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Rank City Population Addison 37,000 Algonquin 30,300 Alsip 18,800 Antioch 13,700 Aurora 170,900 Barrington 10,400 Bartlett 41,300 Belleville 41,000 Bensenville 20,300 Bloomingdale 21,900 Bourbonnais 17,900 Bradley 14,600 Bridgeview 15,000 Brookfield 18,200 Burbank 27,600 Carol Stream 39,800 Cary 19,600 Channahon 13,800 Chicago 2,836,700 Chicago Ridge 13,400 Clarendon Hills 8,600 Collinsville 25,900 Crestwood 11,100 Crete 9,000 Crystal Lake 41,600 Darien 22,400 Downers Grove 49,000 Edwardsville 24,500 Elgin 104,300 Elk Grove Village 33,500 Elmhurst 45,300 Evergreen Park 19,500 Flossmoor 9,400 Forest Park 15,300 Fox Lake 11,100 Frankfort 17,500 Gages Lake 11,000 Geneva 24,200 Glen Ellyn 27,200 Glendale Heights 32,000 Glenview 46,300 Glenwood 8,600 Godfrey 17,400 Goodings Grove 23,000 Grayslake 21,600 Gurnee 30,600 Hazel Crest 14,200 Hickory Hills 13,400 Homewood 18,600 Huntley 21,900 Itasca 8,600 Joliet 144,300 La Grange 15,300 La Grange Park 12,500 Lake in the Hills 29,600 Lake Villa 8,700 Lake Zurich 20,600 Lansing 26,900 Lemont 16,000 Libertyville 21,800 Lincolnwood 11,900 Lindenhurst 14,600 Lisle 23,100 Lombard 42,800 Loves Park 24,200 McHenry 26,500 Minooka 10,300 Mokena 18,900 Montgomery 14,700 Morton Grove 22,500 Mundelein 32,700 Naperville 142,500 New Lenox 24,700 Niles 28,800 Norridge 14,000 North Aurora 15,600 Northbrook 34,000 Northlake 11,500 O'Fallon 27,100 Oak Forest 27,900 Oak Park 49,900 Oswego 29,000 Palos Heights 12,500 Palos Hills 17,000 Park Ridge 36,800 Peoria 113,500 Plainfield 35,400 Prospect Heights 16,100 River Grove 10,100 Rockford 156,600 Rolling Meadows 23,600 Romeoville 37,100 Roscoe 8,800 Roselle 23,300 Shorewood 14,800 South Elgin 21,000 South Holland 21,200 Springfield 117,100 St. Charles 32,800 Steger 10,500 Streamwood 37,300 Sugar Grove 9,500 Swansea 12,800 Sycamore 17,200 Troy 9,700 Vernon Hills 24,100 Villa Park 22,300 Warrenville 13,100 Wauconda 12,000 Waukegan 91,100 West Chicago 26,500 Westchester 15,800 Western Springs 12,600 Westmont 25,000 Wheeling 36,100 Willowbrook 8,900 Winfield 10,000 Wood Dale 13,800 Woodridge 34,200 Woodstock 23,200 Yorkville 15,200
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