After not announcing the monthly totals for July, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for July and August 2024. For the fifth-straight month, Illinois’ sales totaled at least $141 million. July totals reached $143,344,184.07, and August sales totaled reached $147,391,733.03, the third-highest monthly totals since legalization (January 2000).

In July, dispensaries sold 4,134,393 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $110,906,006.46. Out-of-state resident sales totals reached $32,438,177.61. In August, dispensaries sold 4,285,598 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $114,324,610.40. Out-of-state resident sales totals reached $33,067,122.63. At this rate, Illinois is projected to surpass by year’s end the 2023 record yearly totals of 1.63 billion.

2024 total monthly sales include:

January: $133,787,753.89

February: $135,571,931.44

March: $148,872,065.12

April: $144,511,466.85

May: $146,229,576.98

June: $141,752,141.71

July: $143,344,184.07

August: $147,391,733.03

January: $127,938,019.85

February: $120,488,569.91

March: $134,790,381.77

April: $131,990,502.83

May: $132,777,299.46

June: $136,408,322.07

July: $140,048,722.23

August: $139,224,010.03

September: $139,529,179.26

October: $138,751,456.09

November: $139,100,376.09

December: $153,936,703.20

2023 Yearly Totals: $1,634,983,542.79

2022 total monthly sales include:

January: $117,251,759.72

February: $113,993,046.06

March: $130,960,120.66

April: $131,782,657.26

May: $129,804,017.72

June: $126,808,907.02

July: $135,658,291.46

August: $129,441,315.80

September: $130,685,122.59

October: $131,547,030.86

November: $130,492,724.92

December: $143,899,826.30

Year totals: $1,552,324,820.37

2021 total monthly sales include:

January: $88,813,872.78

February: $80,741,641.84

March: $109,149,355.98

April: $114,961,668.22

May: $116,380,348.01

June: $115,574,741.27

July: $127,794,220.50

August: $121,933,542.23

September: $121,717,709.51

October: $123,375,372.44

November: $120,748,946.72

December: $137,896,859.11

2021 Totals: $1,379,088,278.61

2020 total monthly sales include:

January: $39,247,840.83

February: $34,805,072.01

March: $35,902,543.22

April: $37,260,497.89

May: $44,317,385.72

June: $47,646,437.25

July: $60,956,981.41

August: $63,963,846.90

September: $67,648,362.14

October: $75,278,200.15

November: $75,199,344.33

December: $86,857,898.27

2020 Totals: $669,084,410.12

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