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  1. <text id=93AT0344>
  2. <title>
  3. Illinois--Vital Statistics
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory          
  7. Illinois                                             
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Compact</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Vital Statistics                                                 
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <row><c format=bold type=a>Nickname<c type=a>The Prairie State
  17. <row><c>Great Seal<c>State Sovereinty - National Union
  18. <row><c>Animal<c>White-tailed Deer
  19. <row><c>Flower<c>Native Violet
  20. <row><c>Bird<c>Cardinal
  21. <row><c>Tree<c>White Oak
  22. <row><c>Song<c>Illinois
  23. <row><c>Mineral<c>Fluorite
  24. <row><c>Fish<c>Bluegill
  25. <row><c>Entered the Union<c>December 3, 1818
  26. <row><c>Capital<c>Springfield
  27. <row><c format=bold type=a>Land Area (square miles)<c type=a>55,593
  28. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>24th
  29. <row><c>1990 Census Population<c>11,430,602
  30. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>6th
  31. <row><c>Density per square mile<c>205.61
  32. <row><c>1992 Estimated Population<c>11,631,000
  33. <row><c>Number of Representatives in Congress<c>20
  34. <row><c>Capital City<c>Springfield
  35. <row><c>   Population<c>105,227
  36. <row><c>   Rank in State<c>4th
  37. <row><c>Largest City<c>Chicago
  38. <row><c>   Population<c>2,783,726
  39. <row><c>Number of Places over 10,000 Population<c>180
  40. </table>
  41. <p>Source: The Book of the States, 1992-93 edition, Vol. 29; The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.
  42. </p>
  43. </body>
  44. </article>
  45. </text>
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