Illinois

The Prairie State

Illinois is a state of rolling, fertile plains, cities, farmland and many interesting things to see and do. Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois with a population of nearly 3 million people this makes it the third largest city in the United States. Leaving Chicago behind you will find there is much to see such as wilderness areas to quiet rivers to flowing lakes surrounded by forests.

Manufacturing in Illinois is concentrated in but not limited to Chicago and has always been diverse. There are small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois. Natural resources like coal, timber, petroleum (in the south) and agriculture gives Illinois a broad economic base. The state's manufactures include food and agricultural products, transportation equipment, chemicals, industrial machinery and computer equipment. The massive Chicago district is a great iron and steel producer, meat packer, grain exchange, and railroad center and Illinois is an important transportation hub.

Illinois has a temperate climate, with cold, snowy winters and hot, wet summers.

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Quick Facts

Population: 12,763,371 as of 2005
Size: 55,584 sq mi. (143,963 sq km)
Per Capita Personal Income: over $40,322 as of 2007
Capital: Springfield

Professional Sports Teams

Football: Chicago Bears

Basketball: Chicago Bulls

Baseball: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox

Hockey: Chicago Blackhawks

Soccer: Chicago Fire

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That known, unofficially, as the �Prairie State�, it is a fitting nickname for a state that sets aside the third full week in September each year as Illinois Prairie Week to demonstrate the value of preserving and reestablishing native Illinois prairies.

That these folks all came from Illinois: Jacy Benny, Ray Bradbury, Jimmy Connors, Miles Davis, Walt Disney, Benny Goodman, Erenest Hemmingway, Charlton Heston, William Holden, Richard Pryor, Bill Murray, Bob Newhart, McLean Stevenson, Ronald Reagan, Oprah Winfrey.

Th at the world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885.

That the Chicago River is dyed green on Saint Patrick's Day?

That the world's largest cookie and cracker factory, where Nabisco made 16 billion Oreo cookies in 1995, is located in Chicago?

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