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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.
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 ]
Pages in category "Illinois counties" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. ... Coles County, Illinois; Collar counties; Cook County, Illinois;
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.
Illinois is the 13th-wealthiest of the 50 United States, with a per capita income of $37,728 according to the 2020 census. Illinois counties ranked by per capita income [ edit ]
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The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
Of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois, 17 are divided into minor civil divisions known as precincts. [1] The 261 [ citation needed ] such precincts in Illinois are listed below. The remaining 85 counties are divided into 1,433 townships . [ 1 ]