About the U.S. state of Illinois Use mdy dates date November 2011 Infobox U.S. state Fullname State of Illinois ElectoralVotes 21 Flag Flag of Illinois.svg Flaglink Flag of Illinois Flag Seal Seal of Illinois.svg Name Illinois Nickname Land of Lincoln The Prairie State Motto State sovereignty, national union Former Illinois Territory Demonym Illinoisan OfficialLang English ref cite web title 5 ILCS ... State Designations Act 2E work Illinois Compiled Statutes publisher Illinois General Assembly location Springfield, Illinois date September 4, 1991 accessdate April 10, 2009 quote Sec. 20. Official language. The official language of the State of Illinois is English. ref Languages English 80.8 br Spanish 10.9 br Other 5.1 ref name qtp16 cite web title Illinois Table QT P16 Language Spoken at Home ... Illinois in United States.svg Capital Springfield, Illinois Springfield LargestCity Chicago LargestMetro ... Simon D Legislature Illinois General Assembly General Assembly Upperhouse Illinois Senate Senate Lowerhouse Illinois House of Representatives House of Representatives Senators Dick Durbin D br Mark ... LowestElev 85 ISOCode US IL Website www.illinois.gov Infobox U.S. state symbols Name Illinois Flag ... Soil Loam Drummer silty clay loam Song Illinois state song Illinois Sport Tartan Toy Route Marker Illinois 19.svg 300px Quarter 2003 IL Proof.png 100px Illinois quarter QuarterReleaseDate 2003 Illinois ... country. ref name so cite news first Stephen last Ohlemacher title Analysis ranks Illinois ... Associated Press publisher The Southern Illinoisan location Carbondale, Illinois date May 17, 2007 ... productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resource s like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is a major transportation hub ... Seaway , to the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River , via the Illinois ... airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in Will it play in Peoria? social ... more details
Refimprove date January 2010 Infobox building name The Illinois image The Illinois.jpg image size 65px location Chicago , Illinois , United States USA building type hotel, office, residential status Never Built floor count 528 elevator count 76 roof convert 5,280 ft m abbr on antenna spire convert 5,680 ft m abbr on floor area 18.46 million ft sup 2 sup nowrap 1.71 million m sup 2 sup Not to be confused with Kingdom Tower , previously known as Mile High Tower The Mile High Illinois , Illinois Sky City , or simply The Illinois was a proposed skyscraper that would have been convert 1 mi m high, envisioned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. The design, intended to be built in Chicago , would have included 528 stories, with a gross area of convert 18460000 sqft m2 . Had it been built, it would have been the list of tallest buildings and structures in the world tallest building in the world by far ... been inspired by that of The Illinois. ref http www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com 2006 theillinois the illinois.html Burj Dubai & The Illinois Comparison ref ref http www.slate.com id 2241275 Dubai Debt ... suggested for the Illinois. It probably would have been possible to erect a self supporting steel ... on the Illinois http www.signonsandiego.com uniontrib 20050403 news mz1h03aim.html Qualcomm Stadium renovation in San Diego may include Illinois like supertall http archrecord.construction.com innovation 2 Features 0411history.asp Details several tall building designs, including The Illinois http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 5138 Drawing of The Illinois at Skyscraperpage.com http members.bellatlantic.net rfh2 writings index.html A Drawing of The Illinois by Frank Lloyd Wright supertall proposed skyscrapers Coord missing Illinois date July 2009 DEFAULTSORT Illinois Category Frank Lloyd ... and structures in Chicago, Illinois de The Illinois es The Illinois it Grattacielo Illinois hu The Illinois nl The Illinois pl The Illinois pt The Illinois ro The Illinois zh ... more details
Willowbook is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Illinois Willowbrook, DuPage County, Illinois Willowbrook, Will County, Illinois geodis es Willowbrook Illinois nl Willowbrook Illinois vo Willowbrook Illinois ... more details
Windsor is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Illinois Windsor, Mercer County, Illinois Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois geodis ca Windsor Illinois es Windsor Illinois vo Windsor Illinois ... more details
Bloomfield, Illinois may refer to Bloomfield, Adams County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois Bloomfield, Edgar County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois Bloomfield, Johnson County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois Bloomfield, Scott County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Scott County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Science was a unincorporated area community in LaSalle County, Illinois LaSalle County , Illinois , United States , located along the Illinois River just south of modern day Utica, Illinois Utica . LaSalle County, IllinoisIllinois geo stub coord missing Illinois Category Geography of LaSalle County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois ... more details
Ayers, Illinois may refer to Ayers, Bond County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois Ayers, Carroll County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Jimtown, Illinois may refer to Jimtown, Champaign County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois Jimtown, Fayette County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois geodis ... more details
Wiktionary IllinoisIllinois is a state in the United States but may also refer to TOC right Places Illinois Country , a region of colonial America Illinois Territory , an organized territory of the USA from 1809 to 1818 a river Illinois River , a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of IllinoisIllinois River Oklahoma in Arkansas and Oklahoma Illinois River Oregon Illinois River Colorado Education University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , the largest campus in the University of Illinois system Illinois Fighting Illini , this school s intercollegiate athletic program Illinois College , a private liberal arts college located in Jacksonville, Illinois Ships SS Illinois 1873 a passenger steamship launched in 1873 by William Cramp & Sons for the American Line SS Illinois 1917 a cargo ship in service with the Harlem Steamship Co and Compagnie G n rale Transatlantique from 1924 32, sold to Greece in 1934 USS Illinois USS Illinois , the name of several United States Navy ships Other Illinois Confederation , a.k.a Illiniwek or Illini, a group of Native American tribes Miami Illinois language , spoken by the Illiniwek Illinois state song Illinois state song , the official song of the State of IllinoisIllinois album Illinois , a 2005 album by American songwriter Sufjan Stevens DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ALBUM the album is Illinois , one track is Come on Feel the Illinoise see the Talk Sufjan Stevens page Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet , a jazz saxophone player Illinois band , an American indie rock band The Illinois , a proposed mile high skyscraper building designed in 1956 See also lookfrom Illinois disambig bar Illinois Begriffskl rung de Illinois Begriffskl rung es Illinois desambiguaci n fr Illinois homonymie hy hr Illinois razdvojba it Illinois disambigua ka nl Illinois ja pl Illinois ujednoznacznienie ro Illinois dezambiguizare ru sl Illinois razlo itev sv Illinois olika ... more details
Wilmington is the name of two places in the U.S. state of Illinois Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois Wilmington, Will County, Illinois geodis es Wilmington Illinois ... more details
Calumet, Illinois may refer to the following place Calumet City, Illinois Calumet Park, Illinois Calumet Township, Cook County, Illinois Calumet River geodis ... more details
Harrison, Illinois may refer to Harrison, Jackson County, Illinois , a census designated place in Jackson County Harrison, Winnebago County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Winnebago County geodis es Harrison Illinois ... more details
Lodi, Illinois may refer to the following communities in Illinois, all of which were once known as Lodi Clark Center, Illinois , in Clark County Maple Park, Illinois , in Kane County Oswego, Illinois , in Kendall County geodis ... more details
Election law Expand section date January 2010 In the case of a resignation of a member of the United States House of Representatives , the Governor of Illinois must issue writs of election, and the election must be held within 115 days thereafter. ref http www.ilga.gov legislation ilcs ilcs4.asp?DocName 001000050HArt. 25&ActID 170&ChapAct 10 26nbsp 3BILCS 26nbsp 3B5 2F&ChapterID 3&ChapterName ELECTIONS&SectionID 36731&SeqStart 86900000&SeqEnd 88100000&ActName Election Code 10 ILCS 5 25 7 ref See also By year Illinois elections, 2010 Statewide elections Illinois gubernatorial elections Illinois state elections Illinois Attorney General elections Illinois Comptroller elections Local elections Chicago mayoral elections Elected officials Illinois Legislature Illinois Senate Illinois General Assembly Governor of Illinois Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Illinois Treasurer Illinois Attorney General Illinois Comptroller Topical articles Politics of Illinois Political party strength in Illinois Electoral reform in Illinois Government of Illinois References reflist External links http www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections official website Ballotpedia Illinois Illinois ElectionsIL ElectionsByUSState Illinois Category Illinois elections Category Government of Illinois Illinois stub US election stub fr lections en Illinois ... more details
Binghampton, Illinois is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois . Lee County, Illinois coord 41 43 00 N 89 18 14 W type city region US IL source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois Category Populated places in Lee County, IllinoisIllinois stub ... more details
Kingdom, Illinois is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois . Lee County, Illinois coord 41 53 37 N 89 23 37 W type city region US IL source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois Category Populated places in Lee County, Illinoisillinois geo stub ... more details
double image right Flag of Illinois.svg 196 Seal of Illinois.svg 116 The Flag of Illinois The Seal of Illinois Image Map of USA IL.svg thumb The location of the Illinois State of Illinois in the United States United States of America Image Map of Illinois NA.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Illinois State of Illinois see also Index of Illinois related articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States U.S. Illinois State of IllinoisIllinois &ndash ... states of the United States United States of America . Illinois lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River and the Ohio River in the Midwestern United States . Chicago , Illinois is the List ... States created the Illinois Territory on March 1, 1809. Illinois joined the United States Union as the 21st State on December 3, 1818. TOC limit limit 2 General reference Names Common name Illinois ... name Illinois State of Illinois Abbreviations and name codes List of U.S. state abbreviations Postal ... Land of Lincoln ref name ill currently used on Vehicle registration plates of Illinois license plates ... nickname Introduction to Illinois , 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. ref Inland Empire State Sucker ... Baja Wisconsin ref name ill List of demonyms for U.S. states Adjectival Illinois List of demonyms for U.S. states Demonym Illinois an Geography of Illinois Main article Geography of IllinoisIllinois ... States Midwestern United States Great Lakes Region Demographics of Illinois Population Population of Illinois 12,830,632 2010 U.S. Census ref cite web url http quickfacts.census.gov qfd states 17000.html title U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Illinois ref Geography of Illinois Area Area of Illinois commons Atlas of Illinois Atlas of Illinois Places in Illinois Historic places in Illinois List of ghost towns in Illinois Ghost towns in Illinois List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois National Historic Landmarks in Illinois National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois ... more details
There are at least two locations in Illinois called Glenview Glenview, Cook County, Illinois , a northern suburb of Chicago Glenview, St. Clair County, Illinois , an eastern suburb of St. Louis geodis vo Glenview Illinois ... more details
Unionville, Illinois may refer to Unionville, Massac County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Massac County Unionville, Vermilion County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Vermilion County Unionville, Whiteside County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Whiteside County geodis ... more details
Woodlawn, Illinois may refer to Woodlawn, Chicago , a neighborhood in the south side of the City of Chicago Woodlawn, Jefferson County, Illinois geodis es Woodlawn Illinois ... more details
Sutton, Illinois may refer to Bentley, Illinois , formerly known as Sutton Sutton, Cook County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Cook County geodis ... more details
Centerville, Illinois could refer to Centerville, Illinois , the fictional setting of the 1983 science fiction spoof Strange Invaders Centerville, Calhoun County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Calhoun County Centerville, Grundy County, Illinois , a former community in Grundy County Centerville, Knox County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Knox County Centerville, Macoupin County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Macoupin County Centerville, Morgan County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Morgan County Centerville, Piatt County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Piatt County Centerville, White County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in White County Centreville, Illinois , a city in St. Clair County Cuba, Illinois , formerly known as Centerville Woodstock, Illinois , formerly known as Centerville geodis ... more details
Derby, Illinois may refer to Derby, Ford County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Ford County Derby, Saline County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Saline County geodis ... more details
Hegeler, Illinois may refer to Hegeler, Bureau County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Bureau County Hegeler, Vermillion County, Illinois , an unincorporated community in Vermillion County geodis ... more details
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