Elgin was the eighth-biggest city in Illinois in 2000, and it was still No. 8 as of last April 1, according to the 2010 official census.
Although statewide totals had been announced in December, it wasn't until Tuesday that the U.S. Census Bureau finally revealed the total populations, racial makeups and Hispanic populations for Illinois' cities, villages and counties.
Elgin ended up with 108,188 people, an increase of 13,700 (about 14.5 percent) from 2000.
Aurora vaulted over Rockford to become the second-biggest city in Illinois, with a whopping 197,899 people. It grew by 54,909, or 38 percent, in just 10 years. Expanding by just 1.8 percent, Rockford — with a new population of 152,871 — had been almost 8,000 bigger than Aurora in 2000. Now it's 45,000 smaller.
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