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Illinois Family Courts
         
                       Cook County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Chicago)  FIPS: 17031                     - pop.5,275,541                   
                                
                       DuPage County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wheaton)  FIPS: 17043                     - pop.932,877                   
                                
                       Lake County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Waukegan)  FIPS: 17097                     - pop.714,342                   
                                
                       Will County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Joliet)  FIPS: 17197                     - pop.696,355                   
                                
                       Kane County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Geneva)  FIPS: 17089                     - pop.516,522                   
                                
                       McHenry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Woodstock)  FIPS: 17111                     - pop.310,229                   
                                
                       Winnebago County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rockford)  FIPS: 17201                     - pop.285,350                   
                                
                       Madison County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Edwardsville)  FIPS: 17119                     - pop.265,859                   
                                
                       Saint Clair County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Belleville)  FIPS: 17163                     - pop.257,400                   
                                
                       Champaign County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Urbana)  FIPS: 17019                     - pop.205,865                   
                                
                       Sangamon County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Springfield)  FIPS: 17167                     - pop.196,343                   
                                
                       Peoria County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Peoria)  FIPS: 17143                     - pop.181,830                   
                                
                       McLean County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bloomington)  FIPS: 17113                     - pop.170,954                   
                                
                       Rock Island County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rock Island)  FIPS: 17161                     - pop.144,672                   
                                
                       Kendall County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Yorkville)  FIPS: 17093                     - pop.131,869                   
                                
                       Tazewell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pekin)  FIPS: 17179                     - pop.131,343                   
                                
                       La Salle County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ottawa)  FIPS: 17099                     - pop.109,658                   
                                
                       Kankakee County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Kankakee)  FIPS: 17091                     - pop.107,502                   
                                
                       Macon County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Decatur)  FIPS: 17115                     - pop.103,998                   
                                
                       DeKalb County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sycamore)  FIPS: 17037                     - pop.100,420                   
                                
                       Vermilion County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Danville)  FIPS: 17183                     - pop.74,188                   
                                
                       Williamson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marion)  FIPS: 17199                     - pop.67,153                   
                                
                       Adams County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Quincy)  FIPS: 17001                     - pop.65,737                   
                                
                       Whiteside County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Morrison)  FIPS: 17195                     - pop.55,691                   
                                
                       Boone County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Belvidere)  FIPS: 17007                     - pop.53,448                   
                                
                       Jackson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Murphysboro)  FIPS: 17077                     - pop.52,974                   
                                
                       Grundy County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Morris)  FIPS: 17063                     - pop.52,533                   
                                
                       Ogle County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Oregon)  FIPS: 17141                     - pop.51,788                   
                                
                       Knox County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Galesburg)  FIPS: 17095                     - pop.49,967                   
                                
                       Henry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cambridge)  FIPS: 17073                     - pop.49,284                   
                                
                       Coles County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Charleston)  FIPS: 17029                     - pop.46,863                   
                                
                       Macoupin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carlinville)  FIPS: 17117                     - pop.44,967                   
                                
                       Stephenson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Freeport)  FIPS: 17177                     - pop.44,630                   
                                
                       Woodford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Eureka)  FIPS: 17203                     - pop.38,467                   
                                
                       Franklin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Benton)  FIPS: 17055                     - pop.37,804                   
                                
                       Marion County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Salem)  FIPS: 17121                     - pop.37,729                   
                                
                       Jefferson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Vernon)  FIPS: 17081                     - pop.37,113                   
                                
                       Clinton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carlyle)  FIPS: 17027                     - pop.36,899                   
                                
                       Livingston County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pontiac)  FIPS: 17105                     - pop.35,815                   
                                
                       Monroe County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Waterloo)  FIPS: 17133                     - pop.34,962                   
                                
                       Effingham County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Effingham)  FIPS: 17049                     - pop.34,668                   
                                
                       Lee County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Dixon)  FIPS: 17103                     - pop.34,145                   
                                
                       Christian County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Taylorville)  FIPS: 17021                     - pop.34,032                   
                                
                       Fulton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lewistown)  FIPS: 17057                     - pop.33,609                   
                                
                       Bureau County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Princeton)  FIPS: 17011                     - pop.33,244                   
                                
                       Morgan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jacksonville)  FIPS: 17137                     - pop.32,915                   
                                
                       Randolph County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Chester)  FIPS: 17157                     - pop.30,163                   
                                
                       Montgomery County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hillsboro)  FIPS: 17135                     - pop.28,288                   
                                
                       Logan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lincoln)  FIPS: 17107                     - pop.27,987                   
                                
                       McDonough County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Macomb)  FIPS: 17109                     - pop.27,238                   
                                
                       Iroquois County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Watseka)  FIPS: 17075                     - pop.27,077                   
                                
                       Saline County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Harrisburg)  FIPS: 17165                     - pop.23,768                   
                                
                       Jo Daviess County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Galena)  FIPS: 17085                     - pop.22,035                   
                                
                       Jersey County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jerseyville)  FIPS: 17083                     - pop.21,512                   
                                
                       Fayette County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Vandalia)  FIPS: 17051                     - pop.21,488                   
                                
                       Shelby County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Shelbyville)  FIPS: 17173                     - pop.20,990                   
                                
                       Perry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pinckneyville)  FIPS: 17145                     - pop.20,945                   
                                
                       Douglas County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Tuscola)  FIPS: 17041                     - pop.19,740                   
                                
                       Crawford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Robinson)  FIPS: 17033                     - pop.18,679                   
                                
                       Hancock County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carthage)  FIPS: 17067                     - pop.17,620                   
                                
                       Union County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jonesboro)  FIPS: 17181                     - pop.17,244                   
                                
                       Edgar County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Paris)  FIPS: 17045                     - pop.16,866                   
                                
                       Warren County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Monmouth)  FIPS: 17187                     - pop.16,835                   
                                
                       Bond County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Greenville)  FIPS: 17005                     - pop.16,725                   
                                
                       Piatt County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Monticello)  FIPS: 17147                     - pop.16,673                   
                                
                       Wayne County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Fairfield)  FIPS: 17191                     - pop.16,179                   
                                
                       Richland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Olney)  FIPS: 17159                     - pop.15,813                   
                                
                       Carroll County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Carroll)  FIPS: 17015                     - pop.15,702                   
                                
                       Mercer County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Aledo)  FIPS: 17131                     - pop.15,699                   
                                
                       DeWitt County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Clinton)  FIPS: 17039                     - pop.15,516                   
                                
                       Clark County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marshall)  FIPS: 17023                     - pop.15,455                   
                                
                       Lawrence County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lawrenceville)  FIPS: 17101                     - pop.15,280                   
                                
                       Pike County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pittsfield)  FIPS: 17149                     - pop.14,739                   
                                
                       Moultrie County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sullivan)  FIPS: 17139                     - pop.14,526                   
                                
                       Massac County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Metropolis)  FIPS: 17127                     - pop.14,169                   
                                
                       White County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carmi)  FIPS: 17193                     - pop.13,877                   
                                
                       Washington County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Nashville)  FIPS: 17189                     - pop.13,761                   
                                
                       Ford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Paxton)  FIPS: 17053                     - pop.13,534                   
                                
                       Johnson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Vienna)  FIPS: 17087                     - pop.13,308                   
                                
                       Clay County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Louisville)  FIPS: 17025                     - pop.13,288                   
                                
                       Mason County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Havana)  FIPS: 17125                     - pop.13,086                   
                                
                       Cass County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Virginia)  FIPS: 17017                     - pop.13,042                   
                                
                       Menard County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Petersburg)  FIPS: 17129                     - pop.12,297                   
                                
                       Greene County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carrollton)  FIPS: 17061                     - pop.11,985                   
                                
                       Marshall County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lacon)  FIPS: 17123                     - pop.11,742                   
                                
                       Wabash County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Carmel)  FIPS: 17185                     - pop.11,361                   
                                
                       Cumberland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Toledo)  FIPS: 17035                     - pop.10,450                   
                                
                       Jasper County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Newton)  FIPS: 17079                     - pop.9,287                   
                                
                       Hamilton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (McLeansboro)  FIPS: 17065                     - pop.7,993                   
                                
                       Schuyler County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rushville)  FIPS: 17169                     - pop.6,902                   
                                
                       Henderson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Oquawka)  FIPS: 17071                     - pop.6,387                   
                                
                       Edwards County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Albion)  FIPS: 17047                     - pop.6,245                   
                                
                       Brown County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mount Sterling)  FIPS: 17009                     - pop.6,244                   
                                
                       Putnam County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hennepin)  FIPS: 17155                     - pop.5,637                   
                                
                       Stark County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Toulon)  FIPS: 17175                     - pop.5,400                   
                                
                       Alexander County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cairo)  FIPS: 17003                     - pop.5,240                   
                                
                       Pulaski County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mound City)  FIPS: 17153                     - pop.5,193                   
                                
                       Scott County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Winchester)  FIPS: 17171                     - pop.4,949                   
                                
                       Gallatin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Shawneetown)  FIPS: 17059                     - pop.4,946                   
                                
                       Calhoun County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hardin)  FIPS: 17013                     - pop.4,437                   
                                
                       Pope County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Golconda)  FIPS: 17151                     - pop.3,763                   
                                
                       Hardin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elizabethtown)  FIPS: 17069                     - pop.3,649                   
                            
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