List of regions of Illinois

The State of Illinois has several colloquially defined regions:
*Chicagoland is located in the northeastern corner of the state, including seven counties and the City of Chicago. The term is said to have been coined by Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick . The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce defines it as all of Cook, and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
*Collar counties is a term applied to the five counties that surround the centrally located Cook County in the Chicago metropolitan area: DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County.
*The Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area is located in the central region of the state and is composed of (Champaign, Ford, and Piatt) counties, the area had a population of 210,275 at the 2000 censusIt is centered at the University of Illinois.
*Metro-East is an area east of St. Louis and it includes (Jersey, Madison, St. Clair, Macoupin, and parts of Bond and Calhoun from the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as Clinton County.
*The State of Illinois is unofficially divided on a north to south basis with three regions . Precise definitions vary for Northern Illinois, Central Illinois and Southern Illinois

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