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Illinois

About Illinois

Jim Durkin
House Minority Leader: Jim Durkin
John Curran
Senate Minority Leader: John Curran
  • Animal: White-Tailed Deer
  • Bird: Northern Cardinal
  • Flower: Violet
Illinois State Legislature
  • Known for: The first McDonald’s and being the home state of Abraham Lincoln
  • Known as: Illinoisans
  • GDP

    $938 billion
  • Area

    57,915 sq mi
  • Population

    12,812,508
  • Capital

    Springfield
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