Since the 1950s ended, most of America has let its guard down and people have become a whole lot kinkier.
Searches for sex online are at an all-time high, and with sexting, flexting, and every other new way of communicating our desires online, it’s pretty clear that we can’t get enough.
Whether we want to admit it or not.
Which of the places in Illinois are the kinkiest? We can tell by looking at who is buying the most ‘kinky’ stuff online.
Based on the number of purchases from Adam & Eve per capita, we came up with this list as the 10 kinkiest cities in the Prairie State.
0.07 orders per capita
Located in
Cook County, Illinois
Cicero is a suburb of Chicago and an incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 83,891 at the 2010 census. As of 2013, the town had a total population of 84,103, making it the 11th largest municipality in Illinois. Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman statesman and orator.
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0.05 orders per capita
Located in
LaSalle County, Illinois
Mendota is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, in the state’s north-central region. The population was 7,372 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 7,204 by July 2015. It is part of the Ottawa-Peru, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Mendota is located approximately 70 miles east of Moline and 55 miles south of Rockford. The current mayor is David W. Boelk, an independent elected to a four-year term.
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0.04 orders per capita
Located in
DuPage County, Illinois
West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,086 at the 2010 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner, after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855. The city was initially established around the first junction of railroad lines in Illinois, and today is still served by the Union Pacific West Metra service via West Chicago station.
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0.04 orders per capita
Located in
DuPage County, Illinois
Elmhurst is a city mostly in DuPage County and overlapping into Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois, and a western suburb of Chicago. As of the 2016 census, the city had a total population of 46,387. {https:suburbanstats.orgillinois/how-many-people-live-in-elmhurst}
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0.04 orders per capita
Located in
Cook County, Illinois
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0.03 orders per capita
Located in
Williamson County, Illinois
Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as “Little Egypt.” The city developed from 1853 because of the stimulation of railroad construction into the area. Today the major roadways of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51 intersect in the city. The city is 96 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest. Carbondale is the home of the main campus of Southern Illinois University.
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0.03 orders per capita
Located in
Coles County, Illinois
Mattoon is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,555 as of the 2010 census.
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0.02 orders per capita
Carlinville is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
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0.02 orders per capita
Located in
Will County, Illinois
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0.02 orders per capita
Located in
McHenry County, Illinois
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Where Illinois’s kinkiest cities are
Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How We Measured The Kinkiest Cities In The Prairie State
In order to rank how kinky a city is, we simply had to see which cities in Illinois purchased the most sex toys from online erotic adult toy and novelty powerhouse Adam & Eve. They provided us with purchase information in 2015.
It’s pretty easy to figure it out, actually, when you know the cities in Illinois are buying adult toys.
Saturday Night Science at its finest — there’s no better way to solve this argument at a bar.
We calculated all the data on a per capita basis, meaning these are orders on a per-person basis, not a raw number of total dollars spent or number of orders. That keeps us from ranking the largest cities at the top since they have the most people.
Additionally, we only looked at the 271 places in Illinois with over 5,000 people.
The kinkiest cities in Illinois based on this methodology are Cicero, Mendota, West Chicago, Elmhurst, Homewood, Carbondale, Mattoon, Carlinville, Romeoville, and McHenry.
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Kinkiest Cities In Illinois For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | Orders Per Capita |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cicero | 82,797 | 0.07 |
| 2 | Mendota | 6,994 | 0.05 |
| 3 | West Chicago | 25,395 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Elmhurst | 45,671 | 0.04 |
| 5 | Homewood | 19,294 | 0.04 |
| 6 | Carbondale | 22,158 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Mattoon | 16,586 | 0.03 |
| 8 | Carlinville | 5,480 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Romeoville | 41,152 | 0.02 |
| 10 | McHenry | 28,074 | 0.02 |
| 11 | North Chicago | 30,643 | 0.02 |
| 12 | Moline | 42,197 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Algonquin | 30,067 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Mount Vernon | 14,090 | 0.02 |
| 15 | DeKalb | 40,443 | 0.02 |
| 16 | Taylorville | 10,646 | 0.02 |
| 17 | Belleville | 41,370 | 0.01 |
| 18 | Charleston | 17,062 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Waterloo | 11,129 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Rolling Meadows | 24,027 | 0.01 |
| 21 | Mount Prospect | 55,472 | 0.01 |
| 22 | Chicago | 2,711,226 | 0.01 |
| 23 | Roscoe | 10,706 | 0.01 |
| 24 | Morton Grove | 24,619 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Macomb | 14,894 | 0.01 |
| 26 | Murphysboro | 6,735 | 0.01 |
| 27 | Bloomington | 78,907 | 0.01 |
| 28 | Jerseyville | 7,445 | 0.01 |
| 29 | Bethalto | 9,239 | 0.01 |
| 30 | Hickory Hills | 14,526 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Decatur | 69,815 | 0.01 |
| 32 | Du Quoin | 5,726 | 0.01 |
| 33 | O’Fallon | 32,262 | 0.01 |
| 34 | Pekin | 31,781 | 0.01 |
| 35 | Normal | 53,569 | 0.01 |
| 36 | East Peoria | 22,324 | 0.01 |
| 37 | Champaign | 89,996 | 0.01 |
| 38 | Sugar Grove | 9,240 | 0.01 |
| 39 | Kankakee | 23,996 | 0.01 |
| 40 | Geneseo | 6,673 | 0.01 |
| 41 | Ottawa | 18,447 | 0.01 |
| 42 | Pontiac | 11,294 | 0.01 |
| 43 | Rockford | 147,521 | 0.01 |
| 44 | Greenville | 7,235 | 0.01 |
| 45 | Danville | 28,595 | 0.01 |
| 46 | Lemont | 17,820 | 0.01 |
| 47 | Genoa | 5,492 | 0.01 |
| 48 | Mahomet | 10,049 | 0.01 |
| 49 | Olney | 8,577 | 0.01 |
| 50 | Collinsville | 24,031 | 0.01 |
| 51 | Herrin | 12,226 | 0.00 |
| 52 | Lincoln | 13,281 | 0.00 |
| 53 | Highland | 10,262 | 0.00 |
| 54 | Harvard | 9,598 | 0.00 |
| 55 | Litchfield | 6,834 | 0.00 |
| 56 | Granite City | 26,549 | 0.00 |
| 57 | Oak Brook | 8,056 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Harrisburg | 8,372 | 0.00 |
| 59 | Effingham | 12,342 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Freeport | 23,505 | 0.00 |
| 61 | Rantoul | 12,421 | 0.00 |
| 62 | Edwardsville | 26,474 | 0.00 |
| 63 | Peoria | 112,169 | 0.00 |
| 64 | Elk Grove Village | 31,987 | 0.00 |
| 65 | Rock Island | 36,151 | 0.00 |
| 66 | Fairview Heights | 16,745 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Chillicothe | 5,900 | 0.00 |
| 68 | Marion | 16,836 | 0.00 |
| 69 | Galesburg | 29,481 | 0.00 |
| 70 | Naperville | 150,692 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Coal City | 5,317 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Jacksonville | 18,014 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Glen Carbon | 13,977 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Springfield | 113,330 | 0.00 |
| 75 | Salem | 7,236 | 0.00 |
| 76 | Maryville | 8,316 | 0.00 |
| 77 | Quincy | 39,109 | 0.00 |
| 78 | Dixon | 14,910 | 0.00 |
| 79 | Belvidere | 24,752 | 0.00 |
| 80 | Wood River | 10,279 | 0.00 |
| 81 | South Beloit | 7,946 | 0.00 |
| 82 | Clinton | 6,985 | 0.00 |
| 83 | East Moline | 20,904 | 0.00 |
| 84 | Itasca | 9,355 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Marengo | 7,040 | 0.00 |
| 86 | Alton | 25,279 | 0.00 |
| 87 | Colona | 5,139 | 0.00 |
| 88 | Minooka | 12,891 | 0.00 |
| 89 | Pinckneyville | 5,018 | 0.00 |
| 90 | Hoopeston | 5,034 | 0.00 |
| 91 | East Alton | 5,689 | 0.00 |
| 92 | Elburn | 6,354 | 0.00 |
| 93 | Paris | 8,276 | 0.00 |
| 94 | Round Lake | 18,628 | 0.00 |
| 95 | Crete | 8,386 | 0.00 |
| 96 | Metropolis | 5,864 | 0.00 |
| 97 | Urbana | 39,341 | 0.00 |
| 98 | Centralia | 11,856 | 0.00 |
| 99 | Robinson | 7,084 | 0.00 |
| 100 | Geneva | 21,258 | 0.00 |
Source: Adam & Eve orders per capita via Saturday Night Science. 271 Illinois cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: The Kinkiest Cities In Illinois For 2026
So there you have it — the kinkiest cities in Illinois based on Adam & Eve orders per capita.
The kinkiest cities in Illinois are Cicero, Mendota, West Chicago, Elmhurst, Homewood, Carbondale, Mattoon, Carlinville, Romeoville, and McHenry.
