This has been and always will be a tricky state question. What is the smallest town in Illinois? It depends on who you ask, but there is an official answer and in Illinois, it's a tie between two tiny places that both have just 36 souls calling it home.
The population of the Tri-State now exceeds 900,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 figures that have been released over the past few weeks. With Kentucky's numbers released on Thursday, I was able to gather the entire Tri-State's information for the first time.