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Quick: What are the five most populous cities in Illinois? Duh, Chicago numero uno with 2.84 million people according to the latest counts, but the rest?
Aurora (170,855), Rockford (156,596), Joliet (144,316), and Naperville (142,479). Rockford, you sneaky bastard! Thanks to a little over 4,000 new residents, Joliet edged out Naperville for the first time this year.
The new numbers out today are estimates for the population through July 2007. Elgin is the 20th fastest growing city in America, and Joliet is the 32nd fastest. [ABC 7]
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chicago gained 8000 people. hmm.
without looking ...
naperville
aurora
rockford
peoria
?
oh ... i thought you wanted the five after chicago. and i really didn't look. i went right to comments without realizing the numbers were right in the post. i thought it was going to be linked! oh, joliet, you sneaky bastard!
as my friend's dad says, "there's nothing jolly about joliet!"
ha! i comment again. sorry. i really do skim these posts. only to see that the phrase "you sneaky bastard" was used in the post itself. oh, that's what speed reading gets you.
It will be interesting (that is, probably depressing) in the next full census to see how well the city has held onto young professionals starting families. I think that is a key indicator of a city's health.
amtilda - i agree.
whats the city council upset about we are losing gangbangers and gaining yuppies and emptynesters.
I see the pop. in Rockford has grown a couple of 1000. We used to be 2nd largest. Most still live here, just in adjecent "safer" burb type towns. The growth is mostly due to Rockford inheriting a lot of the Cabrini Green and other Chicago housing transferees when they shut those hellholes down. Now it's like the wild wild west here...shoot em ups every night...gang warfare everywhere. Batman...we need you!