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There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 674 square miles (1,750 km 2), of which 658 square miles (1,700 km 2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km 2) (2.4%) is water. [ 8 ] Climate and weather
Rockford Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 178,527 and it contained 78,714 housing units. [2] It is the largest township, in terms of area, in Illinois. [3] The city of Rockford, along with the villages of Cherry Valley and New Milford are all located in Rockford Township ...
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
The Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in north-central Illinois, anchored by the city of Rockford. As of the 2010 census , the MSA had a population of 349,431 (though a 2011 estimate placed the population at 348,360). [ 2 ]
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 square miles (1,520 km 2), of which 581 square miles (1,500 km 2) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km 2) (0.9%) is water. [4] Macon County is primarily flat, as is most of the state and all of the surrounding counties, the result of geological activity during the Pleistocene ...
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 480 square miles (1,200 km 2), of which 479 square miles (1,240 km 2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2) (0.3%) is water. [4] Just west of Effingham on Interstate 70 there is a 198-foot (60 m) white cross; 35,000 vehicles are estimated to pass the site each day.