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==Illinois Information==
Illinois became the twenty-first state admitted to the United States on December 3, 1818. Illinois was created form Illinois Territory and is located in the Midwestern region of the United States.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Illinois " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois (accessed 16 March 2016).</ref> The capital is Springfield and there are 102 counties in Illinois.  <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 1 Nov 2016.</ref>