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The capital of the state is Springfield.
The current Governor of Illinois is Rod Blagojevich[?] (Democrat) and the U.S. senators are Richard J. Durbin[?] (Democrat) and Peter G. Fitzgerald[?] (Republican).
It is in the north central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan. Surrounding states are Wisconsin to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Indiana to the east.
The 1999 total gross state product for Illinois was $446 billion placing it 4th in the nation. The Per Capita Income was $32,259.
Illinois' agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products and wheat. Its industrial outputs are machinery, food processing, electrical equipment, chemical products, publishing, fabricated metal products, transportation equipment, petroleum and coal.
The 2000 population of Illinois was 12,419,293. At the northern edge of the state on Lake Michigan lies Chicago, the nation's third largest city. More than half of the population lives in and around Chicago, the leading industrial and transportation center in the region. The rest of the population lives in the smaller cities and on the farms that dot the state's gently rolling plains.
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| Prairie State | |
| State Animal: | White-tailed deer |
| State Bird: | Cardinal |
| State Capital: | Springfield |
| State Fish: | Bluegill[?] |
| State Flower: | Purple violet |
| State Insect: | Monarch butterfly |
| State Slogan: | "Land of Lincoln" |
| State Song: | "Illinois" |
| State Tree: | White oak |
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, came from Illinois. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President, was born and lived in Illinois.
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