Outline of Illinois

 

• Names
  • Common name: Illinois
    • Pronunciation: /ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ ^ⓘ IL-i-NOY
  • Official name: State of Illinois
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: IL
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-IL
    • Internet second-level domain: .il.us
  • Nicknames
    • Land of Lincoln^[1] (currently used on license plates)
    • Prairie State^[1]
    • Corn State^[1]
    • Inland Empire State
    • Sucker State (possibly named for a type of fish)^[1]
    • Garden of the West^[1]
    • Baja Wisconsin^[1]
• Adjectival: Illinois
• Demonym: Illinoisan

Geography of Illinois

• Illinois is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
  • Western hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Central United States
                • Corn Belt
                • East North Central States
              • Midwestern United States
          • Great Lakes Region
• Population of Illinois: 12,830,632 (2010 U.S. Census^[2])
• Area of Illinois: 57,918 square miles (150,010 km²), 25th of the 50 states.
• Atlas of Illinois

• Historic places in Illinois
  • Ghost towns in Illinois
  • National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
• National Natural Landmarks in Illinois
• National parks in Illinois
• State parks in Illinois

• Climate of Illinois
• Geology of Illinois
• Environment ecoregions of Illinois
• Protected areas in Illinois
  • Nature centers in Illinois
  • State forests of Illinois
• Superfund sites in Illinois
• Wildlife of Illinois
  • Fauna of Illinois
    • Birds of Illinois

• Lakes of Illinois
• Rivers of Illinois

Regions of Illinois

• Central Illinois
• Eastern Illinois
• Northern Illinois
  • Northwestern Illinois
• Southern Illinois
  • Southeastern Illinois
• Forgottonia (Western Illinois)

 

• The 102 counties of the state of Illinois
  • Municipalities in Illinois
    • Cities in Illinois
      • State capital of Illinois:
      • City nicknames in Illinois
    • Towns in Illinois
    • Unincorporated communities in Illinois
  • Census-designated places in Illinois

Demographics of Illinois

Politics of Illinois

• Form of government: U.S. state government
• United States congressional delegations from Illinois
• Illinois State Capitol
• Elections in Illinois
  • Electoral reform in Illinois
• Political party strength in Illinois

Government of Illinois

• Governor of Illinois
  • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
  • Illinois Secretary of State
  • Illinois Treasurer
• State departments
  • Illinois Department of Transportation

• Illinois General Assembly (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Illinois Senate
  • Lower house: Illinois House of Representatives

Courts of Illinois

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Law of Illinois

• Cannabis in Illinois
• Capital punishment in Illinois
  • Individuals executed in Illinois
• Illinois Constitution
• Crime in Illinois
• Gun laws in Illinois
• Law enforcement in Illinois
  • Law enforcement agencies in Illinois
    • Illinois State Police
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois

• Illinois Air National Guard
• Illinois Army National Guard
• List of United States military bases in Illinois

History of Illinois

 

 

• Prehistory of Illinois
  • Indigenous peoples
    • Mississippian culture
      • Cahokia
• French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763; Upper Louisiana was called Illinois Country.
  • Treaty of Paris of 1763
• British (though predominantly Francophone) Province of Quebec, (1763–1783)-1791
• American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  • Illinois campaign, July 1778 – February 1779
  • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
  • Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783–1787
• Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787–1800)-1803
• Territory of Indiana, (1800–1809)-1816
• Territory of Illinois, 1809–1818
  • Peoria War, 1813
• State of Illinois becomes 21st State admitted to the United States of America on December 3, 1818
  • Black Hawk War, 1832
  • Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Illinois in the American Civil War
    • Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865
      • President Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 1865
  • Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States on March 4, 1869
  • Ronald Reagan becomes 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981

• By city
  • History of Chicago
  • History of Nauvoo, Illinois
  • History of Peoria, Illinois

• List of Illinois state legislatures
• Museums in Illinois

Culture of Illinois

• Museums in Illinois
• Religion in Illinois
  • Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
• Scouting in Illinois
• List of Illinois state symbols
  • Flag of Illinois  
  • Seal of Illinois  

• Music of Illinois
• Theater in Illinois

Sports in Illinois

• Professional sports teams in Illinois

Economy of Illinois

• Communications in Illinois
  • Newspapers in Illinois
  • Radio stations in Illinois
  • Television stations in Illinois
• Energy in Illinois
  • Power stations in Illinois
  • Solar power in Illinois
  • Wind power in Illinois
• Health care in Illinois
  • Hospitals in Illinois
• Transportation in Illinois
  • Airports in Illinois
  • Railroads in Illinois
  • Roads in Illinois
    • Illinois Routes (State highways)
    • Interstate Highways in Illinois

Education in Illinois

• Schools in Illinois
  • School districts in Illinois
    • High schools in Illinois
  • Colleges and universities in Illinois
    • University of Illinois system
    • Illinois State University

• Topic overview:
  • Illinois
  • Index of Illinois-related articles
• All pages with titles beginning with Illinois
• All pages with titles containing Illinois

  Wikimedia Atlas of Illinois