Illinois

E13723

U.S. state

Illinois is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its major metropolis Chicago, diverse economy, and significant political and transportation influence.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois canonical	7,156
State of Illinois	401
Illinois, United States	25
US-IL	9
state of Illinois	9
U.S. state of Illinois	5
Illinois (across Mississippi River)	2
IL	1
Illinois (U.S. state)	1
Illinois (United States)	1
Illinois (across the Mississippi River)	1
Illinois state government	1
N. Illinois	1
Prairie State	1
people of Illinois	1
present-day Illinois	1
state government of Illinois	1

Statements (128)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn	1818-12-03 ⓘ
borderedBy	Indiana ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Lake Michigan ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
capital	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct	cattle ⓘ corn ⓘ hogs ⓘ soybeans ⓘ wheat ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	U.S. state government ⓘ
hasMajorAirport	Midway International Airport ⓘ surface form: Chicago Midway International Airport O'Hare International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Alton, Illinois ⓘ Arlington Heights, Illinois ⓘ Aurora, Illinois ⓘ Belleville, Illinois ⓘ Berwyn, Illinois ⓘ Bloomington, Illinois ⓘ Blue Island, Illinois ⓘ Bolingbrook, Illinois ⓘ Burbank, Illinois ⓘ Calumet City, Illinois ⓘ Carbondale, Illinois ⓘ Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Champaign, Illinois Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Cicero, Illinois ⓘ Danville, Illinois ⓘ DeKalb ⓘ surface form: DeKalb, Illinois Decatur, Illinois ⓘ Des Plaines, Illinois ⓘ Downers Grove, Illinois ⓘ Elgin, Illinois ⓘ Elmhurst, Illinois ⓘ Evanston, Illinois ⓘ Galesburg, Illinois ⓘ Glenview, Illinois ⓘ Granite City, Illinois ⓘ Harvey, Illinois ⓘ Hoffman Estates, Illinois ⓘ Joliet, Illinois ⓘ Kankakee, Illinois ⓘ Lombard, Illinois ⓘ Mattoon, Illinois ⓘ Maywood, Illinois ⓘ Moline, Illinois ⓘ Mount Prospect, Illinois ⓘ Naperville, Illinois ⓘ Normal, Illinois ⓘ Oak Lawn, Illinois ⓘ Oak Park, Illinois ⓘ Orland Park, Illinois ⓘ Palatine, Illinois ⓘ Park Ridge, Illinois ⓘ Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Peoria, Illinois Quincy, Illinois ⓘ Richton Park, Illinois ⓘ Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Rockford, Illinois Schaumburg, Illinois ⓘ Skokie, Illinois ⓘ Tinley Park, Illinois ⓘ Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Urbana, Illinois Waukegan, Illinois ⓘ Wheaton, Illinois ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	agriculture ⓘ finance ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ transportation ⓘ
hasMajorLake	Lake Michigan ⓘ
hasMajorMetropolitanArea	Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Bloomington–Normal–Pontiac metropolitan area Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area ⓘ Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Carbondale–Marion–Herrin metropolitan area Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area ⓘ Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Chicago–Naperville–Elgin metropolitan area Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Chicago–Naperville–Elgin–Joliet metropolitan area Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area (Illinois portion) Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: Davenport–Moline–Rock Island–Bettendorf metropolitan area (Illinois portion) Decatur, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Decatur metropolitan area Decatur–Taylorville metropolitan area ⓘ Kankakee metropolitan area ⓘ Kankakee metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Kankakee–Bradley–Bourbonnais metropolitan area Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Peoria–East Peoria metropolitan area Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Rockford–Belvidere metropolitan area Springfield metropolitan area ⓘ Springfield metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln metropolitan area St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion) St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) ⓘ St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
hasMajorRiver	Illinois River ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ Wabash River ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity	Illinois State University ⓘ Northern Illinois University ⓘ Northwestern University ⓘ Southern Illinois University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ surface form: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
hasNickname	Land of Lincoln ⓘ Illinois ⓘ surface form: Prairie State
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasStateBird	Northern cardinal ⓘ
hasStateFlower	violet ⓘ
hasStateMotto	State Sovereignty, National Union ⓘ
hasStateSong	Illinois (state song) ⓘ
hasStateTree	white oak ⓘ
ISOCode	Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: US-IL
judicialBody	Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois
largestCity	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois
legislature	Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ
lowerHouse	Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
orderInUnion	21st state ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	IL ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
upperHouse	Illinois Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (7,617)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago, Illinois, United States → state → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago, Illinois, United States → largestCityIn → Illinois ⓘ

Dutch American → historicalSettlementRegion → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Dutch Americans

Abraham Lincoln → homeState → Illinois ⓘ

Midwestern United States → contains → Illinois ⓘ

Lake Michigan → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Millennium Park → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Cloud Gate → locatedInState → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Transit Authority → jurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Great Chicago Fire of 1871 → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → operatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Thirteenth Amendment → stateOfFirstRatification → Illinois ⓘ

Norwegian Americans → notableStateConcentration → Illinois ⓘ

Cook County, Illinois → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Cook County, Illinois → foundedBy → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Cook County, Illinois → isPoliticalHubOf → Illinois ⓘ

Navy Pier → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Stock Exchange → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Guaranteed Rate Field → location → Illinois ⓘ

Great Lakes → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → locatedInState → Illinois ⓘ

Haymarket affair → hasLocation → Illinois ⓘ

Abraham → represented → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln

Black Hawk War → location → Illinois ⓘ

Obama Foundation → state → Illinois ⓘ

DuPage County, Illinois → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chi-Town → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago City Council → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Illinois ⓘ

Art Institute of Chicago → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Board Options Exchange → state → Illinois ⓘ

Soldier Field → location → Illinois ⓘ

United Center → location → Illinois ⓘ

United Center → state → Illinois ⓘ

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar → placeOfDeath → Illinois ⓘ

Lebanese American → significantPopulationIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill → headquartersLocation → Illinois ⓘ

Boeing Galleries → locatedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Boeing Galleries → state → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Lakefront → state → Illinois ⓘ

The Bean → locatedInState → Illinois ⓘ

Ventra → region → Illinois ⓘ

CTA → foundedBy → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Chicago Transit Authority

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois, United States → state → Illinois ⓘ

Roselawn Cemetery, Champaign, Illinois, United States → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Illinois ⓘ

contiguous United States → includesAdministrativeTerritory → Illinois ⓘ

Great Railroad Strike of 1877 → location → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois militia → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Illinois militia → location → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois militia → governedBy → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois state government