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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.

Kapos, Shia (May 28, 2019). "PRITZKER's BIG WIN—BRADY, MUNOZ stake in video gambling—ABORTION BILL fate uncertain". Politico. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019 . Retrieved May 30, 2019. The state's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, has declined from 83.5% in 1970 [95] to 58.5% in 2022. [94] Illinois" is the modern spelling for the early French Catholic missionaries and explorers' name for the Illinois Native Americans, a name that was spelled in many different ways in the early records. [15]

The Chicago Whales of the Federal Baseball League, a rival league to Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1916 Census Apportionment Results". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021 . Retrieved April 26, 2021. Sutton, Robert P. (1976). The Prairie State; a documentary history of Illinois. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-1651-1. OCLC 2603998.

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. The Chicago Bandits of the NPF, a women's softball league; have won four league titles, most recently in 2016. They play at Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Illinois in the Chicago area. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. As soon as we pulled in, they said park and go straight to the bathrooms, so we came into the girls' bathroom," the woman says. "We all got together, and the building just fell."Working, Russell (November 8, 2004). "Illinois a blue island in red sea". Chicago Tribune. pp. 1-1, 1-15– via Newspapers.com. What did Chicago look like in the early 1830s?". Chicago Public Library. May 16, 2008. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 . Retrieved October 20, 2007. The chief said approximately 150 yards of the building collapsed after the tornado touched down at 8:35 p.m. CT on Friday. Births do not add up, because Hispanics are counted both by ethnicity and by race. Live Births by Single Race/Ethnicity of Mother Using the criterion established by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, there are eleven "National Universities" in the state.

Pathieu, Diane (May 11, 2023). "COVID-19 public health emergency ends Thursday in US, Illinois". ABC 7 Chicago . Retrieved June 13, 2023. The Stevenson family, initially rooted in central Illinois and later based in the Chicago metropolitan area, has provided four generations of Illinois officeholders. The Baháʼí House of Worship". Baháʼís of the United States. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019 . Retrieved March 6, 2019. Nuclear State Profiles". Eia.gov. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013 . Retrieved April 29, 2012.For a more comprehensive list, see List of professional sports teams in Illinois. Soldier Field, Chicago Major league sports The coal industry of Illinois has its origins in the middle 19th century, when entrepreneurs such as Jacob Loose discovered coal in locations such as Sangamon County. Jacob Bunn contributed to the development of the Illinois coal industry, and was a founder and owner of the Western Coal & Mining Company of Illinois. About 68% of Illinois has coal-bearing strata of the Pennsylvanian geologic period. According to the Illinois State Geological Survey, 211billion tons of bituminous coal are estimated to lie under the surface, having a total heating value greater than the estimated oil deposits in the Arabian Peninsula. [133] However, this coal has a high sulfur content, which causes acid rain, unless special equipment is used to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. [27] [30] [65] Many Illinois power plants are not equipped to burn high-sulfur coal. In 1999, Illinois produced 40.4million tons of coal, but only 17million tons (42%) of Illinois coal was consumed in Illinois. Most of the coal produced in Illinois is exported to other states and countries. In 2008, Illinois exported three million tons of coal, and was projected to export nine million in 2011, as demand for energy grows in places such as China, India, and elsewhere in Asia and Europe. [134] As of 2010 [update], Illinois was ranked third in recoverable coal reserves at producing mines in the nation. [126] Most of the coal produced in Illinois is exported to other states, while much of the coal burned for power in Illinois (21million tons in 1998) is mined in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. [132] The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC), the world's only facility dedicated to researching the ways and means of converting corn (maize) to ethanol is located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. [146] [147] Davis, James E. (1998). Frontier Illinois. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33423-7. OCLC 39182546.