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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><p><b>Joliet</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">JOH</span>-lee-et, -⁠<span style="font-size:90%">ET</span></i></a>) is a city in <a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a> counties in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. It is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of Will County. It had a population of 150,362 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Illinois" title="List of municipalities in Illinois">third-most populous city in Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Joliet, Illinois</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Illinois">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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href="/wiki/Louis_Jolliet" title="Louis Jolliet">Louis Jolliet</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Joliet_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Joliet in Will and Kendall counties in Illinois"><img alt="Location of Joliet in Will and Kendall counties in Illinois" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Will_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Joliet_Highlighted.svg/250px-Will_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Joliet_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Will_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Joliet_Highlighted.svg/375px-Will_County_Illinois_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Joliet_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Joliet,_Illinois&params=41_31_47_N_88_04_22_W_type:city(150362)_region:US-IL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°31′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°04′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.52972°N 88.07278°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.52972; -88.07278</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Illinois" title="List of counties in Illinois">Counties</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Townships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Joliet Township, Will County, Illinois">Joliet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Township, Will County, Illinois">Troy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plainfield_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Plainfield Township, Will County, Illinois">Plainfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockport_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockport Township, Will County, Illinois">Lockport</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Lenox_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="New Lenox Township, Will County, Illinois">New Lenox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson Township, Will County, Illinois">Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channahon_Township,_Will_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois">Channahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seward_Township,_Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois">Seward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Na-Au-Say_Township,_Kendall_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Na-Au-Say Township, Kendall County, Illinois">Na-Au-Say</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1833</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1852</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Jolliet" title="Louis Jolliet">Louis Jolliet</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terry_D%27Arcy" title="Terry D'Arcy">Terry D'Arcy</a> Marie Ann Woods - (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">65.82 sq mi (170.48 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">65.08 sq mi (168.56 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.74 sq mi (1.92 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">610 ft (190 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">150,362</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population" title="List of United States cities by population">178th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,310.31/sq mi (892.02/km<sup>2</sup>)</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><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">60431–60436, 60441, 60586</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_815_and_779" title="Area codes 815 and 779">815, 779</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">17-38570</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Airport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Regional_Airport" title="Joliet Regional Airport">Joliet Regional Airport</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2395477<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Demonym</th><td class="infobox-data">Jolietan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Wikimedia Commons</th><td class="infobox-data">Joliet, Illinois</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.joliet.gov/">www<wbr></wbr>.joliet<wbr></wbr>.gov</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup id="cite_ref-2010_cp_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_cp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2020_census"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">2020 census</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#2010_census"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">2010 census</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Largest_employers"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Largest employers</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Arts_and_culture"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Arts and culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Sports"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Sports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Parks_and_recreation"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Parks and recreation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Golf_courses"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Golf courses</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Family_entertainment"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Family entertainment</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Bicycle_trails"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Bicycle trails</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Colleges_and_universities"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Colleges and universities</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#High_schools"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">High schools</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Elementary_and_middle_schools"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Elementary and middle schools</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Career_training"><span class="tocnumber">8.4</span> <span class="toctext">Career training</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Infrastructure"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Infrastructure</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Transportation"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Transportation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-23"><a href="#Airports"><span class="tocnumber">9.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Airports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24"><a href="#Major_highways"><span class="tocnumber">9.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Major highways</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Hospitals"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Hospitals</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Notable_people"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#In_popular_culture"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">In popular culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>In 1673, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jolliet" title="Louis Jolliet">Louis Jolliet</a>, along with Father <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Marquette" title="Jacques Marquette">Jacques Marquette</a>, paddled up the Des Plaines River and camped on a huge earthwork mound, a few miles south of present-day Joliet.<sup id="cite_ref-encychi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encychi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maps from Jolliet's exploration of the area showed a large hill or mound down river from Chicago, labeled Mont Joliet.<sup id="cite_ref-1674-map_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1674-map-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mound has since been flattened due to <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a>. </p><p>In 1833, following the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War" title="Black Hawk War">Black Hawk War</a>, Charles Reed built a cabin along the west side of the <a href="/wiki/Des_Plaines_River" title="Des Plaines River">Des Plaines River</a>. Across the river in 1834, James B. Campbell, treasurer of the canal commissioners, laid out the village of "Juliet", a corruption of "Joliet" that was also in use at the time. Just before the economic depression of 1837, Juliet incorporated as a village, but to cut tax expenses, Juliet residents soon petitioned the state to rescind that incorporation. </p><p>In 1845, local residents changed the community's name from "Juliet" to "Joliet", reflecting the original name. Joliet was reincorporated as a city in 1852. Cornelius Covenhoven Van Horne was active in getting the city its first <a href="/wiki/City_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="City Charter">charter</a>, and because of this, he was elected Joliet's first <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>. When the city later built a new bridge, it was named the Van Horne Bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>According to the 2010 census, Joliet has a total area of 62.768 square miles (162.57 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 62.11 square miles (160.86 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 98.95%) are land and 0.658 square miles (1.70 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 1.05%) is covered by water.<sup id="cite_ref-census-g001_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-g001-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a sprawling, irregular shape that extends into nine different townships, more than any other Illinois city. They are: Joliet, Plainfield, Troy, New Lenox, Jackson, Channahon, and Lockport in Will County, and Na-Au-Say and Seward in Kendall County. Joliet developed along the Des Plaines River, and its downtown is located in the river valley. </p><p>Joliet has a "west side" and "<a href="/wiki/Joliet_East_Side_Historic_District" title="Joliet East Side Historic District">east side</a>", referring to areas in relation to the river. </p><p>With the construction of highways and suburban development to the west, many businesses moved from the downtown area to the expanding areas west of the river. Many stores relocated to the west side in new strip malls and shopping centers with more parking and easier access. These changes resulted in the decline of the downtown shopping district, which is still felt today. Today, Joliet has a "west side" and a "far west side" (which includes all city limits in Kendall County). This has given rise to a newly referenced "Central Joliet" portion of the city, which essentially is all land west of the Des Plaines River and east of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_55" title="Interstate 55">Interstate 55</a>. This new reference may soon change the current meaning of "west side" to west of I-55.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Joliet has a hot summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfa</i>) with hot, humid summers, and cold winters with moderate to heavy snowfall. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Joliet, Illinois (Brandon Dam), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1975–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br>(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br>(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br>(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br>(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br>(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br>(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br>(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br>(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br>(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br>(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br>(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br>(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104<br>(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br>(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.0<br>(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.5<br>(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9<br>(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.7<br>(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.6<br>(33.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.7<br>(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.6<br>(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.6<br>(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.3<br>(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.2<br>(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.7<br>(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">95.0<br>(35.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br>(−0.5) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br>(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.0<br>(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br>(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.0<br>(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.3<br>(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br>(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br>(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.2<br>(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br>(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.5<br>(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br>(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.5<br>(15.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br>(−4.5) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br>(−2.4) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.1<br>(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.4<br>(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.2<br>(15.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.1<br>(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9<br>(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.3<br>(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br>(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br>(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.4<br>(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br>(−1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">50.4<br>(10.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br>(−8.6) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br>(−6.8) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br>(−1.6) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br>(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.4<br>(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br>(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br>(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.9<br>(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.3<br>(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br>(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br>(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br>(−5.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.2<br>(5.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.4<br>(−20.8) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br>(−17.4) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br>(−11.1) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br>(−3.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br>(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.1<br>(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.1<br>(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.6<br>(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br>(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br>(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br>(−7.4) </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br>(−16.1) </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−9.1<br>(−22.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br>(−32) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−20<br>(−29) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br>(−22) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br>(−12) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br>(−8) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br>(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br>(8) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br>(4) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br>(0) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br>(−8) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br>(−19) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−20<br>(−29) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−26<br>(−32) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.99<br>(51) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.78<br>(45) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.27<br>(58) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.93<br>(100) </td> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.53<br>(115) </td> <td style="background: #57FF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.30<br>(109) </td> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.55<br>(116) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.97<br>(101) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.17<br>(81) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.14<br>(80) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.46<br>(62) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.94<br>(49) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.03<br>(966) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.0<br>(13) </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.2<br>(16) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br>(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br>(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br>(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br>(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br>(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.9<br>(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.4 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">122.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2 </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-nws_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon 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.us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>2,558</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,659</td><td></td><td>3.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>7,104</td><td></td><td>167.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>7,263</td><td></td><td>2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>11,657</td><td></td><td>60.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>23,264</td><td></td><td>99.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>29,353</td><td></td><td>26.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>34,670</td><td></td><td>18.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>38,442</td><td></td><td>10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>42,993</td><td></td><td>11.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>42,365</td><td></td><td>−1.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>51,601</td><td></td><td>21.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>66,780</td><td></td><td>29.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>78,827</td><td></td><td>18.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>77,956</td><td></td><td>−1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>76,836</td><td></td><td>−1.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>106,221</td><td></td><td>38.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>147,459</td><td></td><td>38.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>150,362</td><td></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020 census" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Joliet city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>64,811 </td> <td>78,159 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">67,903 </td> <td>61.02% </td> <td>53.01% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">45.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>19,125 </td> <td>23,025 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">23,814 </td> <td>18.00% </td> <td>15.62% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">15.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>159 </td> <td>192 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">156 </td> <td>0.15% </td> <td>0.13% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,190 </td> <td>2,747 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,927 </td> <td>1.12% </td> <td>1.86% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>14 </td> <td>18 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">21 </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>103 </td> <td>153 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">464 </td> <td>0.10% </td> <td>0.10% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,267 </td> <td>2,097 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,567 </td> <td>1.19% </td> <td>1.42% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>19,552 </td> <td>41,042 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">50,510 </td> <td>18.41% </td> <td>27.84% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">33.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>106,221</b> </td> <td><b>147,433</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>150,362</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010 census" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010, 147,433 people, 48,019 households, and 34,900 families were residing in the city. The population density was 2,288.3 inhabitants per square mile (883.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The 51,285 housing units averaged 796 per square mile (307.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">racial makeup</a> of the city was 67.48% White, 15.98% African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.93% Asian, 11.34% from other races, and 2.95% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 27.84% of the population. </p><p>Of the 48,019 households, 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 14% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were not families. About 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01, and the average family size was 3.56.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the city, the population is 30.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Median_income" title="Median income">median income</a> for a household in the city was $60,976, and for a family was $69,386. Full-time, year-round working males had a median income of $51,082 versus $39,235 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $24,374. About 10.4% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011, Joliet was the fastest-growing city in the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> and the 18th-fastest growing city in the United States among incorporated places with more than 100,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-census.gov_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census.gov-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Religion" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>According to the official website for the city of Joliet: </p> <blockquote> <p>Joliet's diverse faith community represents over 60 denominations and offers residents services at more than 150 churches, synagogues, and houses of worship. Along with their spiritual offerings, these houses of worship enrich the Joliet area by providing some of the area's finest examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, and Renaissance architecture. The spiritual community in Joliet welcomes newcomers with open arms, offering regular worship services and religious education.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>Joliet holds a very large Catholic population, and many Catholic institutions, including <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Catholic_Academy" title="Joliet Catholic Academy">Joliet Catholic Academy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Francis" class="mw-redirect" title="University of St Francis">University of St Francis</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20200829-DSCF4977_(50359243676).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg/220px-20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg/220px-20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg/330px-20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg/440px-20200829-DSCF4977_%2850359243676%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The former <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Correctional_Center" title="Joliet Correctional Center">Joliet Correctional Center</a>, now a museum</figcaption></figure> <p>Like many Midwestern and East Coast cities dependent on manufacturing industries, Joliet has experienced past economic troubles. As of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the rate of unemployment in Joliet was around 8.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is evolving from a steel and manufacturing suburb to a commuter suburb in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metropolitan area</a>. Some new migrants to the Chicago area are working in bordering Cook County (the nation's second-most populous county) and living in Joliet. </p><p>The downtown area of Joliet has slowly attracted new businesses to the area. The main attractions in Joliet's city center are the <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Joliet" title="Harrah's Joliet">Harrah's Casino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Slammers" title="Joliet Slammers">Joliet Slammers</a> baseball (<a href="/wiki/Duly_Health_and_Care_Field" title="Duly Health and Care Field">Duly Health and Care Field</a>), Hollywood Casino, and the <a href="/wiki/Rialto_Square_Theatre" title="Rialto Square Theatre">Rialto Square Theatre</a>, also known as the 'Jewel of Joliet',<sup id="cite_ref-Huebner2001_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huebner2001-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been called one of the world's 10 most beautiful theaters. The 1999 film <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_of_Echoes" title="Stir of Echoes">Stir of Echoes</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Bacon" title="Kevin Bacon">Kevin Bacon</a> had scenes shot on at the Rialto Square Theatre (the hypnotism scenes in which James saw the word "Dig" on the movie screen), at the corner of Scott Street and Washington, and at the old Menards that took over the <a href="/wiki/Wieboldt%27s" title="Wieboldt's">Wieboldt's</a> building at Jefferson Square Mall. </p><p>The Illinois Youth Center Joliet, a juvenile correctional facility of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Department_of_Juvenile_Justice" title="Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice">Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice</a>, opened in April 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_employers">Largest employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Largest employers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>According to the city's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest employers in the city are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th>Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center </td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will County</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">2,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Junior_College" title="Joliet Junior College">Joliet Junior College</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">1,553 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Public_Schools_District_86" title="Joliet Public Schools District 86">Joliet Public Schools District 86</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">1,256 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Township_High_School_District_204" title="Joliet Township High School District 204">Joliet Township High School District 204</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">916 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>City of Joliet </td> <td style="text-align: right;">894 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Joliet" title="Harrah's Joliet">Harrah's Joliet</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil">ExxonMobil</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">680 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Hollywood Casino Joliet </td> <td style="text-align: right;">600 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Arts and culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Will_County,_Illinois" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Will County, Illinois">National Register of Historic Places listings in Will County, Illinois</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL,_23_Nov_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg/220px-Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg/220px-Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg/330px-Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg/440px-Rialto_Square_Theatre_in_Joliet_IL%2C_23_Nov_2012.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Rialto_Square_Theatre" title="Rialto Square Theatre">Rialto Square Theatre</a> in downtown Joliet</figcaption></figure> <p>The Rialto Square Theatre, a favorite haunt of <a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a> and filming location for scenes from Kevin Bacon's film <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_of_Echoes" title="Stir of Echoes">Stir of Echoes</a></i>, is on Chicago Street, downtown.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near the theatre, the <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Area_Historical_Museum" title="Joliet Area Historical Museum">Joliet Area Historical Museum</a> commemorates the history of Joliet, especially its heritage as a stopping point on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_66" title="U.S. Route 66">U.S. Route 66</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JAHM_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAHM-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among local landmarks are the <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Speedway" title="Chicagoland Speedway">Chicagoland Speedway</a> (<a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Route_66_Raceway" title="Route 66 Raceway">Route 66 Raceway</a> (<a href="/wiki/NHRA" class="mw-redirect" title="NHRA">NHRA</a>). </p><p>The Auditorium Building is located at the northeast corner of Chicago and Clinton Streets. Designed by G. Julian Barnes and built of limestone in 1891, it was controversial as one of the first buildings to combine religious, civic, and commercial uses. Nonetheless, people such <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> visited and spoke at the building.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was originally built for the <a href="/wiki/Universalist_Unitarian_Church_of_Joliet" title="Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet">Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet</a>, but the church sold the building in 1993, and it is no longer home to the congregation.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Jacob A. Henry Mansion, 20 South Eastern Avenue, is a three-story, red-brick, Second Empire/Italian Renaissance-style structure built on a <a href="/wiki/Joliet_limestone" class="mw-redirect" title="Joliet limestone">Joliet limestone</a> foundation in 1873 (completed in 1876). The structure is set on bedrock and the entire basement floor is made of Joliet limestone from the building owner's quarry. The walls of the structure are constructed of red Illinois sandstone and deep red brick specially fired in Ohio (wrapped individually and shipped by barge to Joliet). A commanding three-story tower is the focal point of the structure. The structure has steel trim with slate shingles on a mansard roof. The front and side porches are single slabs of limestone. The largest stone ever quarried lies in the sidewalk under the front entry gate. The stone is 9×22×20 ft. In 1885, an immense Byzantine dome was added to the south façade.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The interior of the Jacob A. Henry Mansion has elaborate polished-walnut woodwork, massive, carved pocket doors, original wood mantles, and a solid-walnut staircase. The original owner, Mr. Henry, was a railroad magnate, building railroads in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. He had ownership in a local quarry and was a principal stockholder in Will County National Bank. The mansion won the architecture award at the American Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia in 1876.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The structure is a local landmark, part of the East Side National Register District and individually listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Joliet Prison">Joliet Prison</a> is located near Joliet's downtown district on Collins Street. The prison has been featured in both television shows and movies. One such television series filmed there was <i><a href="/wiki/Prison_Break" title="Prison Break">Prison Break</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prison was also used for the opening scenes in the 1980 movie, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)" title="The Blues Brothers (film)">The Blues Brothers</a></i>, which starred <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a> as "Joliet" Jake Blues and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a> as Elwood Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Dairy_Queen" title="Dairy Queen">Dairy Queen</a> store opened in Joliet.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The location is now occupied by Universal Church. </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a> originated as <a href="/wiki/Riverboat_casino" title="Riverboat casino">riverboat casino</a> in Joliet: the Hollywood Casino near <a href="/wiki/Channahon,_Illinois" title="Channahon, Illinois">Channahon</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrah's">Harrah's</a> hotel and casino downtown. Joliet is the only city in Illinois to have two casinos.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Louis_Joliet_Mall" title="Louis Joliet Mall">Louis Joliet Mall</a> is located near the intersection of <a href="/wiki/I-55" class="mw-redirect" title="I-55">I-55</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_30" title="U.S. Route 30">U.S. Route 30</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Army_Ammunition_Plant" title="Joliet Army Ammunition Plant">Joliet Arsenal</a> (now the site of both the <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_National_Cemetery" title="Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery">Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Midewin_National_Tallgrass_Prairie" title="Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie">Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie</a>) is in nearby <a href="/wiki/Elwood,_Illinois" title="Elwood, Illinois">Elwood</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>Joliet is home to three high schools that bear its name: <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Central_High_School" title="Joliet Central High School">Joliet Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joliet_West_High_School" title="Joliet West High School">Joliet West</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Catholic_Academy" title="Joliet Catholic Academy">Joliet Catholic Academy</a> (JCA), in addition to the closed Joliet East,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> each of which has sports programs. JCA has been a major football powerhouse for many years and has won more state football titles than any other team in the state, with 15 as of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joliet is the home of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Francis" class="mw-redirect" title="University of St Francis">University of St Francis</a> athletics, nicknamed the Fighting Saints. The Fighting Saints participate in 20 intercollegiate varsity sports as a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) in the <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference">Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference</a> (CCAC) and <a href="/wiki/Mid-States_Football_Association" title="Mid-States Football Association">Mid-States Football Association</a> (MSFA).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joliet also is home to a minor-league baseball team, the <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Slammers" title="Joliet Slammers">Joliet Slammers</a> of the independent <a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a>. Since the beginning of the 2011 season, they have played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Duly_Health_and_Care_Field" title="Duly Health and Care Field">Duly Health and Care Field</a>. The Slammers replace the former <a href="/wiki/Joliet_JackHammers" title="Joliet JackHammers">Joliet JackHammers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a>. The Joliet Slammers won the 2011 Frontier League Championship in their first season as a team.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg/220px-Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="433"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg/220px-Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg/330px-Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg/440px-Chicagoland_Speedway_ow.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Speedway" title="Chicagoland Speedway">Chicagoland Speedway</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Speedway" title="Chicagoland Speedway">Chicagoland Speedway</a> held events from <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a>. During major races, the large influx of fans means that the number of people in the city is double that of the official figure. Next door to the Speedway, the <a href="/wiki/Route_66_Raceway" title="Route 66 Raceway">Route 66 Raceway</a> features <a href="/wiki/National_Hot_Rod_Association" title="National Hot Rod Association">National Hot Rod Association</a> events on its drag strip. Joliet Central has become actively involved in Route 66 by building an <a href="/wiki/Alternative_fuel_vehicle" title="Alternative fuel vehicle">alternative fuel vehicle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Autobahn_Country_Club" title="Autobahn Country Club">Autobahn Country Club</a>, also located in Joliet, has held the <a href="/wiki/SCCA_World_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="SCCA World Challenge">SCCA World Challenge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Championship">Atlantic Championship</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Star_Mazda_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Mazda Championship">Star Mazda Championship</a> races since 2009. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Special:EditPage/Joliet, Illinois">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Disc golf courses are available at Highland Park and West Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_entertainment">Family entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Family entertainment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Pilcher Park Nature Center, located in Pilcher Park, hosts many youth and educational programs. Pilcher Park, one of Joliet's oldest parks, is home to over 640 acres (260 ha) of land that provide a habitat for abundant wildlife and outdoor recreation. Pilcher Park also contains Native American Indian remains and was the site of a Potowatami Indian village. A burial mound is just south of the entrance on Gougar Road, on the south side of the bridge, and a marked burial plot is inside the park grounds. </p><p>Hammel Woods is also located in Joliet with miles of hiking trails and even a seven-acre dog park. </p><p>Louis Joliet Mall located on Route 30 in Joliet hosts a large Cinemark theatre </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bicycle_trails">Bicycle trails</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Bicycle trails" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Rock Run and Joliet Junction Trails are roughly north–south routes that begin at the Theodore Marsh in Crest Hill, Illinois, and have southern termini on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_%26_Michigan_Canal_State_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail (page does not exist)">I&M Canal State Trail</a>. These three paths can be used as a 16-mile loop through western Joliet. The I and M Canal State Trail stretches about 60 miles to <a href="/wiki/Peru,_Illinois" title="Peru, Illinois">Peru</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wauponsee_Glacial_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wauponsee Glacial Trail (page does not exist)">Wauponsee Glacial Trail</a> also begins close to town. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg/220px-Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2334" data-file-height="1881"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 177px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg/220px-Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="177" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg/330px-Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg/440px-Joliet_Township_High_School_1.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Central_High_School" title="Joliet Central High School">Joliet Central High School</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2009, almost all public-school students in Joliet attend schools in <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Public_Schools_District_86" title="Joliet Public Schools District 86">Joliet Public Schools District 86</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Township_High_School_District_204" title="Joliet Township High School District 204">Joliet Township High School District 204</a>, Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C,<sup id="cite_ref-Troy_CCSD_30-C_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Troy_CCSD_30-C-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Plainfield_Community_Consolidated_School_District_202" title="Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202">Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Junior_College" title="Joliet Junior College">Joliet Junior College</a>, the nation's first public <a href="/wiki/Community_college" title="Community college">community college</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Francis" title="University of St. Francis">University of St. Francis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: High schools" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>School districts serving Joliet include <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Township_High_School_District_204" title="Joliet Township High School District 204">Joliet Township High School District 204</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plainfield_Community_Consolidated_School_District_202" title="Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202">Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oswego_Community_Unit_School_District_308" title="Oswego Community Unit School District 308">Oswego Community Unit School District 308</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Minooka_Community_High_School_District_111" class="mw-redirect" title="Minooka Community High School District 111">Minooka Community High School District 111</a>. </p><p>Joliet area High Schools include <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Catholic_Academy" title="Joliet Catholic Academy">Joliet Catholic Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Central_High_School" title="Joliet Central High School">Joliet Central High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joliet_West_High_School" title="Joliet West High School">Joliet West High School</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet_East_High_School_(defunct)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joliet East High School (defunct) (page does not exist)">Joliet East High School (defunct)</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_and_middle_schools">Elementary and middle schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Elementary and middle schools" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Elementary and middle school districts serving Joliet include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Public_Schools_District_86" title="Joliet Public Schools District 86">Joliet Public Schools District 86</a></li> <li>Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C (Also serves neighboring communities of <a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_Illinois" title="Plainfield, Illinois">Plainfield, Illinois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shorewood,_Illinois" title="Shorewood, Illinois">Shorewood, Illinois</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Troy_CCSD_30-C_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Troy_CCSD_30-C-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Plainfield_Community_Consolidated_School_District_202" title="Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202">Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_training">Career training</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Career training" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Since the early 1980s, the <a href="/wiki/Job_Corps" title="Job Corps">Job Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">U.S. Department of Labor</a> has operated the Joliet Job Corps Center on the campus of the former <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Township_High_School_District_204" title="Joliet Township High School District 204">Joliet East High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Infrastructure" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Transportation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joliet_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joliet_station.jpg/220px-Joliet_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joliet_station.jpg/220px-Joliet_station.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joliet_station.jpg/330px-Joliet_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joliet_station.jpg/440px-Joliet_station.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Transportation_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joliet Transportation Center">Joliet Transportation Center</a>, served by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metra" title="Metra">Metra</a> passenger trains</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet,_Illinois_(2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg/220px-Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2696" data-file-height="1714"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 140px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg/220px-Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="140" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg/330px-Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg/440px-Cass_Street_Bridge_in_Joliet%2C_Illinois_%282012%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Cass Street Bridge is one of five 1930s <a href="/wiki/Bascule_bridge" title="Bascule bridge">bascule bridges</a> spanning the <a href="/wiki/Des_Plaines_River" title="Des Plaines River">Des Plaines River</a> in Joliet.</figcaption></figure> <p>Situated about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of central Chicago, Joliet has long been a significant transportation hub. It lies on both sides of the Des Plaines River, a major waterway in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois" title="Northern Illinois">Northern Illinois</a>, and was one of the principal ports on the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_and_Michigan_Canal" title="Illinois and Michigan Canal">Illinois and Michigan Canal</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_%26_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad">Chicago & Rock Island Railroad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Central">Michigan Central</a> came through in the 1850s, and the <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_%26_Alton_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago & Alton Railroad">Chicago & Alton Railroad</a> soon followed, with the <a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Joliet_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway">Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Road" title="Milwaukee Road">Milwaukee Road</a> lines built around the turn of the century. </p><p>U.S. Highways <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_6" title="U.S. Route 6">6</a> (the Grand Army of the Republic Highway), <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_30" title="U.S. Route 30">30</a> (the Lincoln Highway), <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_45" title="U.S. Route 45">45</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52" title="U.S. Route 52">52</a>, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_66" title="U.S. Route 66">66</a> (Route 66) all ran through the city. In the 1960s, Interstate 55 and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80" title="Interstate 80">Interstate 80</a> made their way through Joliet, linking up near Channahon just west of the city limits. The phrase "Crossroads of Mid-America", found on the Joliet seal, is an allusion to the intersection of I-80 and I-55 (and, historically, the intersection between the Lincoln Highway and Route 66). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joliet_Transportation_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joliet Transportation Center">Joliet Transportation Center</a> is the final stop on the <a href="/wiki/Metra" title="Metra">Metra</a> rail lines from Chicago for the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Corridor" title="Heritage Corridor">Heritage Corridor</a> route from <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Union_Station" title="Chicago Union Station">Chicago Union Station</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_District" title="Rock Island District">Rock Island District</a> route from <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Street_Station" title="LaSalle Street Station">LaSalle Street Station</a>. A third line, the <a href="/wiki/Suburban_Transit_Access_Route" title="Suburban Transit Access Route">STAR Line</a>, would have also terminated at the station, but the project was shelved as of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pace_(transit)" title="Pace (transit)">Pace</a> provides local bus service six days a week (no service on Sundays) with buses leaving from a terminal in downtown Joliet once an hour. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> serves <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Union_Station" title="Joliet Union Station">Joliet Union Station</a> daily via its <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Service" title="Lincoln Service">Lincoln Service</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a> routes. Service consists of four Lincoln Service round-trips between <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Union_Station" title="Chicago Union Station">Chicago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gateway_Transportation_Center" title="Gateway Transportation Center">St. Louis</a>, and one Texas Eagle round-trip between <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_station_(Texas)" title="San Antonio station (Texas)">San Antonio</a> and Chicago. Three days a week, the <i>Eagle</i> continues on to <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Los_Angeles)" title="Union Station (Los Angeles)">Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airports">Airports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Airports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Regional_Airport" title="Joliet Regional Airport">Joliet Regional Airport</a> is located off Jefferson Street near Interstate 55. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_University_Airport" title="Lewis University Airport">Lewis University Airport</a> is located to the north in the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/Romeoville,_Illinois" title="Romeoville, Illinois">Romeoville</a> and is owned by the <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Regional_Port_District" title="Joliet Regional Port District">Joliet Regional Port District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Major highways" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Major highways in Joliet include: </p> <style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/I-55.svg/25px-I-55.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/I-55.svg/25px-I-55.svg.png" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/I-55.svg/38px-I-55.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/I-55.svg/50px-I-55.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_55_in_Illinois" title="Interstate 55 in Illinois">Interstate 55</a><br> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-80.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/25px-I-80.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/25px-I-80.svg.png" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/38px-I-80.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/I-80.svg/50px-I-80.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_Illinois" title="Interstate 80 in Illinois">Interstate 80</a><br> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 15%;"> <p><b>US Highways</b><br> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/25px-US_6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 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These were the only two hospitals in the history of the existence of <a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will County</a> until AMITA Bolingbrook Adventist Hospital opened in January 2008. In September 2008, Silver Cross Hospital broke ground for a new facility on Maple Road (<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_6" title="U.S. Route 6">U.S. Route 6</a>) in New Lenox, immediately west of <a href="/wiki/I-355" class="mw-redirect" title="I-355">Interstate 355</a>. All patients were transferred to the new hospital on February 26, 2012, and the old facility was completely vacated and later demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notable people" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Joliet,_Illinois" title="List of people from Joliet, Illinois">List of people from Joliet, Illinois</a></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joliet,_Illinois&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: In popular culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <p>The 2019 American drama <i><a href="/wiki/Working_Man_(film)" title="Working Man (film)">Working Man</a></i>, was shot in Joliet. </p><p>In the 2024 action comedy novel <i>Carl and the Big Guy,</i> title characters Carl McIntyre and Devin "Dee" "The Big Guy" Shields both reside in Joliet. In the novel - as part of their shadow courier service "The Six-Four-Five Couriers" - they are being pursued in their modified 1986 <a href="/wiki/Ford_F-Series" title="Ford F-Series">Ford F-150</a> named "Lucky Black" by a <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">private military</a> company that want's their cargo. After a chase through a nearby oil refinery, Dee and Carl are then chased through Joliet, causing massive damage in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980 <a href="/wiki/John_Landis" title="John Landis">John Landis</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)" title="The Blues Brothers (film)">The Blues Brothers</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jake_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Jake Blues">Jake Blues</a> is nicknamed "Joliet Jake" as he was imprisoned at the now closed <a href="/wiki/Joliet_Correctional_Center" title="Joliet Correctional Center">Joliet Correctional Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moreno2011_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moreno2011-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Joliet Prison has been a site 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<h4>Languages</h4> <section> <ul id="p-variants" class="minerva-languages"></ul> <ul class="minerva-languages"><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="جوليت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جوليت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C" title="جولیت، ایلینوی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جولیت، ایلینوی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B5%D1%82_(%D0%86%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Джоліет (Ілінойс) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джоліет (Ілінойс)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Joliet (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Joliet (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet" title="Joliet – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Joliet" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%84_(%CE%99%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%B9)" title="Τζολιέτ (Ιλινόι) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζολιέτ (Ιλινόι)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet" title="Joliet – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Joliet" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C" title="جولیت، ایلینوی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جولیت، ایلینوی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A4%DB%8C)" title="جۊليت (ايلينؤی) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="جۊليت (ايلينؤی)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%A3_(%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EB%85%B8%EC%9D%B4%EC%A3%BC)" title="졸리엣 (일리노이주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="졸리엣 (일리노이주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98" title="ג'ולייט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ולייט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ಜೋಲೀಯೆಟ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಜೋಲೀಯೆಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Ilinwa" title="Joliet, Ilinwa – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Joliet, Ilinwa" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEolieta" title="Džolieta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džolieta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEolietas" title="Džolietas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Džolietas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84,_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%89,_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84,_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%89)" title="جوليت (ويل, الينوى, كيندال, الينوى) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جوليت (ويل, الينوى, كيندال, الينوى)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C)" title="جولیت (ایلینوی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جولیت (ایلینوی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%9F,_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%88" title="जोलिएट, इलियोनोई – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="जोलिएट, इलियोनोई" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88_(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A4%E5%B7%9E)" title="ジョリエット (イリノイ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョリエット (イリノイ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8D%D1%82" title="Джолиэт – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Джолиэт" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet" title="Joliet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Joliet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%93" title="جولیٹ،الینوۓ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جولیٹ،الینوۓ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81)" title="Джолиет (Иллинойс) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Джолиет (Иллинойс)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%8E%D8%AA" title="جۆلیێت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="جۆلیێت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82_(%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81)" title="Џолијет (Илиноис) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Џолијет (Илиноис)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_(Illinois)" title="Joliet (Illinois) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Joliet (Illinois)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Joliet, Illinois" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%96%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Җолиет – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Җолиет" 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