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By job gal | February 20, 2009
Illinois
Illinois is located in the Midwestern region of the United States. Springfield serves as the state capital, while Chicago is the largest city. Illinois is bordered by Wisconsin to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Tennessee to the south and Kentucky and Indiana to the east.
The word Illinois comes from the French adaptation of the Algonquin word meaning “she/he speaks normally,” or from the Illiniwek people who once inhabited the area. French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first to explore the area in 1673. Chicago became the biggest city in 1857 because of the Great Lakes and rail hub. The growth of mines and factories in the 19th Century helped form many labor unions in the state. Illinois was home to the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Riot and Great Chicago Fire. The stat also played an important part in the American Revolution and Civil War. Illinois was admitted as the 21st state into the Union.
Following World War II, Argonne National Laboratory activated the first experimental nuclear power generating system in the country. Today the state is known for its energy industry, which includes coal, petroleum, nuclear power, wind power and biofuels.
Illinois’ Job Market
In 2007, Illinois had a gross state product of $609 billion, fifth in the nation. The state’s agricultural outputs include: corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products and wheat. In 2003, the state’s leading manufacturing industries were: chemical manufacturing at $16.6 billion, food manufacturing at $14.4 billion, machinery manufacturing at $13.6 billion, fabricated metal products at $10.5 billion, plastics and rubber products at $6.8 billion, transportation equipment at $6.7 billion and computer and electronic products at $6.4 billion. Other important non-manufacturing industries include financial services, publishing, petroleum and coal.
The state’s fastest-growing industries include: healthcare, information technology, urban planning and education.
Work Trends
Illinois unemployment rate: 7.6 percent
National unemployment rate: 7.6 percent
Mean travel time to work: 28 minutes
Illinois’ Largest Employers
Boeing (More)
100 N. Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606
State Farm Insurance Cos.
1 State Farm Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61710
Walgreen (More)
200 Wilmot Rd.
Deerfield, IL 60015
Sears Holdings (More)
3333 Beverly Rd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Caterpillar
100 N.E. Adams St.
Peoria, IL 61629
Archer Daniels Midland (More)
4666 Faries Pkwy.
Decatur, IL 62525
Kraft Foods (More)
3 Lakes Dr.
Northfield, IL 60093
Allstate (More)
2775 Sanders Rd.
Northbrook, IL 60062
Motorola (More)
1303 E. Algonquin Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60196
Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Rd.
Abbott Park, IL 60064
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
Illinoisjobs
Work 4 Illinois
IllinoisJobs.net
IllinoisJobNetwork
CareerBuilder
Surrounding Area Job Search
Springfield, IL
Forest Park, IL
Champaign, IL
Collinsville, IL
Peoria, IL
Urbana, IL
Elmhurst, IL
Bloomington, IL
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL
Joliet, IL
Continuing Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Northern Illinois University
University of Illinois at Chicago
DePaul University
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Discovering Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum of Natural History
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Dickson Mounds State Museum
Rockome Gardens
Illinois State Fair
Illinois State Parks
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Bears
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Blackhawks
Illinois Statistics
Population
Total population: 12,831,970
Persons under five-years old: 6.9 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 25.1 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12 percent
Female: 50.8 percent
White: 79.3 percent
Black: 15 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .3 percent
Asian: 4.2 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.1 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 14.7 percent
Non-Hispanic White: 65.3 percent
Education
High school graduates: 81.4 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 26.1 percent
Housing
Housing units: 5,199,589
Homeownership rate: 67.3 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 34 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $130,800
Households: 4,591,779
Persons per household: 2.63
Income
Median household income: $47,711
Per capita income: $23,104
Persons below poverty: 11.9 percent
Transportation
Airports: O’Hare International, Chicago Midway International,
Railroads: Amtrak (Illini, Illinois Zephyr)
Public mass transit: Chicago Transit Authority’s L
Weather (Chicago)
Average annual precipitation: 35.82 inches
Average low temp. in January: 14 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 84 degrees
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