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Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country.

With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is a major transportation hub. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the St. Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean; as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois River. For decades, O'Hare International Airport has ranked as one of the world\'s busiest airports.

As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics. In the 1810s, settlers began arriving from Kentucky. In 1818 Illinois achieved statehood. The state's population originally grew from south to north. Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world\'s most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. By 1900, the growth of industrial jobs in the northern cities and coal mining in the central and southern areas attracted immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Illinois was an important manufacturing center during both world wars.

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The Great Migration established a large community of African Americans in Chicago that created the city's famous jazz and blues cultures. Three U.S. Presidents have been elected while living in Illinois Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama. Additionally, President Ronald Reagan, whose political career was based in California, was the only US President actually born and raised in Illinois. Today, Illinois honors Lincoln with its official state slogan, Land of Lincoln, which has been displayed on its license plates since 1954.

 

  Illinois in Numbers:
 
img Horse Population: 142,400 horses
img Acres Used for Horse-Related Activities: 250,500 acres
img Population: 12,580,000
img Land area: 55,584 sq. miles
img Capital: Springfield
img Counties: 102
img Highest Point : Charles Mound: 1,235 feet
img Lowest Point : Mississippi River 279 feet
img 5 Largest Cities :
 
  • Chicago: 2,721,910
  • Aurora: 181,400
  • Joliet: 150,220
  • Naperville: 149,080
  • Rockford: 148,170

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