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Illinois
Illinois is a state in
the United States
named after the
Illinois Indian tribe,
which used to live State nickname: "Prairie State"
there. The capitol of State motto: "State sovereignty, national union"
Illinois is
Springfield and the
U.S. postal
abbreviation for the
state is IL. Capital Springfield
Largest City Chicago
USS Illinois was named Area Ranked 25th
in honor of this - Total 149,998 km2
state. - % water 4.02%
Population Ranked 5th
- Total (2000) 12,419,293
- Density 83/km2
Admittance into Union
- Order 21st
- Date December 3, 1818
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Latitude 36æ58'N to 42æ30'N
Length 630 km
Elevation
History -Highest 376 meters
-Mean 182 meters
Named for the Illinois -Lowest 85 meters
tribe of Native ISO 3166-2: US-IL
Americans, this state
is known as the "Land of Lincoln," because it's where the 16th president was
raised. Illinois became the 21st state in 1818. Illinois Territory was
created on February 3, 1809. Before becoming a state, Illinois was part of
the Northwest Territory.
The capital of the state is Springfield.
Geography
It is in the north central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan. Surrounding
states are Wisconsin to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Kentucky
to the south, and Indiana to the east.
Economy
The 1999 total gross state product for Illinois was $446 billion placing it
4th in the nation. The Per Capita Income was $32,259.
Illinois' agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy
products and wheat. Its industrial outputs are machinery, food processing,
electrical equipment, chemical products, publishing, fabricated metal
products, transportation equipment, petroleum and coal.
Demographics
The 2000 population of Illinois was 12,419,293. At the northern edge of the
state on Lake Michigan lies Chicago, the nation's third largest city. More
than half of the population lives in and around Chicago, the leading
industrial and transportation center in the region. The rest of the
population lives in the smaller cities and on the farms that dot the state's
gently rolling plains.
Important Cities and Towns
* Chicago * Joliet
* Rockford * Moline
* Aurora * Decatur
* Naperville * East St. Louis
* Peoria * Bloomington-Normal
* Springfield (the state capital) * Champaign-Urbana
* Rock Island
list of towns
Education Prairie State
Colleges and Universities State Animal: White-tailed deer
State Bird: Cardinal
* Augustana College State Capital: Springfield
* Aurora University State Fish: Bluegill
* Barat College
* Benedictine University State Flower: Purple violet
* Blackburn College State Insect: Monarch butterfly
* Bradley University
* The Chicago School of State Slogan: "Land of Lincoln"
Professional Psychology State Song: "Illinois"
* Chicago State University State Tree: White oak
* College of DuPage
* Columbia College
* Concordia University-River
Forest
* DePaul University
* DeVry University, DuPage
* Dominican University
* East-West University
* Eastern Illinois University
* Elmhurst College
* Erikson Institute
* Eureka College
* Governors State University
* Greenville College
* Illinois College
* Illinois Institute of
Technology
* Illinois State University
* Illinois Wesleyan University
* Judson College
* Kendall College
* Knox College
* Lake Forest College
* Lakeview College of Nursing
* Lewis University
* Lincoln Christian College and
Seminary
* Loyola University Chicago
* Lutheran School of Theology at
Chicago
* McKendree College
* McMurray College
* Midwestern University
* Millikin University
* Monmouth College
* Moody Bible Institute
* National University of Health
Sciences
* National-Louis University
* North Central College
* North Park College and
Theological Seminary
* Northeastern Illinois University
* Northern Illinois University
* Northwestern University
* Olivet Nazarene University
* Principia College
* Quincy University
* Robert Morris College
* Rockford College
* Roosevelt University
* Rush University
* Saint Anthony College of Nursing
* St. Xavier University
* School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
* Shimer College
* Southern Illinois University
System
o Southern Illinois
University Carbondale
o Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville
* Spertus Institute of Jewish
Studies
* Trinity Christian College
* Trinity International University
* University of Chicago
* University of Illinois System
o University of Illinois at
Chicago
o University of Illinois at
Springfield
o University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
* University of St. Francis
* Western Illinois University
* Wheaton College
Professional Sports Teams
* National Football League * Major League Baseball:
o Chicago Bears o Chicago Cubs
* National Basketball Association o Chicago White Sox
o Chicago Bulls * Minor League baseball teams:
* National Hockey League o Peoria Chiefs
o Chicago Black Hawks o Kane County Cougars
* Major League Soccer o Cook County Cheetahs
o Chicago Fire o Gateway Grizzlies
o Rockford RiverHawks
Miscellaneous Information
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, lived in Illinois
from a young age, and eventually served four terms in the Illinois State
Legislature. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President, was born and lived in
Illinois.
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