Dave Benjamin, who is the co-founder and executive director of Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, has shown that since 2010, there's been 1,311 drownings in the Great Lakes. Just so you know, that's roughly 93 on average every year, many of which happen in Lake Michigan.
Illinois is a state that gets a lot of love due to the Windy City and its sports teams which makes it popular and well-known worldwide, landing it in the top 5 for spam calls in the United States.