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ILLINOIS.
GrOVernmeilt. — The Legislature consists of a Senate of 51 members elected for four year (about half of whom retire everj^ two years), and a House of Representatives of 153 members elected for two years. Sessions are biennial. Qualified electors are all male citizens 21 years of age, resident in the State one year, in the county 90 days, and in the district 30 days next before the election. The State is divided into Senatorial districts, in each of which one Senator and three Representatives are chosen. For the election of Representatives each elector has three votes, of which he may cast one for each of three candidates, or one and a half for each of tsvo, or all three for one candidate.
Governor.— Edwsivd F. Dunne, 1913-17 (12,000 dollars.)
Secretary of State. — Harry Woods.
Illinois is divided into 102 counties, the most important being Cook County, within which is the city of Chicago. The State capital is Springfield.
Area, Population, Instruction.-
which 650 square miles is water.
-Area of 56,650 square miles, of
Years
1820 1900 1910
White 1 Negro
53,837 1,374
4,736,472 85,078 5,529,550 109,041
Total
55,211
4,821,550 5,638,591
Per sq. mile
0-1
86-1 100-6
1 Including Indians and Asiatics. In 1900 the population by sex and birth was : —
—
White
2,426,113 2,308,760
Negro
45,121 39,957
Asiatic
1,536
47
Indian
12 4
Total
Male Female
2,472,482 2,348,768
Total
4,734,873
85,078
1,583
16
4,821,550
In 1910 there were 2,911,653 males and 2,726,938 females.
Of the total population in 1900, 966,747 were foreign-born, of whom 332,169 were from Germany, 114,563 from Ireland, 67,949 from Poland, 99,147 from Sweden, 64,390 from Englnnd, 50,595 from Canada, 38,570 from Bohemia, 29,979 from Norway, 28,707 from Russia, 23,523 from Italy, 21,916 from Holland, 20,021 from Scotland, while large numbers were from Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and other European countries.
The largest city in the State, and after New York, the largest in the United States, is Chicago. In 1910 it had a population of 2,185,283. Other cities of importance being Peoria (1910), 66,950 ; East St. Louis, 58,547 Quincy, 36,587; Springfield (State Capital), 51,678; Rockford, 45,401 J oliet, 34,670; Aurora, 29,807; Bloomington, 25,768; Elgin, 25,976 Decatur, 31,140; Evanston, 24,978 ; Danvifle, 27,871; Galesburg, 22,089 Moline, 24,199 ; Belleville, 21,122 ; Alton, 17,528 ; Jacksonville, 15,326 Kankakee, 13,986; Streator, 14,253; Freeport, 17,567: Cairo, 14,548 Waukegan, 16,069 ; Mattoon, 11,456 ; Ottawa, 9,535 Champaign, 12,421 I^Uicoln, 10,892; Lasalle, 11,537 ; Kewanee, 9,307.
