Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2015 Census)

Rank	City	2016 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,720,546	0.2%
2	Aurora	200,661	0.3%
3	Rockford	148,278	-0.6%
4	Joliet	147,861	0.1%
5	Naperville	147,100	0.7%
6	Springfield	116,565	0.1%
7	Peoria	115,070	0.0%
8	Elgin	112,111	0.7%
9	Waukegan	88,475	-0.1%
10	Champaign	86,096	1.2%
11	Cicero	83,886	-0.0%
12	Bloomington	78,292	0.4%
13	Arlington Heights	75,926	0.2%
14	Evanston	75,527	0.3%
15	Schaumburg	74,693	0.1%
16	Bolingbrook	74,306	0.3%
17	Decatur	73,254	-0.8%
18	Palatine	69,308	0.2%
19	Skokie	64,821	0.0%
20	Des Plaines	58,677	0.1%
21	Orland Park	58,619	0.6%
22	Tinley Park	57,143	0.2%
23	Oak Lawn	56,781	0.0%
24	Berwyn	56,368	-0.1%
25	Mount Prospect	54,747	0.2%
26	Normal	54,373	0.7%
27	Wheaton	53,715	0.3%
28	Oak Park	52,287	0.2%
29	Hoffman Estates	52,138	0.1%
30	Downers Grove	49,732	0.8%
31	Glenview	47,446	1.2%
32	Elmhurst	45,957	0.8%
33	Lombard	43,797	0.3%
34	DeKalb	43,211	-0.3%
35	Moline	42,681	-0.4%
36	Plainfield	42,527	1.4%
37	Urbana	42,311	0.5%
38	Belleville	42,034	-1.1%
39	Bartlett	41,545	0.2%
40	Buffalo Grove	41,503	0.0%
41	Quincy	40,780	0.1%
42	Streamwood	40,554	0.3%
43	Crystal Lake	40,448	-0.1%
44	Carol Stream	40,356	0.3%
45	Romeoville	39,719	0.0%
46	Rock Island	38,620	-0.2%
47	Carpentersville	38,512	0.4%
48	Hanover Park	38,333	0.2%
49	Wheeling	38,079	0.2%
50	Park Ridge	37,757	0.1%
51	Addison	37,208	0.1%
52	Calumet City	37,031	-0.0%
53	Glendale Heights	34,435	0.1%
54	Oswego	33,955	2.3%
55	Northbrook	33,663	0.3%
56	St. Charles	33,460	0.3%
57	Woodridge	33,370	0.2%
58	Elk Grove Village	33,238	0.1%
59	Pekin	33,223	-0.5%
60	Danville	32,108	-0.6%
61	Mundelein	31,582	0.3%
62	Galesburg	31,273	-0.6%
63	Gurnee	31,056	-0.2%
64	Algonquin	30,571	0.3%
65	Chicago Heights	30,284	0.0%
66	Niles	29,876	0.0%
67	Highland Park	29,743	-0.0%
68	North Chicago	29,491	-2.0%
69	Burbank	29,128	0.1%
70	Granite City	29,054	-0.5%
71	Lake in the Hills	29,024	0.0%
72	O'Fallon	29,002	0.5%
73	Lansing	28,349	0.0%
74	Glen Ellyn	28,201	0.5%
75	Oak Forest	28,074	0.1%
76	Round Lake Beach	27,852	-0.2%
77	West Chicago	27,447	0.3%
78	Wilmette	27,413	0.2%
79	Alton	27,003	-0.6%
80	East St. Louis	26,790	-0.2%
81	Kankakee	26,676	-0.6%
82	McHenry	26,657	-0.2%
83	Batavia	26,495	0.3%
84	Carbondale	26,399	0.4%
85	Vernon Hills	26,314	0.9%
86	Huntley	26,005	1.4%
87	New Lenox	25,800	1.1%
88	Melrose Park	25,379	-0.0%
89	Harvey	25,194	-0.1%
90	Woodstock	25,189	0.3%
91	Lockport	25,175	0.3%
92	Belvidere	25,132	-0.4%
93	Edwardsville	24,992	0.6%
94	Westmont	24,941	0.2%
95	Elmwood Park	24,840	-0.0%
96	Collinsville	24,754	-0.7%
97	Freeport	24,476	-0.9%
98	Homer Glen	24,395	0.1%
99	Rolling Meadows	24,190	0.1%
100	Zion	24,117	-0.2%

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