Name Population County Abingdon 3,319 Knox Albion † 1,988 Edwards Aledo † 3,640 Mercer Altamont 2,319 Effingham Alton 27,865 Madison Amboy 2,500 Lee Anna 4,442 Union Arcola 2,916 Douglas Ashley 536 Washington Assumption 1,168 Christian Athens 1,988 Menard Atlanta 1,692 Logan Auburn 4,771 Sangamon Aurora 197,899 DuPage Kane Kendall Will Ava 654 Jackson Barry 1,318 Pike Batavia 26,045 DuPage Kane Beardstown 6,123 Cass Belleville † 44,478 St. Clair Belvidere † 25,585 Boone Benld 1,556 Macoupin Benton † 7,087 Franklin Berwyn 56,657 Cook Bloomington † 76,610 McLean Blue Island 23,706 Cook Braidwood 6,191 Will Breese 4,442 Clinton Bridgeport 1,886 Lawrence Brookport 984 Massac Bunker Hill 1,774 Macoupin Burbank 28,925 Cook Bushnell 3,117 McDonough Byron 3,753 Ogle Cairo † 2,831 Alexander Calumet City 37,042 Cook Canton 14,704 Fulton Carbondale 25,902 Jackson Carlinville † 5,917 Macoupin Carlyle † 3,281 Clinton Carmi † 5,240 White Carrollton † 2,484 Greene Carterville 5,496 Williamson Carthage † 2,605 Hancock Casey 2,769 Clark Cumberland Centralia 13,032 Clinton Jefferson Marion Washington Centreville 5,309 St. Clair Champaign 81,055 Champaign Charleston † 21,838 Coles Chenoa 1,785 McLean Chester † 8,586 Randolph Chicago † 2,695,598 Cook DuPage Chicago Heights 30,276 Cook Chillicothe 6,097 Peoria Chrisman 1,343 Edgar Christopher 2,382 Franklin Clinton † 7,225 DeWitt Coffeen 685 Montgomery Colchester 1,401 McDonough Collinsville 25,579 Madison St. Clair Colona 5,099 Henry Columbia 9,707 Monroe St. Clair Country Club Hills 16,541 Cook Countryside 5,895 Cook Creal Springs 543 Williamson Crest Hill 20,837 Will Crystal Lake 40,743 McHenry Cuba 1,294 Fulton Dallas City 945 Hancock Henderson Danville † 33,027 Vermilion Darien 22,086 DuPage Decatur † 76,122 Macon DeKalb 43,862 DeKalb Delavan 1,689 Tazewell Des Plaines 58,364 Cook Dixon † 15,733 Lee Du Quoin 6,109 Perry Earlville 1,701 LaSalle East Dubuque 1,704 Jo Daviess East Moline 21,302 Rock Island East Peoria 23,402 Tazewell East St. Louis 27,006 St. Clair Edwardsville † 24,293 Madison Effingham † 12,328 Effingham El Paso 2,810 McLean Woodford Eldorado 4,122 Saline Elgin 108,188 Cook Kane Elmhurst 44,121 Cook DuPage Elmwood 2,097 Peoria Eureka † 5,295 Woodford Evanston 74,486 Cook Fairbury 3,757 Livingston Fairfield † 5,154 Wayne Fairview Heights 17,078 St. Clair Farmer City 2,037 DeWitt Farmington 2,448 Fulton Flora 5,070 Clay Freeport † 25,638 Stephenson Fulton 3,481 Whiteside Galena † 3,429 Jo Daviess Galesburg † 32,195 Knox Galva 2,589 Henry Geneseo 6,586 Henry Geneva † 21,495 Kane Genoa 5,193 DeKalb Georgetown 3,474 Vermilion Gibson City 3,407 Ford Gillespie 3,319 Macoupin Gilman 1,814 Iroquois Girard 2,103 Macoupin Golconda † 668 Pope Grafton 674 Jersey Grand Tower 605 Jackson Granite City 29,849 Madison Grayville 1,666 Edwards White Greenfield 1,071 Greene Greenville † 7,000 Bond Griggsville 1,226 Pike Hamilton 2,951 Hancock Harrisburg † 9,017 Saline Harvard 9,447 McHenry Harvey 25,282 Cook Havana † 3,301 Mason Henry 2,464 Marshall Herrin 12,501 Williamson Hickory Hills 14,049 Cook Highland 9,919 Madison Highland Park 29,763 Lake Highwood 5,405 Lake Hillsboro † 6,207 Montgomery Hometown 4,349 Cook Hoopeston 5,351 Vermilion Hurst 795 Williamson Jacksonville † 19,446 Morgan Jerseyville † 8,465 Jersey Johnston City 3,543 Williamson Joliet † 147,433 Kendall Will Jonesboro † 1,821 Union Kankakee † 27,537 Kankakee Keithsburg 609 Mercer Kewanee 12,916 Henry Kinmundy 796 Marion Knoxville 2,911 Knox La Harpe 1,235 Hancock Lacon † 1,937 Marshall Lake Forest 19,375 Lake Lanark 1,457 Carroll LaSalle 9,609 LaSalle Lawrenceville † 4,348 Lawrence Le Roy 3,560 McLean Lebanon 4,418 St. Clair Leland Grove 1,503 Sangamon Lewistown † 2,384 Fulton Lexington 2,060 McLean Lincoln † 14,504 Logan Litchfield 6,939 Montgomery Lockport 24,839 Will Loves Park 23,996 Boone Winnebago Macomb † 19,288 McDonough Macon 1,138 Macon Madison 3,891 Madison St. Clair Marengo 7,648 McHenry Marion † 17,193 Williamson Markham 12,508 Cook Maroa 1,801 Macon Marquette Heights 2,824 Tazewell Marseilles 5,094 LaSalle Marshall † 3,933 Clark Martinsville 1,167 Clark Mascoutah 7,483 St. Clair Mason City 2,343 Mason Mattoon 18,555 Coles McHenry 26,992 McHenry McLeansboro † 2,883 Hamilton Mendota 7,372 LaSalle Metropolis † 6,537 Massac Minonk 2,078 Woodford Moline 43,483 Rock Island Momence 3,310 Kankakee Monmouth † 9,444 Warren Monticello † 5,548 Piatt Morris † 13,636 Grundy Morrison † 4,188 Whiteside Mound City † 588 Pulaski Mounds 810 Pulaski Mount Carmel † 7,284 Wabash Mount Carroll † 1,717 Carroll Mount Olive 2,099 Macoupin Mount Pulaski 1,566 Logan Mount Sterling † 2,025 Brown Mount Vernon † 15,277 Jefferson Murphysboro † 7,970 Jackson Naperville 141,853 DuPage Will Nashville † 3,258 Washington Nason 236 Jefferson Nauvoo 1,149 Hancock Neoga 1,636 Cumberland New Boston 683 Mercer Newman 865 Douglas Newton † 2,849 Jasper Nokomis 2,256 Montgomery North Chicago 32,574 Lake Northlake 12,323 Cook O'Fallon 28,281 St. Clair Oak Forest 27,962 Cook Oakbrook Terrace 2,134 DuPage Oakland 880 Coles Oglesby 3,791 LaSalle Olney † 9,115 Richland Oneida 700 Knox Oregon † 3,721 Ogle Orient 358 Franklin Ottawa † 18,768 LaSalle Palos Heights 12,515 Cook Palos Hills 17,484 Cook Pana 5,847 Christian Paris † 8,837 Edgar Park City 7,570 Lake Park Ridge 37,480 Cook Paxton † 4,473 Ford Pekin † 34,094 Tazewell Peoria † 115,007 Peoria Peru 10,295 LaSalle Petersburg † 2,260 Menard Pinckneyville † 5,648 Perry Pittsfield † 4,576 Pike Plano 10,856 Kendall Polo 2,355 Ogle Pontiac † 11,931 Livingston Princeton † 7,660 Bureau Prophetstown 2,080 Whiteside Prospect Heights 16,256 Cook Quincy † 40,633 Adams Red Bud 3,698 Randolph Robinson † 7,713 Crawford Rochelle 9,574 Ogle Rock Falls 9,266 Whiteside Rock Island † 39,018 Rock Island Rockford † 152,871 Winnebago Rolling Meadows 24,099 Cook Roodhouse 1,814 Greene Rosiclare 1,160 Hardin Rushville † 3,192 Schuyler St. Charles 32,974 DuPage Kane St. Elmo 1,426 Fayette St. Francisville 697 Lawrence Salem † 7,485 Marion Sandwich 7,421 DeKalb Kendall LaSalle Savanna 3,062 Carroll Sesser 1,931 Franklin Shawneetown † 1,239 Gallatin Shelbyville † 4,700 Shelby Silvis 7,479 Rock Island South Beloit 7,892 Winnebago Sparta 4,302 Randolph Spring Valley 5,558 Bureau Springfield †† 116,250 Sangamon Staunton 5,139 Macoupin Sterling 15,370 Whiteside Streator 13,710 LaSalle Livingston Sullivan † 4,440 Moultrie Sumner 3,174 Lawrence Sycamore † 17,519 DeKalb Taylorville † 11,246 Christian Toluca 1,414 Marshall Toulon † 1,292 Stark Trenton 2,715 Clinton Troy 9,888 Madison Tuscola † 4,480 Douglas Urbana † 41,250 Champaign Vandalia † 7,042 Fayette Venice 1,890 Madison Vienna † 1,434 Johnson Villa Grove 2,537 Douglas Virden 3,425 Macoupin Sangamon Virginia † 1,611 Cass Wamac 1,185 Clinton Marion Washington Warrenville 13,140 DuPage Warsaw 1,607 Hancock Washington 15,134 Tazewell Waterloo † 9,811 Monroe Watseka † 5,255 Iroquois Waukegan † 89,078 Lake Waverly 1,307 Morgan Wenona 1,056 LaSalle Marshall West Chicago 27,086 DuPage West Frankfort 8,182 Franklin West Peoria 4,458 Peoria Wheaton † 52,894 DuPage White Hall 2,520 Greene Wilmington 5,724 Will Winchester † 1,593 Scott Windsor 1,187 Shelby Witt 903 Montgomery Wood Dale 13,770 DuPage Wood River 10,657 Madison Woodstock † 24,770 McHenry Wyoming 1,429 Stark Yorkville † 16,921 Kendall Zeigler 1,801 Franklin Zion 24,413 Lake
The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the State of Illinois . As defined by the Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Sayım Bürosu , an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including a city , town , village , borough , and municipality .
Note that this list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations . A different ranking is evident when considering metropolitan area populations .
Population data based on the 2010 Census .[1]
Map of USA & Illinois 1 - Chicago , Largest city in Illinois 2 - Aurora 3 - Rockford 4 - Joliet 5 - Naperville 6 - Springfield 7 - Peoria 8 - Elgin 9 - Waukegan 10 - Cicero 11 - Champaign 12 - Bloomington 13 - Decatur 14 - Arlington Heights 15 - Evanston Rank Name Population County 1 Chicago 2,695,598 Cook 2 Aurora 197,899 Kane 3 Rockford 152,871 Winnebago 4 Joliet 147,433 Will 5 Naperville 141,853 DuPage 6 Springfield 116,250 Sangamon 7 Peoria 115,007 Peoria 8 Elgin 108,188 Kane 9 Waukegan 89,078 Lake 10 Cicero 83,891 Cook 11 Champaign 81,055 Champaign 12 Bloomington 76,610 McLean 13 Decatur 76,122 Macon 14 Arlington Heights 75,101 Cook 15 Evanston 74,486 Cook 16 Schaumburg 74,227 Cook 17 Bolingbrook 73,366 Will 18 Palatine 68,557 Cook 19 Skokie 64,784 Cook 20 Des Plaines 58,364 Cook 21 Orland Park 56,767 Cook 22 Tinley Park 56,703 Cook 23 Oak Lawn 56,690 Cook 24 Berwyn 56,657 Cook 25 Mount Prospect 54,167 Cook 26 Wheaton 52,894 DuPage 27 Normal 52,497 McLean 28 Hoffman Estates 51,895 Cook 29 Oak Park 51,878 Cook 30 Downers Grove 47,833 DuPage 31 Glenview 44,692 Cook 32 Belleville 44,478 St. Clair 33 Elmhurst 44,121 DuPage 34 DeKalb 43,862 DeKalb 35 Moline 43,483 Rock Island 36 Lombard 43,165 DuPage 37 Buffalo Grove 41,496 Lake 38 Urbana 41,250 Champaign 39 Bartlett 41,208 Cook 40 Crystal Lake 40,743 McHenry 41 Quincy 40,633 Adams 42 Streamwood 39,858 Cook 43 Carol Stream 39,711 DuPage 44 Romeoville 39,680 Will 45 Plainfield 39,581 Will 46 Rock Island 39,018 Rock Island 47 Hanover Park 37,973 Cook 48 Carpentersville 37,691 Kane 49 Wheeling 37,648 Cook 50 Park Ridge 37,480 Cook 51 Calumet City 37,042 Cook 52 Addison 36,942 DuPage 53 Glendale Heights 34,208 DuPage 54 Pekin 34,094 Tazewell 55 Northbrook 33,170 Cook 56 Elk Grove Village 33,127 Cook 57 Danville 33,027 Vermilion 58 St. Charles 32,974 Kane 59 Woodridge 32,971 DuPage 60 North Chicago 32,574 Lake 61 Galesburg 32,195 Knox 62 Gurnee 31,295 Lake 63 Mundelein 31,064 Lake 64 Oswego 30,355 Kendall 65 Chicago Heights 30,276 Cook 66 Algonquin 30,046 McHenry 67 Granite City 29,849 Madison 68 Niles 29,803 Cook 69 Highland Park 29,763 Lake 70 Lake in the Hills 28,965 McHenry 71 Burbank 28,925 Cook 72 Lansing 28,331 Cook 73 O'Fallon 28,281 St. Clair 74 Round Lake Beach 28,175 Lake 75 Oak Forest 27,962 Cook 76 Alton 27,865 Madison 77 Kankakee 27,537 Kankakee 78 Glen Ellyn 27,450 DuPage 79 Wilmette 27,087 Cook 80 West Chicago 27,086 DuPage 81 East St. Louis 27,006 St. Clair 82 McHenry 26,992 McHenry 83 Batavia 26,045 Kane 84 Carbondale 25,902 Jackson 85 Freeport 25,638 Stephenson 86 Belvidere 25,585 Boone 87 Collinsville 25,579 Madison 88 Melrose Park 25,411 Cook 89 Harvey 25,282 Cook 90 Vernon Hills 25,113 Lake 91 Elmwood Park 24,883 Cook 92 Lockport 24,839 Will 93 Woodstock 24,770 McHenry 94 Westmont 24,685 DuPage 95 Zion 24,413 Lake 96 New Lenox 24,394 Will 97 Edwardsville 24,293 Madison 98 Huntley 24,291 McHenry 99 Homer Glen 24,220 Will 100 Rolling Meadows 24,099 Cook 101 Maywood 24,090 Cook 102 Loves Park 23,996 Winnebago 103 Blue Island 23,706 Cook 104 Machesney Park 23,499 Winnebago 105 East Peoria 23,402 Tazewell 106 Morton Grove 23,270 Cook 107 Dolton 23,153 Cook 108 Roselle 22,763 DuPage 109 Lisle 22,390 DuPage 110 Darien 22,086 DuPage 111 South Holland 22,030 Cook 112 Bloomingdale 22,018 DuPage 113 South Elgin 21,985 Kane 114 Park Forest 21,975 Cook 115 Villa Park 21,904 DuPage 116 Charleston 21,838 Coles 117 Geneva 21,495 Kane 118 East Moline 21,302 Rock Island 119 Grayslake 20,957 Lake 120 Crest Hill 20,837 Will 121 Libertyville 20,315 Lake 122 Evergreen Park 19,852 Cook 123 Lake Zurich 19,631 Lake 124 Jacksonville 19,446 Morgan 125 Lake Forest 19,375 Lake 126 Homewood 19,323 Cook 127 Macomb 19,288 McDonough 128 Alsip 19,277 Cook 129 Bellwood 19,071 Cook 130 Matteson 19,009 Cook 131 Brookfield 18,978 Cook 132 Ottawa 18,768 LaSalle 133 Mokena 18,740 Will 134 Bourbonnais 18,631 Kankakee 135 Mattoon 18,555 Coles 136 Montgomery 18,438 Kane 137 Bensenville 18,352 DuPage 138 Franklin Park 18,333 Cook 139 Round Lake 18,289 Lake 140 Cary 18,271 McHenry 141 Deerfield 18,225 Lake 142 Godfrey 17,982 Madison 143 Frankfort 17,782 Will 144 Sycamore 17,519 DeKalb 145 Palos Hills 17,484 Cook 146 Marion 17,193 Williamson 147 Fairview Heights 17,078 St. Clair 148 Yorkville 16,921 Kendall 149 Hinsdale 16,816 DuPage 150 North Aurora 16,760 Kane