Population
Name
Population Maps
Illinois: Population
0
100 MI
0
160 KM
Rockford Chicago
Aurora
Joliet
N
NW
NE
IOWA
E
W
SW
S
Peoria
SE
MISSOURI
Key
State capital
Other city
ILLINOIS
Decatur
Springfield
Jacksonville
East St. Louis
People per square mile
More than 250
100 to 250
50 to 100
Less than 50
Orchardville
Use the maps to answer the questions.
1. Where is the greatest population density in Illinois?
Where is the second greatest density?
2. About how many people live in a square mile in Jacksonville?
3. Name a city in Illinois with a population density of less
than 50 people per square mile.
4. How would you describe Illinois’ population in
the southeastern part of the state?
5. How might Lake Michigan have helped Chicago’s population grow?
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Lake
Michigan
INDIANA
The number of people
living in a place is
called the population.
A population map shows
the number of people
living in a certain area,
usually a square mile.
This is called population
density. The map on
this page shows the
population density
of the state of Illinois.
The map on page 33
shows the population
density of South Carolina.
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Population
Name
South Carolina: Population
N
NW
MAP
READER’S TIP
NE
E
W
SW
S
NORTH CAROLINA
0
50 MI
0
80 KM
SE
Illinois is the sixth
largest state in population, and South
Carolina is the 25th
largest.
Spartanburg
Greenville
Williamston
Loris
Columbia
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
Key
State capital
Other city
People per square mile
Charleston
Brighton
More than 250
100 to 250
50 to 100
Less than 50
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
6. Around what cities is South Carolina’s population greatest?
7. In which population category is Williamston?
Loris?
8. Would you describe the population in the
southwestern part of the state as high or low?
9. Which of these are not shown on the map:
a. total state population
b. the most densely populated cities
c. where the most farmers live
10. What are the advantages of living in a highly populated area?
What are the disadvantages?
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Answer Key
MAPS
Pages 32–33
1. near the cities of Chicago and East St.
Louis
2. from 50 to 100
3. Orchardville
4. less dense than the northeastern part
5. As a port on the lake, Chicago would have
grown because of trade.
6. Charleston, Greenville, Columbia,
Spartanburg
7. 100 to 250; 50 to 100
8. It’s not very densely populated.
9. a and c
10. Possible answers: more cultural facilities,
more businesses and jobs; crowding,
traffic, noise.
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