Illinois

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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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
State of Illinois	70
Illinois, United States	8
US-IL	3
Illinois (across Mississippi River)	2
U.S. state of Illinois	2
state of Illinois	2
Illinois state government	1
Prairie State	1
people of 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 (1,224)

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

Chicago Bears–Minnesota Vikings rivalry → ChicagoBearsHomeState → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois → ISOCode → Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: US-IL

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign → abbreviation → Illinois ⓘ

William W. Boyington → activeIn → Illinois ⓘ

Hurricane Katrina → affectedU.S.State → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago State University → affiliation → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Illinois National Guard → allegiance → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Law Division, Municipal Department → appliesLawOf → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Land of Lincoln → appliesTo → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. state of Illinois

Governor of Illinois → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois Compiled Statutes → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Illinois Compiled Statutes → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois Constitution → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Illinois Constitution → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1970

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Illinois Supreme Court → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

Illinois militia → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Lieutenant Governor of Illinois → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois ⓘ

Land Ordinance of 1785 → appliesToPresentDayStates → Illinois ⓘ

Hoocąk → associatedRegion → Illinois ⓘ

Board of Trustees of Shedd Aquarium → associatedWith → Illinois ⓘ

Lincoln family → associatedWith → Illinois ⓘ

War Memorials of Illinois → associatedWith → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: state government of Illinois

Morton Salt family → associatedWithState → Illinois ⓘ

The Capital City → associatedWithState → Illinois ⓘ

Order of Lincoln laureate → awardingBody → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Illinois

Clarence Darrow → barAdmission → Illinois ⓘ

John Paul Stevens → barAdmission → Illinois ⓘ

Lori Lightfoot (as Mayor of Chicago) → barAdmission → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Lori Lightfoot

Dorval R. Carter Jr. → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Drag City → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Fermi Research Alliance, LLC → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Jerry Reinsdorf → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Men in Red → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Pat Hughes → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Rick Hahn → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

South Siders → basedIn → Illinois ⓘ

Chicago Colts → basedInState → Illinois ⓘ

Ohio River → basinIncludesState → Illinois ⓘ

Great Lakes → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Hammond, Indiana → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Indiana → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Iowa → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Kentucky → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Lake Michigan → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Missouri → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

Western Kentucky → borderedBy → Illinois ⓘ

St. Louis County, Missouri → borderedByState → Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois (across Mississippi River)

Iowa's 1st congressional district → borderingState → Illinois ⓘ

eastern Iowa → borders → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Iowa