Normal, Illinois

Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois
Town
	Uptown Normal, looking east on North Street, 2011
	Location of Normal in McLean County, Illinois.
	Normal Location within the state of Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°30′44″N 88°59′19″W / 40.51222°N 88.98861°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McLean
Townships	Normal, Dry Grove, Towanda
Settled	1854
Founded	February 1865
Incorporated	February 25, 1867
Government
• Mayor	Chris Koos
• City Manager	Pamela Reece
Area
• Total	18.03 sq mi (46.70 km2)
• Land	17.94 sq mi (46.47 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2) 0.33%
Elevation	830 ft (250 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	52,736
• Density	2,939.25/sq mi (1,134.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central Standard Time (USA))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time)
Area code	309
FIPS code	17-53234
GNIS ID	2396818
Website	www.normal.org

Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal cities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and is Illinois' seventh most populous community outside the Chicago metropolitan area. The main campus of Illinois' oldest public university, Illinois State University, a fully accredited four-year institution, is in Normal, as is Heartland Community College, a fully accredited two-year institution. Chris Koos has been Normal's mayor since 2003.^[3]

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Normal, Illinois
^ "Mayor Chris Koos". Town of Normal. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.