You already know that Illinois is number 1. But we actually lead the country in these areas. For better or worse.

  1. Top Party School

Kevin Dooley/Flickr University of Illinois is near the top in many academic fields, but it does hold the title of top party school.

  1. Worst Run State

Jeff Sharp/Flickr For the non-fans of Springfield (which is pretty much everyone these days), this is not a shocker.

  1. Pumpkin production

Mike Mozart/Flickr We grow 90-95% of the country’s pumpkins, actually.

  1. Population loss

Christine und Hagen Graf/Flickr Out-migration from Illinois has hit six digits.

  1. Green buildings

Kristine Riskaer/Flickr This is one to be proud of. We are committed to construction that is better for the environment.

  1. Holiday theft

Bart Fields/Flickr People like to steal other people’s stuff while they are out celebrating the holidays in Illinois, apparently.

  1. Agricultural rents

Ron Frazier/Flickr We lead the nation with $3.8 billion. Hey, we got a lot of nice flat land out here.

  1. Horseradish production

Nick Saltmarsh/Flickr Collinsville, IL is actually the world’s horseradish capital.

  1. Units of local government

Katherine Johnson/Flickr And yet, it seems like we still can’t get anything done!!

You gotta wish we weren’t #1 in some of these areas, but such is life!

Kevin Dooley/Flickr

University of Illinois is near the top in many academic fields, but it does hold the title of top party school.

Jeff Sharp/Flickr

For the non-fans of Springfield (which is pretty much everyone these days), this is not a shocker.

Mike Mozart/Flickr

We grow 90-95% of the country’s pumpkins, actually.

Christine und Hagen Graf/Flickr

Out-migration from Illinois has hit six digits.

Kristine Riskaer/Flickr

This is one to be proud of. We are committed to construction that is better for the environment.

Bart Fields/Flickr

People like to steal other people’s stuff while they are out celebrating the holidays in Illinois, apparently.

Ron Frazier/Flickr

We lead the nation with $3.8 billion. Hey, we got a lot of nice flat land out here.

Nick Saltmarsh/Flickr

Collinsville, IL is actually the world’s horseradish capital.

Katherine Johnson/Flickr

And yet, it seems like we still can’t get anything done!!

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