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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Springfield Metropolitan Area</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name"><small>Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area</small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Downtown Springfield and the Illinois State Capitol"><img alt="Downtown Springfield and the Illinois State Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg/300px-Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg/450px-Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg/600px-Illinois_State_Capitol_distance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3328" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Downtown Springfield and the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_Capitol" title="Illinois State Capitol">Illinois State Capitol</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 240px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="240" data-zoom="8" data-lat="39.82" data-lon="-89.57" data-overlays="["_0014c19a5b01d15f2fb772335c0aefab536fe0b8"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/39.82/-89.57/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,39.82,-89.57,290x240.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Springfield_metropolitan_area%2C_Illinois&revid=1217615275&groups=_0014c19a5b01d15f2fb772335c0aefab536fe0b8" width="290" height="240" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,39.82,-89.57,290x240@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Springfield_metropolitan_area%2C_Illinois&revid=1217615275&groups=_0014c19a5b01d15f2fb772335c0aefab536fe0b8 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln, IL <a href="/wiki/Combined_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Statistical Area">CSA</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#720000; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">City of Springfield</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D4AF37; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Springfield, IL <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">MSA</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1AA000; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Jacksonville, IL <a href="/wiki/%CE%9CSA" class="mw-redirect" title="ΜSA">µSA</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00FF40; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Taylorville, IL µSA</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFE00; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Lincoln, IL µSA</div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Illinois.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Time Zone (North America)">CDT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area</b>, as defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, is an area consisting of two counties in <a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a>, anchored by the city of <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census, 2000">2000 census</a>, the MSA had a population of 201,437 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 208,182).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Metropolitan Springfield is southwest of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, south of <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a>, southwest of <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>, and west of <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_more_than_100,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_more_than_100.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a> (Principal city)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_10,000_to_20,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_10.2C000_to_20.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Places with 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Illinois" title="Chatham, Illinois">Chatham</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_1,000_to_10,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_1.2C000_to_10.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Illinois" title="Athens, Illinois">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Illinois" title="Auburn, Illinois">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divernon,_Illinois" title="Divernon, Illinois">Divernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandview,_Illinois" title="Grandview, Illinois">Grandview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome,_Illinois" title="Jerome, Illinois">Jerome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland_Grove,_Illinois" title="Leland Grove, Illinois">Leland Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Berlin,_Illinois" title="New Berlin, Illinois">New Berlin</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee,_Illinois" title="Pawnee, Illinois">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Illinois" title="Petersburg, Illinois">Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverton,_Illinois" title="Riverton, Illinois">Riverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Illinois" title="Rochester, Illinois">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman,_Illinois" title="Sherman, Illinois">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_View,_Illinois" title="Southern View, Illinois">Southern View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virden,_Illinois" title="Virden, Illinois">Virden</a> (partial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsville,_Illinois" title="Williamsville, Illinois">Williamsville</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_500_to_1,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_500_to_1.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenview,_Illinois" title="Greenview, Illinois">Greenview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illiopolis,_Illinois" title="Illiopolis, Illinois">Illiopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loami,_Illinois" title="Loami, Illinois">Loami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Plains,_Illinois" title="Pleasant Plains, Illinois">Pleasant Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaulding,_Illinois" title="Spaulding, Illinois">Spaulding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallula,_Illinois" title="Tallula, Illinois">Tallula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thayer,_Illinois" title="Thayer, Illinois">Thayer</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_fewer_than_500_inhabitants">Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berlin,_Illinois" title="Berlin, Illinois">Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Illinois" title="Buffalo, Illinois">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantrall,_Illinois" title="Cantrall, Illinois">Cantrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Illinois" title="Clear Lake, Illinois">Clear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curran,_Illinois" title="Curran, Illinois">Curran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson,_Illinois" title="Dawson, Illinois">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicsburg,_Illinois" title="Mechanicsburg, Illinois">Mechanicsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakford,_Illinois" title="Oakford, Illinois">Oakford</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_places">Unincorporated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Unincorporated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew,_Illinois" title="Andrew, Illinois">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer,_Illinois" title="Archer, Illinois">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atterbury,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Atterbury, Illinois">Atterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barclay,_Illinois" title="Barclay, Illinois">Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates,_Illinois" title="Bates, Illinois">Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bissell,_Illinois" title="Bissell, Illinois">Bissell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivia,_Illinois" title="Bolivia, Illinois">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradfordton,_Illinois" title="Bradfordton, Illinois">Bradfordton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckenridge,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Breckenridge, Sangamon County, Illinois">Breckenridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cimic,_Illinois" title="Cimic, Illinois">Cimic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devereux_Heights,_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devereux Heights, Illinois (page does not exist)">Devereux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fancy_Prairie,_Illinois" title="Fancy Prairie, Illinois">Fancy Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_Illinois" title="Farmingdale, Illinois">Farmingdale</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenarm,_Illinois" title="Glenarm, Illinois">Glenarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubly,_Illinois" title="Hubly, Illinois">Hubly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iles_Park_Place,_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iles Park Place, Illinois (page does not exist)">Ildes Park Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowder,_Illinois" title="Lowder, Illinois">Lowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_City,_Illinois" title="New City, Illinois">New City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Berlin,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Berlin, Illinois">Old Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riddle_Hill,_Illinois" title="Riddle Hill, Illinois">Riddle Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roby,_Illinois" title="Roby, Illinois">Roby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Illinois" title="Salisbury, Illinois">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicily,_Illinois" title="Sicily, Illinois">Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Water,_Illinois" title="Sweet Water, Illinois">Sweet Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tice,_Illinois" title="Tice, Illinois">Tice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto,_Illinois" title="Toronto, Illinois">Toronto</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Townships_(Sangamon_County)"><span id="Townships_.28Sangamon_County.29"></span>Townships (Sangamon County)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Townships (Sangamon County)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auburn_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Auburn Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Ball Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Hart_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Buffalo Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartwright_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Cartwright Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Chatham Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Clear Lake Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Clear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Cooper Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Hill_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Cotton Hill Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Cotton Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curran_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Curran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divernon_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Divernon Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Divernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fancy_Creek_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Fancy Creek Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Fancy Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Gardner Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illiopolis_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Illiopolis Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Illiopolis</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Grove_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Island Grove Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Island Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanesville_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Lanesville Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Lanesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loami_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Loami Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Loami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Maxwell Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicsburg_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Mechanicsburg Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Mechanicsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Berlin_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="New Berlin Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">New Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Pawnee Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Rochester Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Salisbury Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Salisbury (former township)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Springfield Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talkington_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Talkington Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Talkington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Williams Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside_Township,_Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois">Woodside</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Precincts_(Menard_County)"><span 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North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg_South_Precinct,_Menard_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Petersburg South Precinct, Menard County, Illinois">Petersburg South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_Precinct,_Menard_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Creek Precinct, Menard County, Illinois">Rock Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Ridge_Precinct,_Menard_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand Ridge Precinct, Menard County, Illinois">Sand Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Grove_Precinct,_Menard_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar Grove Precinct, Menard County, Illinois">Sugar Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallula_Precinct,_Menard_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Tallula Precinct, Menard County, Illinois">Tallula</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The racial makeup of the MSA was 88.11% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 9.08% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.21% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.04% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.37% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.16% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.04% of the population. </p><p>The median income for a household in the MSA was $44,777, and the median income for a family was $53,448. Males had a median income of $37,283 versus $27,912 for females. 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society">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_teams_in_Illinois" title="List of professional sports teams in Illinois">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_state_symbols" title="List of Illinois state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourism_in_Illinois" title="Category:Tourism in Illinois">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois#Transportation" title="Illinois">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Illinois" title="List of windmills in Illinois">Windmills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Bottom" title="American Bottom">American Bottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington%E2%80%93Normal" title="Bloomington–Normal">Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana_metropolitan_area" title="Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area">Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collar_counties" title="Collar counties">Collar counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Belt" title="Corn Belt">Corn Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forgottonia" title="Forgottonia">Forgottonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Valley_(Illinois)" title="Fox Valley (Illinois)">Fox Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana%E2%80%93Kentucky_tri-state_area" title="Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area">Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_East" title="Metro East">Metro East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Lakeland" title="Metro Lakeland">Metro Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Chicago)" title="North Shore (Chicago)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois" title="Northern Illinois">Northern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Illinois" title="Northwestern Illinois">Northwestern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_metropolitan_area,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois">Peoria metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bend_(Illinois)" title="River Bend (Illinois)">River Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford_metropolitan_area,_Illinois" title="Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois">Rockford metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois" title="Southern Illinois">Southern Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Valley" title="Wabash Valley">Wabash Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton,_Illinois" title="Alton, Illinois">Alton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois" title="Granite City, Illinois">Granite City</a>/<a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Heights,_Illinois" title="Arlington Heights, Illinois">Arlington Heights</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palatine,_Illinois" title="Palatine, Illinois">Palatine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>/<a href="/wiki/Naperville,_Illinois" title="Naperville, Illinois">Naperville</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oswego,_Illinois" title="Oswego, Illinois">Oswego</a>/<a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_Illinois" title="Plainfield, Illinois">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_Illinois" title="Bartlett, Illinois">Bartlett</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hanover_Park,_Illinois" title="Hanover Park, Illinois">Hanover Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Streamwood,_Illinois" title="Streamwood, Illinois">Streamwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis,_Illinois" title="East St. Louis, Illinois">East St. Louis</a>/<a href="/wiki/Collinsville,_Illinois" title="Collinsville, Illinois">Collinsville</a>/<a href="/wiki/O%27Fallon,_Illinois" title="O'Fallon, Illinois">O'Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berwyn,_Illinois" title="Berwyn, Illinois">Berwyn</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cicero,_Illinois" title="Cicero, Illinois">Cicero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a>/<a href="/wiki/Normal,_Illinois" title="Normal, Illinois">Normal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolingbrook,_Illinois" title="Bolingbrook, Illinois">Bolingbrook</a>/<a href="/wiki/Romeoville,_Illinois" title="Romeoville, Illinois">Romeoville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Grove,_Illinois" title="Buffalo Grove, Illinois">Buffalo Grove</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_Illinois" title="Wheeling, Illinois">Wheeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_City,_Illinois" title="Calumet City, Illinois">Calumet City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Illinois" title="Canton, Illinois">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Stream,_Illinois" title="Carol Stream, Illinois">Carol Stream</a>/<a href="/wiki/Glendale_Heights,_Illinois" title="Glendale Heights, Illinois">Glendale Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centralia,_Illinois" title="Centralia, Illinois">Centralia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>/<a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois" title="Mattoon, Illinois">Mattoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Heights,_Illinois" title="Chicago Heights, Illinois">Chicago Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Lake,_Illinois" title="Crystal Lake, Illinois">Crystal Lake</a>/<a href="/wiki/Algonquin,_Illinois" title="Algonquin, Illinois">Algonquin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois" title="Sycamore, Illinois">Sycamore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Plaines,_Illinois" title="Des Plaines, Illinois">Des Plaines</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mount_Prospect,_Illinois" title="Mount Prospect, Illinois">Mount Prospect</a>/<a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge,_Illinois" title="Park Ridge, Illinois">Park Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon,_Illinois" title="Dixon, Illinois">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downers_Grove,_Illinois" title="Downers Grove, Illinois">Downers Grove</a>/<a href="/wiki/Woodridge,_Illinois" title="Woodridge, Illinois">Woodridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_Illinois" title="Effingham, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Illinois" title="Elgin, Illinois">Elgin</a>/<a href="/wiki/Carpentersville,_Illinois" title="Carpentersville, Illinois">Carpentersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmhurst,_Illinois" title="Elmhurst, Illinois">Elmhurst</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lombard,_Illinois" title="Lombard, Illinois">Lombard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Addison,_Illinois" title="Addison, Illinois">Addison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois" title="Skokie, Illinois">Skokie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenview,_Illinois" title="Glenview, Illinois">Glenview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northbrook,_Illinois" title="Northbrook, Illinois">Northbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Illinois" title="Harrisburg, Illinois">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee,_Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois">Kankakee</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bradley,_Illinois" title="Bradley, Illinois">Bradley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais,_Illinois" title="Bourbonnais, Illinois">Bourbonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a>/<a href="/wiki/Herrin,_Illinois" title="Herrin, Illinois">Herrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Moline,_Illinois" title="East Moline, Illinois">East Moline</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundelein,_Illinois" title="Mundelein, Illinois">Mundelein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Lawn,_Illinois" title="Oak Lawn, Illinois">Oak Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois" title="Oak Park, Illinois">Oak Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orland_Park,_Illinois" title="Orland Park, Illinois">Orland Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tinley_Park,_Illinois" title="Tinley Park, Illinois">Tinley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a>/<a href="/wiki/Streator,_Illinois" title="Streator, Illinois">Streator</a>/<a href="/wiki/LaSalle,_Illinois" title="LaSalle, Illinois">LaSalle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Peru,_Illinois" title="Peru, Illinois">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a>/<a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Morton,_Illinois" title="Morton, Illinois">Morton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington,_Illinois" title="Washington, Illinois">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochelle,_Illinois" title="Rochelle, Illinois">Rochelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a>/<a href="/wiki/Belvidere,_Illinois" title="Belvidere, Illinois">Belvidere</a>/<a href="/wiki/Machesney_Park,_Illinois" title="Machesney Park, Illinois">Machesney Park</a>/<a href="/wiki/Loves_Park,_Illinois" title="Loves Park, Illinois">Loves Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Illinois" title="St. Charles, Illinois">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schaumburg,_Illinois" title="Schaumburg, Illinois">Schaumburg</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hoffman_Estates,_Illinois" title="Hoffman Estates, Illinois">Hoffman Estates</a>/<a href="/wiki/Elk_Grove_Village,_Illinois" title="Elk Grove Village, Illinois">Elk Grove Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Illinois" title="Sterling, Illinois">Sterling</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rock_Falls,_Illinois" title="Rock Falls, Illinois">Rock Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Chicago,_Illinois" title="North Chicago, Illinois">North Chicago</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gurnee,_Illinois" title="Gurnee, Illinois">Gurnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois" title="Wheaton, Illinois">Wheaton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Illinois" title="List of counties in Illinois">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_Illinois" title="Alexander County, Illinois">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Illinois" title="Boone County, Illinois">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois" title="Clay County, Illinois">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Illinois" title="Gallatin County, Illinois">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Illinois" title="Jasper County, Illinois">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois" title="Jo Daviess County, Illinois">Jo Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Illinois" title="Johnson County, Illinois">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois" title="Lawrence County, Illinois">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Illinois" title="Marion County, Illinois">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massac_County,_Illinois" title="Massac County, Illinois">Massac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">McDonough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogle_County,_Illinois" title="Ogle County, Illinois">Ogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Illinois" title="Perry County, Illinois">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piatt_County,_Illinois" title="Piatt County, Illinois">Piatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Illinois" title="Pope County, Illinois">Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Illinois" title="Pulaski County, Illinois">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_Illinois" title="Randolph County, Illinois">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Illinois" title="Richland County, Illinois">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_County,_Illinois" title="Rock Island County, Illinois">Rock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Illinois" title="Saline County, Illinois">Saline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">Schuyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenson_County,_Illinois" title="Stephenson County, Illinois">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois" title="Union County, Illinois">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">Vermilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_County,_Illinois" title="Wabash County, Illinois">Wabash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Illinois" title="Washington County, Illinois">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Illinois" title="Wayne County, Illinois">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_County,_Illinois" title="White County, Illinois">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomington, Illinois metropolitan area">Bloomington-Normal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana_metropolitan_area" title="Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area">Champaign–Urbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois,_metropolitan_area" title="Peoria, Illinois, metropolitan area">Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area">Springfield</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="11" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Central_Illinois.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Central Illinois"><img alt="Map of Central Illinois" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Central_Illinois.svg/75px-Map_of_Illinois_highlighting_Central_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="134" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Illinois" title="Clark County, Illinois">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois" title="Edwards County, Illinois">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">McDonough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piatt_County,_Illinois" title="Piatt County, Illinois">Piatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">Schuyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_Illinois" title="Stark County, Illinois">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">Vermilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Illinois" title="Woodford County, Illinois">Woodford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principal cities (30,000+)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normal,_Illinois" title="Normal, Illinois">Normal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois"><i>Springfield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mid-size cities (10,000-30,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Illinois" title="Canton, Illinois">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Illinois" title="Chatham, Illinois">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Peoria,_Illinois" title="East Peoria, Illinois">East Peoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham,_Illinois" title="Effingham, Illinois">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois" title="Mattoon, Illinois">Mattoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton,_Illinois" title="Morton, Illinois">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rantoul,_Illinois" title="Rantoul, Illinois">Rantoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streator,_Illinois" title="Streator, Illinois">Streator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Illinois" title="Washington, Illinois">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transit systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County_Area_Rural_Transit_System" title="Champaign County Area Rural Transit System">Champaign County Area Rural Transit System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana_Mass_Transit_District" title="Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District">Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County_Zipline" title="Coles County Zipline">Coles County Zipline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connect_Transit" title="Connect Transit">Connect Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville_Mass_Transit" title="Danville Mass Transit">Danville Mass Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_Public_Transit_System" title="Decatur Public Transit System">Decatur Public Transit System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg_Transit" title="Galesburg Transit">Galesburg Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go_West_Transit" title="Go West Transit">Go West Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Peoria_Mass_Transit_District" title="Greater Peoria Mass Transit District">Greater Peoria Mass Transit District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Transit_Lines" title="Quincy Transit Lines">Quincy Transit Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_Mass_Transit_District" title="Sangamon Mass Transit District">Sangamon Mass Transit District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlinville_station" title="Carlinville station">Carlinville station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Terminal" title="Illinois Terminal">Champaign station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_station" title="Dwight station">Dwight station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_station" title="Effingham station">Effingham station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galesburg_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Galesburg station">Galesburg station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilman_station" title="Gilman station">Gilman station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_station_(Illinois)" title="Lincoln station (Illinois)">Lincoln station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_station" title="Macomb station">Macomb station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattoon_station" title="Mattoon station">Mattoon station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Station" title="Uptown Station">Normal station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac_station_(Illinois)" title="Pontiac station (Illinois)">Pontiac station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_station_(Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quincy station (Illinois)">Quincy station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rantoul_station" title="Rantoul station">Rantoul station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_station_(Illinois)" title="Springfield station (Illinois)">Springfield station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield-Sangamon_Transportation_Center" title="Springfield-Sangamon Transportation Center">Springfield-Sangamon Transportation Center</a> 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href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Illinois" title="List of airports in Illinois">Commercial airports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Capital_Airport" title="Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport">Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois_Regional_Airport" title="Central Illinois Regional Airport">Central Illinois Regional Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_Airport" title="Decatur Airport">Decatur Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Wayne_A._Downing_Peoria_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport">General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Regional_Airport" title="Quincy Regional Airport">Quincy Regional Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Willard_Airport" title="University of Illinois Willard Airport">University of Illinois Willard Airport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Butler_National_Cemetery" title="Camp Butler National Cemetery">Camp Butler National Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Ellis" title="Camp Ellis">Camp Ellis</a> <i>(closed)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanute_Air_Force_Base" title="Chanute Air Force Base">Chanute Air Force Base</a> <i>(closed)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Crevecoeur" title="Fort Crevecoeur">Fort Crevecoeur (Colonial French)</a></li> <li><a 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