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The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General Daniel Pope Cook, contained the absolute majority of the state's population in the first half of the 20th century and retains more than 40% of it as of the 2020 census.
The U.S. State of Illinois currently has 47 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 14 combined statistical areas, 12 metropolitan statistical areas, and 21 micropolitan statistical areas in Illinois. [1]
Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted. Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1]
Locally, Sangamon County saw a decrease from July 1 of 2020 to 2023 of 196,144 to 193,491, or 1.35% of the county's population was lost. An aerial view of Springfield is seen on Monday, April 1, 2024.
According to Census Bureau estimates, the county's population grew by 5.3% from 1990 to 2000, decreased by 3.4% between the 2000 census and the 2010 census, and ...
Lake County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342, [1] making it the third-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Waukegan, the tenth-largest city in Illinois. [2]
Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 696,355, an increase of 2.8% from 677,560 in 2010, making it Illinois's fourth-most populous county. [ 1 ]
Pope County is the southeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 3,763, [ 1 ] making it the second-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Golconda . [ 2 ]