stronghurst
- Sublette
- Sugar Grove
- Sullivan
- Summerfield
- Summit
- Sumner
- Sun River Terrace
- Swansea
- Sycamore
- Table Grove
- Tallula
- Tamaroa
- Tamms
- Tampico
- Taylor Springs
- Taylorville
- Teutopolis
- Thawville
- Thayer
- Thebes
- Third Lake
- Thomasboro
- Thompsonville
- Thomson
- Thornton
- Tilden
- Tilton
- Timberlane
- Tinley Park
- Tiskilwa
- Toledo
- Tolono
- Toluca
- Tonica
- Toulon
- Tovey
- Towanda
- Tower Hill
- Tower Lakes
- Tremont
- Trenton
- Trout Valley
- Troy Grove
- Troy
- Tuscola
- Ullin
- Union
- University Park
- Urbana
- Ursa
- Valier
- Valmeyer
- Vandalia
- Varna
- Venetian Village
- Venice
- Vergennes
- Vermilion
- Vermont
- Vernon Hills
- Verona
- Versailles
- Victoria
- Vienna
- Villa Grove
- Villa Park
- Viola
- Virden
- Virgil
- Virginia
- Wadsworth
- Waggoner
- Walnut
- Waltonville
- Wamac
- Wapella
- Warren
- Warrensburg
- Warrenville
- Warsaw
- Washburn
- Washington
- Washington Park
- Wataga
- Waterloo
- Waterman
- Watseka
- Watson
- Wauconda
- Waukegan
- Waverly
- Wayne City
- Wayne
- Waynesville
- Weldon
- Wellington
- Wenona
- West Chicago
- West City
- West Dundee
- West Frankfort
- West Peoria
- West Salem
- Westchester
- Western Springs
- Westfield
- Westmont
- Westville
- Wheaton
- Wheeling
- White City
- White Hall
- Whiteash
- Williamsfield
- Williamson
- Williamsville
- Willisville
- Willow Hill
- Willow Springs
- Willowbrook
- Wilmette
- Wilmington
- Wilsonville
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Windsor
- Winfield
- Winnebago
- Winnetka
- Winslow
- Winthrop Harbor
- Witt
- Wonder Lake
- Wood Dale
- Wood River
- Woodhull
- Woodland
- Woodlawn
- Woodridge
- Woodson
- Woodstock
- Worden
- Worth
- Wyanet
- Wyoming
- Xenia
- Yates City
- Yorkville
- Zeigler
- Zion
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Official Symbols
A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Illinois along with the year they became official.
Flower | Violet (1908) |
Tree | White Oak (1973) |
Bird | Cardinal (1929) |
Animal | White-Tailed Deer (1982) |
Fish | Bluegill (1987) |
Insect | Monarch Butterfly (1975) |
Song | “Illinois” (1925) |
Mineral | Fluorite (1965) |
Demographics
- Population Density
- 223.4 people per square mile
Geography and Weather
- Land Area
- 55,584 sq mi. (143,963 sq km)
- Lowest Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Average Elevation
- 600 ft (182.88 m)
- Highest Temperature Recorded
- 117°F (47°C) on July 14, 1954
- Lowest Temperature Recorded
- –36°F (–38°C) on January 5, 1999