| Local Government |
Population |
Form of Recognition |
Year of Recognition |
| Village of Addison |
35,914 |
G |
1969 |
| Village of Algonquin |
23,276 |
C |
1998 |
| Village of Arlington Heights |
76,031 |
C |
1954 |
| Village of Barrington |
10,168 |
C |
1964 |
| Batavia |
23,866 |
G |
1983 |
| Village of Beecher |
2,033 |
G |
1990 |
| Village of Bensenville |
20,703 |
C |
1990 |
| Bi-State Regional Commission |
|
G |
1979 |
| Village of Bloomingdale |
21,675 |
G |
1985 |
| Bloomington |
64,808 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Bolingbrook |
56,321 |
C |
1973 |
| Boone* |
41,786 |
G |
1986 |
| Village of Bourbonnais |
15,256 |
G |
1984 |
| Village of Brookfield |
19,085 |
C |
1947 |
| Village of Buffalo Grove |
42,909 |
C |
1971 |
| Village of Burr Ridge |
10,408 |
G |
1982 |
| Carbondale |
20,681 |
C |
1966 |
| Village of Carol Stream |
40,438 |
C |
1973 |
| Village of Carpentersville |
30,586 |
C |
1968 |
| Village of Cary |
15,531 |
G |
1996 |
| Centralia |
14,136 |
C |
1959 |
| Champaign County Regional Planning Commission |
|
G |
1985 |
| Champaign |
67,518 |
C |
1958 |
| Champaign (Urbana)* |
179,669 |
C |
1991 |
| Village of Channahon |
7,344 |
G |
1994 |
| Charleston |
21,039 |
C |
1997 |
| Village of Cherry Valley |
2,191 |
G |
1991 |
| Village of Clarendon Hills |
7,610 |
G |
1973 |
| Collinsville |
24,707 |
C |
1996 |
| Columbia |
7,922 |
G |
2004 |
| Crystal Lake |
38,000 |
C |
1957 |
| Darien |
22,860 |
G |
1975 |
| DeKalb |
39,018 |
C |
1961 |
| DeKalb (Sycamore)* |
88,969 |
G |
2001 |
| Decatur |
81,860 |
C |
1959 |
| Village of Deerfield |
18,420 |
C |
1952 |
| Des Plaines |
58,720 |
G |
1989 |
| Village of Downers Grove |
48,724 |
C |
1962 |
| DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference |
|
G |
1997 |
| Village of Dwight |
4,363 |
G |
1984 |
| El Paso |
2,695 |
G |
1979 |
| Elgin |
94,487 |
C |
1955 |
| Elk Grove Village |
34,727 |
C |
1964 |
| Elmhurst |
42,762 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Elmwood Park |
25,405 |
C |
1953 |
| Evanston |
74,239 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Evergreen Park |
20,821 |
G |
1973 |
| Farmer City |
2,055 |
C |
2002 |
| Flora |
5,086 |
G |
1990 |
| Village of Flossmoor |
9,301 |
C |
1967 |
| Village of Forsyth |
2,434 |
G |
1996 |
| Village of Fox River Grove |
4,862 |
G |
1973 |
| Village of Frankfort |
10,391 |
G |
1987 |
| Village of Freeburg |
3,872 |
G |
1991 |
| Galesburg |
33,706 |
C |
1957 |
| Geneva |
19,515 |
G |
1981 |
| Village of Glen Ellyn |
26,999 |
G |
1973 |
| Village of Glencoe |
8,762 |
C |
1914 |
| Village of Glendale Heights |
31,765 |
G |
1971 |
| Village of Glenview |
41,847 |
C |
1931 |
| Village of Grayslake |
18,506 |
G |
1990 |
| Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission |
|
G |
1977 |
| Greenville |
6,955 |
C |
1957 |
| Village of Gurnee |
28,834 |
G |
1972 |
| Village of Hanover Park |
38,278 |
C |
1972 |
| Village of Hawthorn Woods |
6,002 |
G |
1994 |
| Village of Hazel Crest |
14,816 |
C |
1979 |
| Highland Park |
31,365 |
C |
1955 |
| Highland |
8,438 |
C |
1959 |
| Village of Hinsdale |
17,349 |
C |
1949 |
| Village of Hoffman Estates |
49,495 |
G |
1966 |
| Village of Homewood |
19,543 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Indian Head Park |
3,685 |
C |
1988 |
| Village of Inverness |
6,749 |
G |
1999 |
| Jo Daviess (Galena)* |
22,289 |
G |
1998 |
| Joliet |
106,221 |
C |
1955 |
| Village of Kenilworth |
2,494 |
C |
1920 |
| Kewanee |
12,944 |
C |
1993 |
| Village of Kildeer |
3,460 |
C |
1992 |
| Village of La Grange Park |
13,295 |
C |
1961 |
| Village of Lake Bluff |
6,056 |
C |
1974 |
| Lake County Municipal League |
|
G |
1997 |
| Lake Forest |
20,059 |
C |
1956 |
| Village of Lake in the Hills |
23,152 |
G |
1997 |
| Village of Lake Zurich |
18,104 |
G |
1972 |
| Lake (Waukegan)* |
644,356 |
C |
2001 |
| Village of Libertyville |
20,742 |
C |
1965 |
| Village of Lincolnshire |
6,108 |
G |
1976 |
| Village of Lincolnwood |
12,359 |
G |
1991 |
| Village of Lisle |
21,182 |
G |
1975 |
| Village of Lombard |
42,322 |
C |
1955 |
| Village of Long Grove |
6,735 |
G |
1975 |
| Village of Manteno |
3,488 |
G |
2004 |
| Mascoutah |
5,659 |
C |
1955 |
| Village of Matteson |
12,928 |
G |
1991 |
| Village of Maywood |
26,987 |
C |
1952 |
| McHenry |
21,501 |
G |
1990 |
| McHenry* |
260,077 |
G |
1993 |
| McLean (Bloomington) |
|
|
|
| Village of Milan |
5,348 |
G |
1981 |
| Minonk |
2,168 |
G |
1985 |
| Village of Mokena |
14,583 |
G |
1986 |
| Moline |
43,768 |
C |
1974 |
| Village of Monee |
2,924 |
G |
2001 |
| Morrison |
4,447 |
G |
1985 |
| Village of Morton Grove |
22,451 |
G |
1984 |
| Village of Mount Prospect |
56,265 |
C |
1955 |
| Mount Vernon |
16,269 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Mount Zion |
4,845 |
G |
1975 |
| Village of Mundelein |
30,935 |
G |
1972 |
| Naperville |
128,358 |
C |
1970 |
| Village of New Lenox |
17,771 |
G |
1977 |
| Village of Niles |
30,068 |
C |
1962 |
| Normal |
45,386 |
C |
1965 |
| Village of North Aurora |
10,585 |
G |
1998 |
| North Central Illinois Council of Governments |
|
G |
1982 |
| Village of North Riverside |
6,688 |
G |
1984 |
| Village of Northbrook |
33,435 |
C |
1953 |
| Northeast Illinois Planning Commission |
|
G |
1976 |
| Village of Northfield |
5,389 |
C |
1956 |
| Northlake |
11,878 |
C |
1959 |
| Northwest Municipal Conference |
|
G |
1978 |
| O’Fallon |
21,910 |
G |
1983 |
| Village of Oak Brook |
8,702 |
G |
1969 |
| Oak Forest |
28,051 |
G |
1972 |
| Village of Oak Lawn |
55,245 |
C |
1953 |
| Village of Oak Park |
52,524 |
C |
1953 |
| Oakbrook Terrace |
2,300 |
C |
2002 |
| Olney |
8,631 |
C |
1973 |
| Village of Orland Park |
51,077 |
C |
1981 |
| Village of Oswego |
13,326 |
G |
1995 |
| Village of Palatine |
65,479 |
C |
1958 |
| Paris |
9,077 |
C |
1983 |
| Village of Park Forest |
23,462 |
C |
1950 |
| Park Ridge |
37,775 |
C |
1949 |
| Pekin |
33,857 |
C |
1996 |
| Peoria |
112,936 |
C |
1953 |
| Peoria (Peoria)* |
183,433 |
C |
1983 |
| Village of Plainfield |
13,038 |
G |
1988 |
| Pontiac |
11,864 |
C |
1983 |
| Prospect Heights |
17,081 |
G |
1978 |
| Village of Rantoul |
12,857 |
G |
2002 |
| Village of Richton Park |
12,533 |
C |
1972 |
| Village of River Forest |
11,635 |
G |
1987 |
| Village of Riverdale |
15,055 |
G |
1998 |
| Village of Riverside |
8,895 |
C |
1925 |
| Village of Riverwoods |
3,843 |
G |
1984 |
| Rochelle |
9,424 |
C |
1996 |
| Rock Falls |
9,580 |
G |
2005 |
| Rock Island |
|
|
|
| Rockford |
|
|
|
| Rolling Meadows |
|
|
|
| Village of Romeoville |
21,153 |
G |
1974 |
| Village of Roselle |
23,115 |
G |
1992 |
| Village of Round Lake Beach |
25,859 |
G |
2009 |
| Salem |
7,909 |
C |
1959 |
| Village of Sauk Village |
10,411 |
G |
1993 |
| Village of Savoy |
4,476 |
C |
2001 |
| Village of Schaumburg |
75,386 |
C |
1975 |
| Village of Schiller Park |
11,850 |
G |
1997 |
| Village of Shorewood |
7,686 |
G |
1983 |
| Village of Skokie |
63,348 |
C |
1957 |
| South Central Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission |
|
G |
1979 |
| Village of South Elgin |
16,100 |
C |
1988 |
| South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association |
|
G |
1983 |
| Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan & Regional Planning Commission |
|
G |
1989 |
| St. Charles |
27,896 |
G |
1998 |
| Sterling |
15,451 |
C |
1975 |
| Village of Streamwood |
36,407 |
C |
1967 |
| Streator |
14,190 |
C |
1988 |
| Village of Sugar Grove |
3,909 |
C |
1998 |
| Sycamore |
12,020 |
C |
1998 |
| Village of Tinley Park |
48,401 |
G |
1974 |
| Tri-County Regional Planning Commission |
|
G |
1979 |
| Village of University Park |
6,662 |
C |
1974 |
| Urbana |
36,395 |
G |
1975 |
| Village of Vernon Hills |
20,120 |
G |
1973 |
| Village of Villa Park |
22,075 |
C |
1957 |
| Warrenville |
13,363 |
C |
1990 |
| Washington |
10,841 |
G |
1972 |
| Village of Wauconda |
9,448 |
G |
1993 |
| West Chicago |
23,469 |
C |
1981 |
| Village of West Dundee |
5,428 |
C |
1981 |
| Village of Westchester |
16,824 |
C |
1952 |
| Village of Western Springs |
12,493 |
C |
1948 |
| Village of Westmont |
24,554 |
C |
1969 |
| Wheaton |
55,416 |
C |
1961 |
| Village of Wheeling |
34,496 |
C |
1967 |
| Whiteside (Morrison)* |
60,653 |
G |
1990 |
| Village of Willowbrook |
8,967 |
G |
1980 |
| Village of Wilmette |
27,651 |
C |
1930 |
| Village of Winfield |
8,718 |
C |
1990 |
| Winnebago (Rockford)* |
278,418 |
G |
1979 |
| Village of Winnetka |
12,419 |
C |
1915 |
| Wood Dale |
13,535 |
C |
1966 |
| Village of Woodridge |
30,934 |
G |
1972 |
| Woodstock |
|
|
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| Wood River |
11,296 |
C |
1953 |
