Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2000 Census)

Rank	City	2000 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,895,671	0.4%
2	Rockford	151,826	0.5%
3	Aurora	144,476	3.7%
4	Naperville	129,335	4.0%
5	Peoria	113,028	-0.1%
6	Springfield	112,236	0.5%
7	Joliet	108,230	3.3%
8	Elgin	94,914	2.1%
9	Waukegan	88,352	2.4%
10	Cicero	85,485	2.4%
11	Decatur	81,912	-0.4%
12	Arlington Heights	76,514	0.2%
13	Schaumburg	75,310	0.9%
14	Evanston	74,147	0.1%
15	Champaign	70,468	0.9%
16	Palatine	66,344	2.9%
17	Bloomington	65,685	2.2%
18	Skokie	63,363	0.6%
19	Des Plaines	57,079	0.4%
20	Bolingbrook	56,964	3.3%
21	Mount Prospect	56,210	0.6%
22	Wheaton	55,565	0.7%
23	Oak Lawn	55,230	-0.2%
24	Berwyn	53,961	1.7%
25	Oak Park	52,501	-0.2%
26	Orland Park	51,413	3.1%
27	Hoffman Estates	49,699	0.7%
28	Downers Grove	49,676	0.5%
29	Tinley Park	49,237	2.7%
30	Normal	45,630	1.3%
31	Moline	43,957	-0.0%
32	Buffalo Grove	43,272	1.7%
33	Glenview	43,167	0.9%
34	Elmhurst	43,085	0.3%
35	Lombard	42,645	0.6%
36	Belleville	42,364	-0.2%
37	Quincy	40,686	0.0%
38	Carol Stream	40,493	2.5%
39	Rock Island	39,643	-0.2%
40	DeKalb	39,196	0.8%
41	Calumet City	39,035	0.3%
42	Crystal Lake	38,348	4.3%
43	Hanover Park	38,277	1.5%
44	Urbana	37,847	0.2%
45	Park Ridge	37,789	0.1%
46	Bartlett	36,827	6.5%
47	Streamwood	36,625	1.5%
48	Addison	36,417	1.3%
49	Wheeling	36,267	2.1%
50	North Chicago	35,976	-0.0%
51	Elk Grove Village	34,755	0.4%
52	Danville	34,384	-0.2%
53	Pekin	33,906	0.5%
54	Galesburg	33,717	-0.0%
55	Northbrook	33,542	0.2%
56	Chicago Heights	32,763	-0.1%
57	Glendale Heights	31,991	1.5%
58	Granite City	31,923	-0.4%
59	East St. Louis	31,559	-2.6%
60	Woodridge	31,136	1.6%
61	Carpentersville	31,130	3.1%
62	Mundelein	31,116	3.8%
63	Alton	30,459	-0.8%
64	Highland Park	30,325	-0.1%
65	Niles	30,034	0.4%
66	Harvey	29,966	-0.1%
67	Gurnee	28,954	7.7%
68	Lansing	28,308	0.0%
69	St. Charles	28,252	2.1%
70	Oak Forest	28,210	0.4%
71	Burbank	27,911	0.1%
72	Kankakee	27,634	-0.1%
73	Wilmette	27,609	0.3%
74	Glen Ellyn	27,237	0.7%
75	Maywood	26,956	-0.1%
76	Freeport	26,401	0.1%
77	Carbondale	26,253	-0.4%
78	Round Lake Beach	26,150	4.8%
79	Dolton	25,585	0.6%
80	Elmwood Park	25,375	0.9%
81	Collinsville	24,949	0.9%
82	Westmont	24,906	1.2%
83	Rolling Meadows	24,646	0.8%
84	Batavia	24,407	3.3%
85	Lake in the Hills	24,073	15.3%
86	West Chicago	23,881	4.8%
87	Park Forest	23,516	-0.5%
88	Blue Island	23,460	1.0%
89	Roselle	23,315	1.1%
90	Algonquin	23,249	6.5%
91	Melrose Park	23,170	1.0%
92	Zion	23,000	1.5%
93	Darien	22,966	1.1%
94	East Peoria	22,682	0.0%
95	Lisle	22,609	1.4%
96	Homer Glen	22,449	–
97	Morton Grove	22,415	0.1%
98	Edwardsville	22,375	3.3%
99	Villa Park	22,328	0.4%
100	O'Fallon	22,272	3.0%

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