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Senatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| Everett M. Dirksen | Republican |
1,961,202 |
52.87% |
| Sidney R. Yates | Democratic |
1,748,007 |
47.13% |
| Write-ins | write-in |
7 |
0.00% |
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| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 11,110,285 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 77.2 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 10,081,158 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 70.0 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 143,961 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.0 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois Secretary of State, Comp, "Illinois U.S. Senate," Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election, November 6, 1962 (Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State, 1963)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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