| Country | USA |
| Capital city | Springfield |
| Area | 149,400 km² |
| Population | 12,812,508 people (2020) 85.8 people/km² |
| Governor | Bruce Rauner (Republican) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| ZIP code | IL |
| ISO 3166-2 | US-IL |
| Official site | www.illinois.gov |
| Illinois | |
Illinois (also Illinois or Illinois) (in English: Illinois, pronounced Illinoi) is a state in the United States of America. Its capital is Springfield.
It has a population of 12,859,995 (2015). Its total area is 140,998 km². ZIP Code IL.
Illinois became the 21st US state in 1818.
Geography
Illinois’ neighboring states are Indiana to the east, Wisconsin to the north, Missouri and Iowa to the west, and Kentucky to the south.
Administrative division
Cities
With a population of more than 1,000,000:
- Chicago
With a population of 100,000 to 1,000,000:
- Aurora
- Peoria
- Rockford
- Springfield
With a population of 10,000 to 100,000 people:
- Evanston
- Quincy
- Maywood
- Moline
- Morris
- Pontiac
- Harrisburg
- Champagne
- Urbana
Counties
According to Countryaah, Illinois consists of 102 counties:
- Adams
- Alexander
- Bond
- Brown
- Bun
- Desk
- Washington
- Vermilion
- Gallatin
- Green
- Grundy
- DeWitt
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Joe Davis
- Johnson
- Jersey
- Dikalb
- DuPage
- Douglas
- Edgar
- Edwards
- Effingham
- Mohawk
- Calhoun
- Kankakee
- Cas
- Kane
- Kendall
- Carol
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Coles
- Christian
- Crawford
- Cook
- Cumberland
- LaSalle
- Lake
- Livingston
- Lee
- Logan
- Lawrence
- McDonough
- McLean
- Macoupin
- McHenry
- Marion
- Marshall
- Massacre
- Madison
- Macon
- Mason
- Menard
- Moltrey
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Mercer
- Knox
- Angle
- Pike
- The pie
- Peoria
- Perry
- Pope
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Randolph
- Richland
- Rock Island
- Salin
- Sangamon
- St. Clair
- Scott
- Stark
- Stevenson
- Tazewell
- White
- Whiteside
- Woodford
- Will
- Williamson
- Wayne
- Winnebago
- Wobash
- Warren
- Fayette
- Ford
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Henderson
- Henry
- Champagne
- Shelby
- Schuyler
- Union
Population
Main article: Population of Illinois
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RacesWhite Americans:
African Americans:
Asians:
Ethnic composition(2000)
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Population density in Illinois |
Religion
- 80% – Christians (49% – Protestants, 30% – Catholics, 12% – Baptist, 7% – Lutherans, 7% – Methodists, 3 – Presbyterianism, 20% – other Christian religions)
- 16% – atheists
- 4% – other religions
Economics
Main article: Economy of Illinois
Prominent higher education institutions
State
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Illinois at Chicago – University of Illinois at Chicago
- Illinois State University – Illinois State University
- Southern Illinois University – Southern Illinois University
Private
- University of Chicago – University of Chicago
- Northwestern University – Northwestern University
Springfield (IL)
| Country | USA |
| State | Illinois |
| Area | 171.91 km² |
| Highness height | 182 m |
| Population | 114,394 people (April 1, 2020) |
| ZIP code | 62701 |
| Telephone code | 217, 447 |
| Official site | www.springfield.il.us |
| Springfield | |
Abraham Lincoln House in Springfield, where the US President lived for 17 years.
Springfield (in English: Springfield) is a city and the capital of the state of Illinois in the USA. Springfield has a population of 115,668 (2005) and a total area of 156.20 km² (60.30 mi²). Springfield was founded in 1819 and incorporated as a city in 1840.
Personalities
- Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States
Twin Cities
- Killarney, Ireland
- Philach, Austria
- San Pedro, Mexico
- Ashikaga, Japan
