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Illinois also has two counties named after the same person, New York governor DeWitt Clinton (DeWitt County, and Clinton County). Information on the FIPS county code , county seat , year of establishment, origin, etymology , population, area and map of each county is included in the table below.
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] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]
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.
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [202] The basic subdivision of Illinois are the 102 counties. [203] Eighty-five of the 102 counties are in turn divided into townships and precincts.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Cities in Illinois. ... Cities in Lee County, Illinois (1 C, 2 P) Cities in Livingston County, Illinois (3 C, 3 P)
Local government in the Illinois Territory, and the state of Illinois after 1818 statehood, was predominantly handled by the state's counties, although towns and villages also existed. Chicago was chartered as the state's first city in 1837.
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.