Economy of Illinois
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The economy of Illinois is highly diverse. The state's largest city, Chicago, is home to many of the nation's largest companies including Boeing, McDonalds, Bank One, United Airlines and Motorola. The chicagoland economy produces vast quantities of telecommunications gear, electronics, steel, automobiles, industrial products, and has a wide variety of financial institutions. It is also home to the two largest futures exchanges in the United States, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.However, the regions of the state south of Chicagoland are highly agricultural. Corn and other large-field crops are heavily grown and account for most of the state's economic output outside of Chicago.
The 2004 total gross state product for Illinois was $528 billion, placing it 5th in the nation. The 2003 per capita income was $32,965.
Illinois' agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products and wheat. Its industrial outputs are machinery, food processing, electrical equipment, chemical products, publishing, fabricated metal products, transportation equipment, petroleum and coal.
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