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Rank City Population Addison 37,000 Algonquin 29,800 Arlington Heights 74,100 Bartlett 40,300 Batavia 27,400 Belvidere 25,600 Bensenville 20,400 Berwyn 50,800 Bloomingdale 21,900 Bloomington 70,900 Buffalo Grove 43,200 Burbank 27,600 Carol Stream 40,000 Carpentersville 37,300 Cary 19,600 Champaign 73,600 Chicago 2,833,300 Cicero 81,800 Collinsville 25,600 Crest Hill 20,500 Crystal Lake 41,500 Darien 22,600 Decatur 77,000 Deerfield 19,600 DeKalb 42,500 Des Plaines 57,000 Dolton 24,200 Downers Grove 49,100 East Peoria 22,500 Edwardsville 24,200 Elgin 101,900 Elk Grove Village 33,600 Elmhurst 45,200 Elmwood Park 24,200 Evanston 75,500 Evergreen Park 19,600 Geneva 23,900 Glen Ellyn 27,200 Glendale Heights 32,300 Glenview 46,300 Goodings Grove 21,600 Grayslake 21,300 Gurnee 30,900 Hanover Park 37,100 Highland Park 31,600 Hoffman Estates 52,400 Huntley 20,000 Joliet 142,700 Lake Forest 21,300 Lake in the Hills 29,300 Lake Zurich 20,300 Lansing 27,000 Libertyville 21,900 Lisle 23,300 Lockport 23,800 Lombard 42,700 Loves Park 23,700 Machesney Park 22,400 McHenry 25,800 Morton Grove 22,400 Mount Prospect 54,100 Mundelein 33,000 New Lenox 24,000 Niles 29,000 Normal 50,600 Northbrook 34,100 O'Fallon 25,800 Oak Forest 27,900 Oak Lawn 53,700 Oak Park 50,200 Oswego 26,200 Palatine 67,300 Park Forest 22,800 Park Ridge 36,800 Peoria 113,100 Plainfield 31,900 Rockford 155,100 Rolling Meadows 23,600 Romeoville 36,800 Roselle 23,100 Round Lake Beach 28,200 Schaumburg 72,600 Skokie 66,600 South Elgin 21,000 South Holland 21,300 Springfield 116,400 St. Charles 32,600 Streamwood 37,500 Tinley Park 58,500 Vernon Hills 24,200 Villa Park 22,500 Waukegan 92,000 West Chicago 26,700 Westmont 25,000 Wheeling 36,400 Wilmette 26,700 Woodridge 34,300 Woodstock 22,700 Zion 24,800
From the August 2008 issue
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