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Gimpel, James G.; Jason E. Schuknecht (2004). Patchwork Nation: Sectionalism and Political Change in American Politics. University of Michigan Press. p.488. ISBN 978-0-472-03030-9. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved September 23, 2009. The Illinois-Wabash Company was an early claimant to much of Illinois. The Illinois Territory was created on February 3, 1809, with its capital at Kaskaskia, an early French settlement. Jensen, Richard E. (2001). Illinois: a history. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07021-1. OCLC 46769728.

Births: Final Data for 2014" (PDF). Cdc.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2017 . Retrieved September 4, 2017. a b c "U.S. Wind Energy Projects—Illinois". American Wind Energy Association. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010 . Retrieved January 14, 2010. DCEO: Home" (PDF). Ildceo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013 . Retrieved February 27, 2016. Working, Russell (November 8, 2004). "Illinois a blue island in red sea". Chicago Tribune. pp. 1-1, 1-15– via Newspapers.com. Grossman, James R.; Keating, Ann Durkin; Reiff, Janice L. (2005) [2004]. Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago (Onlineed.). Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, Newberry Library. ISBN 978-0-226-31015-2. OCLC 60342627. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014 . Retrieved January 28, 2009.

Tareen, Sophia (August 28, 2017). "Governor Signs Law Limiting Illinois Police on Immigration". ABC News (from the Associated Press). Archived from the original on September 10, 2017 . Retrieved September 3, 2019. As one of the United States' major metropolises, all major sports leagues have teams headquartered in Chicago. Kilduff, Dorrell; Pygman, C. H. (1962). Illinois; History, government, geography. Chicago: Follett. OCLC 5223888. The government of Illinois, under the Constitution of Illinois, has three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the governor as chief executive. Legislative functions are granted to the Illinois General Assembly. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court and lower courts. Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016 . Retrieved December 9, 2017.

The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature, composed of the 118-member Illinois House of Representatives and the 59-member Illinois Senate. The members of the General Assembly are elected at the beginning of each even-numbered year. The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature. [169] [170] In 1961, Illinois became the first state in the nation to adopt the recommendation of the American Law Institute and pass a comprehensive criminal code revision that repealed the law against sodomy. The code also abrogated common law crimes and established an age of consent of 18. [50] The state's fourth constitution was adopted in 1970, replacing the 1870 document. [51] Births do not add up, because Hispanics are counted both by ethnicity and by race. Live Births by Single Race/Ethnicity of Mother Though Illinois lies entirely in the Interior Plains, it does have some minor variation in its elevation. In extreme northwestern Illinois, the Driftless Area, a region of unglaciated and therefore higher and more rugged topography, occupies a small part of the state. Southern Illinois includes the hilly areas around the Shawnee National Forest. Costa, David J. (January 2007). "Three American Placenames: Illinois" (PDF). Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas Newsletter. 25 (4): 9–12. ISSN 1046-4476. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011 . Retrieved May 29, 2011.Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021 . Retrieved September 26, 2021. Illinois features several golf courses, such as Olympia Fields, Medinah, Midlothian, Cog Hill, and Conway Farms, which have often hosted the BMW Championship, Western Open, and Women's Western Open. On the 911 call, one of the women explained how the workers ended up taking shelter in the bathrooms. U.S. Senate: Art & History Home". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018 . Retrieved February 7, 2011.

Roman Catholics constitute the single largest religious denomination in Illinois; they are heavily concentrated in and around Chicago and account for nearly 30% of the state's population. [114] However, taken together as a group, the various Protestant denominations comprise a greater percentage of the state's population than do Catholics. In 2010, Catholics in Illinois numbered 3,648,907. The largest Protestant denominations were the United Methodist Church with 314,461 members and the Southern Baptist Convention with 283,519. Illinois has one of the largest concentrations of Missouri Synod Lutherans in the United States. Yost was trapped under concrete but still conscious. He managed to flag down a frantic delivery driver and told him to find help, Quigley said. The Chicago Sky have played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) since 2006. The Sky won their first WNBA Championship in 2021. They play at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.Illinois has a climate that varies widely throughout the year. Because of its nearly 400-mile distance between its northernmost and southernmost extremes, as well as its mid-continental situation, most of Illinois has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa), with hot, humid summers and cold winters. The southern part of the state, from about Carbondale southward, has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), with more moderate winters. Average yearly precipitation for Illinois varies from just over 48in (1,219mm) at the southern tip to around 35in (889mm) in the northern portion of the state. Normal annual snowfall exceeds 38in (965mm) in the Chicago area, while the southern portion of the state normally receives less than 14in (356mm). [66] The all-time high temperature was 117°F (47°C), recorded on July 14, 1954, at East St. Louis, and the all-time low temperature was −38°F (−39°C), recorded on January 31, 2019, during the January 2019 North American cold wave at a weather station near Mount Carroll, [67] [68] and confirmed on March 5, 2019. [69] This followed the previous record of −36°F (−38°C) recorded on January 5, 1999, near Congerville. [69] Prior to the Mount Carroll record, a temperature of −37°F (−38°C) was recorded on January 15, 2009, at Rochelle, but at a weather station not subjected to the same quality control as official records. [70] [71] Illinois—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". Eia.gov. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012 . Retrieved April 29, 2012.

Mendoza, Susana (September 18, 2018). "Consequences of Illinois's 2015–2016 Budget Impasse and Fiscal Outlook". Illinois Comptroller. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018 . Retrieved August 1, 2021.Chicago Fire FC is a member of MLS and has been one of the league's most successful and best-supported clubs since its founding in 1997, winning one league and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in that timespan. The team played in Bridgeview, adjacent to Chicago from 2006 to 2019. The team now plays at Soldier Field in Chicago.