Illinois State Documents

Created and maintained by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library

Social and economic characteristics of each Illinois county; population & demographics; voting statistics; jobs; real estate, etc.

Published by the Illinois Bureau of the Budget
Library has: 1973, 1980, 1981, and 1989

1990 edition is also available.

Historical vital records, emancipation records, veterans records, and more

Find city data, download data, and create graphs and charts.

Published by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR); sales tax, property tax, local government disbursements, IDOR annual reports and more

Published by the Commission on Government Forecasting & Accountability, formerly the Illinois Economic & Fiscal Commission.
Library has: 1974-1991, 1993-2006, 2007-present

Reports published by the Commission on Government Forecasting & Accountability.
Library has: Sales Taxes in Illinois (2010)
Illinois Tax Incentives (2009)
Service Taxes : 2009 update
Government Privatization (2006)

Summaries from 2002 to the present are available online.
Library has: 2005-present

Research guide created by the University of Chicago Library Political Science & Public Policy Librarian.

Annual and quarterly reports, fiscal impact reports, departmental data, and more reports are available.

Caseload statistics are available for the circuit, appellate, and supreme courts. See also the Illinois Supreme Court Library.

Reports and data on building costs, education, health care, manufacturing, quality of life, technology, transportation infrastructure, workforce, etc.

Published by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Division of Research and Analysis (now the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
Library has: 1993-2004

Consumer Price Index, Gross State Product, Future Construction Contracts, Initial Jobless Claims, Retail Sales, and numerous other indicators published by the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

Tax rates, infrastructure information, zoning information, and economic characteristics of Illinois municipalities and counties; published by the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

Northern Illinois business and industry data

Published by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accounting, 2007

Published by the Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Library has: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1985

Prepared for the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce by A. James Heins; published 1983

Numerous reports on various topics including ISBE Annual Reports (2011-present) and Annual Statistical Reports (2004-present).

Published by the ISBE Division of Student Assessment; data available from 2002 to the present. Data include district summaries, school profiles, and campus report cards.

Reports on education funding from the ISBE

2008 report published by the Illinois General Assembly Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability

Reports from 2003 to the present are available online.
Library has: 2003/04, 2005/06

Published by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Reports from 1996 to the most recent are available online.
Library has: 1988-2008

Published by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Library has: 1988-95, 1998-2004
Library also has Lake Michigan Water Quality Reports: 1977-1991

Bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Ladner and Angela L. Trabert, 1974.

Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) - a project of the Illinois Department of Public Health - publishes a community health assessment and planning process that is conducted every five years by local health jurisdictions in Illinois. Data are available for 102 health indicators.

BRFSS gathers information on health risk factors among Illinois adults through monthly telephone surveys. County and regional data are available from 1998.

Published by the Illinois Department of Public Health

State cancer statistics published by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Data are available back to 1986.

Published by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Reports are available from 2003 to the present.

Reports on various health-related topics, published by the Illinois Department of Public Health from 1982-1996

Published by the Illinois Department of Public Health

2010 report published by the Commission on Government Forecasting & Accountability

Publications of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, occupational wages, unemployment statistics, employment projections, industry employment estimates, quarterly census of employment & wages, etc.

Reports are available from 2006 to the most recently published.
Library has: 1974-79, 1985-2007

Reports are available from 1999 to the most recently published.

Characteristics and physical condition of public airports in Illinois; use statistics for publicly and privately owned airports

Published by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Reports available from 2004 to the most recently published.

Published by the Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety, Bureau of Safety Data & Data Services. Data available from 1997 to the present.