Normal

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Normal

Total population

53,569

Median home value

$213,600

52.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$64,785

Normal$65k

National$74k

Founded

1865

Elevation265 m

Land area47.68 km²

Weather55°F · Cloudy

Coordinates40.52°, -88.99°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 52,736 at the 2020 census. Normal is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and is Illinois's seventh most populous community outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is home to Illinois State University and Heartland Community College.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Normal, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Melville Elijah Stone

American newspaper founder (1848-1929)

Ben Corbett

actor (1892-1961)

Bonnie Lou

American rock and roll and country music singer (1924-2015)

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Jim Cox

American baseball player

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Jim Rockford

Canadian football player

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K. Gordon Murray

American film producer (1922-1979)

Kate Condon

American opera singer (1877-1941)

Louis Fitzhenry

United States federal judge (1870–1935)

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Lyle Luttrell

American baseball player (1930-1984)

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Lynne Allsup

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder

Margaret Illington

American actress

Martin A. Brennan

American politician (1879-1941)

Michael Hoomanawanui

American football player (born 1988)

Paul Scott Mowrer

American journalist (1887–1971)

Pawnee Bill

American stunt performer (1860–1942)

Pete Elliott

American football player and coach (1926-2013)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Carlock
  8.5 mi away
• Lexington
  14 mi away
• Cooksville
  14.6 mi away · pop. 200
• Ellsworth
  15.2 mi away · pop. 179
• Goodfield
  16 mi away · pop. 985
• Le Roy
  17.4 mi away · pop. 3,236
• Minier
  18 mi away
• Mackinaw
  19.2 mi away
• Deer Creek
  19.4 mi away
• Colfax
  19.9 mi away · pop. 1,054
• Chenoa
  20.4 mi away
• De Witt
  25.6 mi away

Browse all places in Illinois →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Normal

Haunted Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

Deborah Carr Senger · 2015

Not Normal, Illinois

Michael Martone · 2009

Illustrated Bloomington and Normal, Illinois

1896

Souvenirs of history--Normal, Illinois

Eloise B. Craig · 1965

City Maps Normal Illinois, USA

James McFee · 2017

The Glad Patch, Normal, Illinois

Glad Patch (Firm) · 1931

Bloomington, Normal, Illinois city map: Map

Inc Spectrum Map Publishing · 1996

Normal, Illinois, and the Illinois Central Railroad

Illinois Central Railroad Company · 1957

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