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| State nickname: The Prairie State | |||||
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| Area - Total | Ranked 25th | ||||
| Population - 2000 Census | Ranked 5th 12,419,293 | ||||
| Population density - 2000 Census | Ranked 11th 86.27 /km˛ | ||||
| Admittance into Union - Order | 21st | ||||
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/ -5 | ||||
| Latitude | 36°58'N to 42°30'N | ||||
| Longitude | 87°30'W to 91°30'W | ||||
| Width Length | 340 km 630 km | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | US-IL
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Illinois is pronounced ill-len-NOY, or jokingly, ill-len-NWAH.
The USS Illinois was named in honor of this state.
Named for the Illiniwek tribe of Native Americans, this state is known as the "Land of LincolnAbraham Lincoln ( February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865) was the 16th ( 1861- 1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. The election of Lincoln, who staunchly opposed the expansion of slavery, polarized the nation," because it is where the 16th PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th spent his formative years. Illinois became the 21st state in 1818. Illinois TerritoryIllinois Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from February 3, 1809 and organized into the state of Illinois in December 3, 1818. It was separated out of the west of Indiana Territory and included Illinois, Wisconsin and part was created on February 3February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years). In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3., 1809Events January 16 Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna. February 3 Illinois Territory was created. February 11 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat. February 20 A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states t out of the Northwest TerritoryThis article is about the historic region of the United States; you may be looking for North-Western Territory, British North American territory Northwest Territories, present-day Canadian territory Pacific Northwest, unofficial region in the United State. Previous to that, its lands were claimed by the Illinois-Wabash Company.
The capital of the state is Springfield.
The current Governor of Illinois is Rod Blagojevich ( a Democrat) and the U.S. Senators are Richard J. Durbin (a Democrat) and Peter G. Fitzgerald ( a Republican). Senator Fitzgerald will retire when his term ends. He will be replaced by Barack Obama ( Democrat), who defeated Alan Keyes ( Republican), Jerry Kohn ( Libertarian), and Albert Franzen, an independent http://www.alfranzen.org. Keyes was selected for the Republican ticket to replace Jack Ryan ( Republican), who had withdrawn from the race.
It is in the north central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan. Surrounding states are Wisconsin to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Indiana to the east. Illinois also borders Michigan, but only via a water boundary in Lake Michigan.
The 1999 total gross state product for Illinois was $446 billion, placing it 4th in the nation. The per capita income was $32,259.
Illinois' agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products and wheat. Its industrial outputs are machinery, food processing, electrical equipment, chemical products, publishing, fabricated metal products, transportation equipment, petroleum and coal.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2003, the population of Illinois was 12,653,544. At the northern edge of the state on Lake Michigan lies Chicago, the nation's third largest city. More than half of the population of Illinois lives in and around Chicago, the leading industrial and transportation center in the region. The rest of the population lives in the smaller cities and on the farms that dot the state's gently rolling plains.
The racial makeup of the state is:
The top 5 ancestry groups in Illinois are German (19.6%), African-American (15.1%), Irish (12.2%), Mexican (9.2%), Polish (7.5%).
The 5 largest religious denominations in Illinois are Roman Catholic (30%), Baptist (11%), Lutheran (7%), " Christian" (7%), Methodist (6%). 16% of the population is nonreligious.
7.1% of Illinois' population were reported as under 5, 26.1% under 18, and 12.1% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 51% of the population.
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