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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.
There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
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Out of 102 counties in Illinois, seven saw growth: Brown County, Bureau County, Grundy County, Jo Daviess County, Kendall County, McHenry County and Will County – which saw its population ...
This is a list of census-designated places in the U.S. state of Illinois, by county. Census-designated places (CDPs) are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. [1] The term "census designated place" has been used as an official classification by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1980. [2]
A list of the five largest townships as far as population in Illinois: Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois - Population 180,802; Rockford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois - Population 178,853; Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois - Population 155,831; Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois - Population 152,239
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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] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]