CNNMoney.com: Best places to live 2006: Illinois

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Winners

Illinois
Top 100 finalists
City	Population
Aurora	168,200
Bloomington	69,700
Naperville	141,600
Orland Park	55,500
Other cities
City	Population
Arlington Heights	74,047
Berwyn	52,548
Bolingbrook	75,604
Champaign	68,896
Chicago	2,873,790
Cicero	83,179
Decatur	76,631
Des Plaines	58,331
Downers Grove	49,092
Elgin	106,279
Evanston	73,631
Joliet	133,765
Mount Prospect	55,442
Oak Lawn	53,933
Oak Park	50,888
Palatine	64,895
Peoria	111,497
Rockford	152,200
Schaumburg	74,363
Skokie	61,075
Springfield	112,797
Tinley Park	52,966
Waukegan	93,389
Wheaton	55,897

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Pick a state
State	No. of finalists
Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	3
Arkansas	1
California	6
Colorado	4
Connecticut	2
Delaware	0
District of Columbia	0
Florida	4
Georgia	0
Hawaii	0
Idaho	1
Illinois	4
Indiana	1
Iowa	3
Kansas	3
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	1
Maryland	2
Massachusetts	1
Michigan	5
Minnesota	4
Mississippi	0
Missouri	3
Montana	0
Nebraska	2
Nevada	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	5
New Mexico	2
New York	2
North Carolina	2
North Dakota	2
Ohio	2
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	3
Pennsylvania	1
Rhode Island	2
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	1
Texas	10
Utah	3
Vermont	0
Virginia	3
Washington	1
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	4
Wyoming	0

Illinois companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company	Best Companies 2006 Rank
CDW	34
Northwest Community Hospital	50
Wm. Wrigley Jr.	95
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FORTUNE 500
Company	F500 rank
State Farm Insurance Cos	22
Boeing	26
Sears Holdings Corporation	33
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Biggest employers
Company	Employees
Wachovia Securities Inc	71,262
Aramark Management Services Lp.	11,805
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company	11,000

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Most singles
	% single residents
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New Brunswick, NJ	54.6%
College Station, TX	54.3%
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	Median age
Jacksonville, NC	22.90
Provo, UT	23.28
New Brunswick, NJ	24.16
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