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.

Committee on License and Consumer Protection → state → Illinois ⓘ

Committee on Public Relations and Rules → state → Illinois ⓘ

Country Club Hills, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Crete, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Criminal Division → state → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Criminal Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)

Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice → state → Illinois ⓘ

Crystal Gardens → state → Illinois ⓘ

Crystal Lawns, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Darien, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

DePaul University → state → Illinois ⓘ

College of Law → state → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: DePaul University College of Law

DeVry Inc. → state → Illinois ⓘ

Decatur, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Decatur–Taylorville metropolitan area → state → Illinois ⓘ

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering → state → Illinois ⓘ

Department of Dance, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign → state → Illinois ⓘ

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering → state → Illinois ⓘ

Department of Speech and Hearing Science → state → Illinois ⓘ

Department of Theatre, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign → state → Illinois ⓘ

Des Plaines, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) → state → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Disability Resources and Educational Services

Disco Demolition Night → state → Illinois ⓘ

Dolton, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Downers Grove Park District → state → Illinois ⓘ

Downers Grove Township → state → Illinois ⓘ

Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Downers Grove, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Driehaus College of Business → state → Illinois ⓘ

DuPage Airport → state → Illinois ⓘ

DuPage River → state → Illinois ⓘ

Eads Bridge → state → Illinois ⓘ

East St. Louis, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Electrical Audio → state → Illinois ⓘ

Elgin, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Elk Grove Township, Cook County, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Elk Grove Village, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Elmhurst University → state → Illinois ⓘ

Elmhurst, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Englewood, Chicago → state → Illinois ⓘ

Eureka, Illinois, United States → state → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Eureka, Illinois

Evanston, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Farnsworth House → state → Illinois ⓘ

Farragut Career Academy High School → state → Illinois ⓘ

Feinberg School of Medicine → state → Illinois ⓘ

Festival Hall → state → Illinois ⓘ

Flower City → state → Illinois ⓘ

Forest Park, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ

Geneva, Illinois, United States → state → Illinois ⓘ

subject surface form: Geneva, Illinois

Glacial Park Conservation Area → state → Illinois ⓘ

Glen Ellyn, Illinois → state → Illinois ⓘ