Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2003 Census)

Rank	City	2004 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,866,361	-0.3%
2	Aurora	160,931	3.7%
3	Rockford	153,124	0.3%
4	Naperville	137,290	2.0%
5	Joliet	123,134	4.4%
6	Springfield	113,605	0.4%
7	Peoria	112,588	-0.1%
8	Elgin	96,704	0.6%
9	Waukegan	90,724	0.9%
10	Cicero	82,833	-1.0%
11	Decatur	78,749	-1.3%
12	Arlington Heights	75,381	-0.5%
13	Evanston	74,478	0.1%
14	Champaign	73,670	1.5%
15	Schaumburg	73,637	-0.7%
16	Bloomington	68,927	1.6%
17	Palatine	66,510	0.1%
18	Skokie	63,679	0.2%
19	Bolingbrook	62,866	3.3%
20	Des Plaines	56,091	-0.6%
21	Mount Prospect	55,133	-0.6%
22	Wheaton	54,980	-0.4%
23	Oak Lawn	54,417	-0.5%
24	Tinley Park	54,199	3.3%
25	Orland Park	53,549	1.4%
26	Berwyn	52,400	-1.0%
27	Oak Park	52,262	-0.2%
28	Hoffman Estates	50,952	0.8%
29	Downers Grove	49,172	-0.3%
30	Normal	48,658	2.2%
31	Glenview	45,535	1.8%
32	Elmhurst	44,054	0.7%
33	Buffalo Grove	43,142	-0.1%
34	Moline	43,087	-0.7%
35	Lombard	42,946	0.2%
36	DeKalb	42,045	2.4%
37	Belleville	41,822	-0.4%
38	Carol Stream	40,029	-0.4%
39	Crystal Lake	40,020	1.4%
40	Quincy	39,987	-0.6%
41	Rock Island	38,798	-0.7%
42	Calumet City	38,340	-0.6%
43	Urbana	38,306	0.4%
44	Bartlett	37,401	0.5%
45	Hanover Park	37,386	-0.8%
46	Park Ridge	37,188	-0.5%
47	Streamwood	37,085	0.4%
48	Addison	36,901	0.4%
49	Wheeling	36,767	0.5%
50	Carpentersville	34,529	3.5%
51	Elk Grove Village	34,290	-0.4%
52	Northbrook	33,715	0.2%
53	Woodridge	33,534	2.5%
54	Danville	33,530	-0.8%
55	Romeoville	33,201	14.6%
56	Pekin	33,152	-0.7%
57	North Chicago	32,981	-2.9%
58	Glendale Heights	32,737	0.8%
59	Galesburg	32,559	-1.2%
60	Mundelein	32,010	0.9%
61	Chicago Heights	31,855	-0.9%
62	St. Charles	31,713	3.9%
63	Granite City	31,485	-0.5%
64	Highland Park	30,708	0.4%
65	East St. Louis	30,504	-1.1%
66	Gurnee	30,114	1.3%
67	Alton	29,997	-0.5%
68	Niles	29,601	-0.5%
69	Harvey	29,158	-0.9%
70	Oak Forest	28,128	-0.1%
71	Round Lake Beach	27,887	2.2%
72	Lansing	27,684	-0.7%
73	Burbank	27,682	-0.3%
74	Algonquin	27,615	5.9%
75	Lake in the Hills	27,589	4.6%
76	Glen Ellyn	27,214	-0.0%
77	Wilmette	27,106	-0.6%
78	Kankakee	27,092	-0.7%
79	Maywood	26,244	-0.9%
80	Batavia	26,142	2.3%
81	Freeport	25,782	-0.8%
82	Carbondale	25,575	-0.9%
83	Collinsville	25,433	0.6%
84	West Chicago	25,295	1.9%
85	Dolton	24,899	-0.9%
86	Westmont	24,817	-0.1%
87	Elmwood Park	24,689	-0.9%
88	O'Fallon	24,323	3.0%
89	Rolling Meadows	24,108	-0.7%
90	Zion	23,675	1.0%
91	Edwardsville	23,606	1.8%
92	Homer Glen	23,388	1.4%
93	Park Forest	23,278	-0.3%
94	Roselle	23,257	-0.1%
95	McHenry	23,174	2.0%
96	Blue Island	23,115	-0.5%
97	Belvidere	23,006	2.8%
98	Lisle	22,889	0.4%
99	Melrose Park	22,870	-0.4%
100	Darien	22,792	-0.3%

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