Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2001 Census)

Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,894,988	-0.0%
2	Rockford	151,655	-0.1%
3	Aurora	150,159	3.9%
4	Naperville	132,433	2.4%
5	Joliet	112,922	4.3%
6	Springfield	112,708	0.4%
7	Peoria	112,705	-0.3%
8	Elgin	95,712	0.8%
9	Waukegan	89,520	1.3%
10	Cicero	84,928	-0.7%
11	Decatur	80,911	-1.2%
12	Arlington Heights	76,817	0.4%
13	Schaumburg	74,943	-0.5%
14	Evanston	73,575	-0.8%
15	Champaign	71,143	1.0%
16	Palatine	66,588	0.4%
17	Bloomington	66,355	1.0%
18	Skokie	63,397	0.1%
19	Bolingbrook	59,271	4.0%
20	Des Plaines	56,843	-0.4%
21	Mount Prospect	55,945	-0.5%
22	Wheaton	55,568	0.0%
23	Oak Lawn	55,146	-0.2%
24	Berwyn	53,720	-0.4%
25	Oak Park	52,411	-0.2%
26	Orland Park	52,357	1.8%
27	Tinley Park	50,793	3.2%
28	Hoffman Estates	49,792	0.2%
29	Downers Grove	49,682	0.0%
30	Normal	46,496	1.9%
31	Moline	43,725	-0.5%
32	Glenview	43,524	0.8%
33	Buffalo Grove	43,390	0.3%
34	Elmhurst	43,258	0.4%
35	Lombard	42,746	0.2%
36	Belleville	42,117	-0.6%
37	Quincy	40,547	-0.3%
38	Carol Stream	40,405	-0.2%
39	DeKalb	40,028	2.1%
40	Rock Island	39,417	-0.6%
41	Crystal Lake	39,124	2.0%
42	Calumet City	38,853	-0.5%
43	Hanover Park	38,108	-0.4%
44	Urbana	38,069	0.6%
45	Park Ridge	37,725	-0.2%
46	Streamwood	37,385	2.1%
47	Bartlett	37,051	0.6%
48	Wheeling	36,529	0.7%
49	Addison	36,491	0.2%
50	North Chicago	35,966	-0.0%
51	Elk Grove Village	34,859	0.3%
52	Danville	34,150	-0.7%
53	Northbrook	33,598	0.2%
54	Pekin	33,562	-1.0%
55	Galesburg	33,311	-1.2%
56	Carpentersville	32,862	5.6%
57	Chicago Heights	32,583	-0.5%
58	Glendale Heights	32,411	1.3%
59	Granite City	31,787	-0.4%
60	Mundelein	31,496	1.2%
61	Woodridge	31,433	1.0%
62	East St. Louis	31,185	-1.2%
63	Highland Park	30,512	0.6%
64	Alton	30,412	-0.2%
65	Niles	29,889	-0.5%
66	Harvey	29,816	-0.5%
67	Gurnee	29,427	1.6%
68	St. Charles	29,345	3.9%
69	Oak Forest	28,263	0.2%
70	Lansing	28,156	-0.5%
71	Burbank	27,936	0.1%
72	Wilmette	27,529	-0.3%
73	Kankakee	27,509	-0.5%
74	Glen Ellyn	27,287	0.2%
75	Round Lake Beach	27,183	4.0%
76	Maywood	26,850	-0.4%
77	Freeport	26,145	-1.0%
78	Carbondale	26,094	-0.6%
79	Lake in the Hills	25,896	7.6%
80	Romeoville	25,625	16.0%
81	Dolton	25,466	-0.5%
82	Elmwood Park	25,246	-0.5%
83	Batavia	25,101	2.8%
84	Collinsville	25,084	0.5%
85	Westmont	24,940	0.1%
86	West Chicago	24,771	3.7%
87	Rolling Meadows	24,560	-0.3%
88	Algonquin	24,429	5.1%
89	Park Forest	23,668	0.6%
90	Blue Island	23,436	-0.1%
91	Roselle	23,377	0.3%
92	Zion	23,271	1.2%
93	Villa Park	23,158	3.7%
94	Melrose Park	23,085	-0.4%
95	Darien	23,022	0.2%
96	Lisle	22,835	1.0%
97	O'Fallon	22,746	2.1%
98	Edwardsville	22,738	1.6%
99	Homer Glen	22,713	1.2%
100	East Peoria	22,569	-0.5%

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