05-27-2008, 01:25 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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According to this, it's 4th largest. It is also considered a 'burb of Chicago which to me makes it a 'burb of Chicago...not a city. Anyhoo, this response is not plagiarized. 
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Largest cities
Chicago is the largest city in the state and the third most populous city in the United States. The US Bureau of the Census currently lists six other cities with populations of over 100,000 within Illinois. Based upon the Bureau's official 2005 scientific estimates,[61] they are: Aurora, a Chicago outlier which at 175,952 has recently (2005) eclipsed Rockford for the title of "Second City" of Illinois. However, at 152,916, Rockford is not only the number three city, but also remains the largest city in the state not located within the Chicago metropolitan area. Naperville, another suburb located west of Chicago, is the fourth largest city in the state, with a population of 141,579. Joliet, a city southwest of Chicago, is fifth with 136,208. Springfield, the state capital of Illinois, comes in sixth with 115,668. The final city in the 100,000 club is Peoria, which decades ago was the second largest city in the state; its 2005 population was 112,685
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