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"Illinois" 5 ILCS 460/35 1925 [9] Tartan Illinois Saint Andrew Society Tartan 5 ILCS 460/95 2012 [1] Theatre The Great American People Show: 5 ILCS 460/70 1995 [1] Tree: White oak (Quercus alba) (replaced "Native Oak" adopted in 1908) 5 ILCS 460/40 1973 [2] [3] Vegetable: Sweet corn: 5 ILCS 460/56 2015 [1] Wildflower: Milkweed (Asclepias spp ...
This list of city nicknames in Illinois compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that Illinois cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
The city of Rockford, Illinois's third-largest city and center of the state's fourth largest metropolitan area, sits along Interstates 39 and 90 some 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Chicago. The Quad Cities region, located along the Mississippi River in northern Illinois, had a population of 381,342 in 2011.
East Tennessee, except Bledsoe, Cumberland, and Marion Counties: UTC−05:00 EST Eastern Standard Time UTC−06:00 CT Most of state: UTC−06:00 CST Central Standard Time Texas: UTC−06:00 CT Yes Most of state: UTC−06:00 CST Central Standard Time UTC−07:00 MT El Paso and Hudspeth counties: UTC−07:00 MST Mountain Standard Time U.S. Minor ...
The flag of the state of Illinois bearing the central elements of the seal on a white field was adopted in 1915, and the word Illinois was added to the flag in 1970. In a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association, the flag of Illinois was ranked 49th out of 72 different flags of states and territories, mainly in the US and ...
In 1950, East St. Louis was the fourth-largest city in Illinois when its population peaked at 82,366. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,469, [6] less than one-quarter of the 1950 census and a decline of almost one third since 2010. A recent addition to the city's waterfront is the Gateway Geyser.
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and some Caribbean islands. [1]In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from ...
The city and its surrounding metropolitan area contain the third-largest labor pool in the United States with about 4.63 million workers. [208] Illinois is home to 66 Fortune 1000 companies, including those in Chicago. [209] The city of Chicago also hosts 12 Fortune Global 500 companies and 17 Financial Times 500 companies.