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Chicago

City of Chicago

City and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America.

Statements about Chicago

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Instance Of

City of Illinois
 (3/4/1837 - )
Start Time
: 3/4/1837
Global City
Big City

Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity

Cook County
 (1/15/1831 - )
Start Time
: 1/15/1831

Legislative Body

Chicago City Council

Flag

Flag of Chicago

Flag Image

Postal Code

84 items
60601
Coordinate Location
: 41.8858°N 87.6253°W
60602
Coordinate Location
: 41.8829°N 87.6294°W
60603
Coordinate Location
: 41.8807°N 87.6296°W
60604
Coordinate Location
: 41.8782°N 87.6296°W
60605
Coordinate Location
: 41.8698°N 87.6260°W
60606
Coordinate Location
: 41.8817°N 87.6368°W
60607
Coordinate Location
: 41.8766°N 87.6547°W
60608
Has Part(s)
:
Bridgeport
Coordinate Location
: 41.8524°N 87.6670°W
60609
Has Part(s)
:
Bridgeport
Coordinate Location
: 41.8064°N 87.6552°W
60610
Has Part(s)
:
Near North Side
Coordinate Location
: 41.9046°N 87.6345°W
60611
Has Part(s)
:
Near North Side
Coordinate Location
: 41.8945°N 87.6228°W
60612
Coordinate Location
: 41.8794°N 87.6865°W
60613
Coordinate Location
: 41.9549°N 87.6561°W
60614
Coordinate Location
: 41.9233°N 87.6499°W
60615
Coordinate Location
: 41.8015°N 87.6013°W
60616
Has Part(s)
:
Bridgeport
Has Part(s)
:
Chinatown
Coordinate Location
: 41.8498°N 87.6319°W
60617
Coordinate Location
: 41.7263°N 87.5578°W
60618
Has Part(s)
:
Avondale
Coordinate Location
: 41.9467°N 87.7031°W
60619
Coordinate Location
: 41.7485°N 87.6051°W
60620
Coordinate Location
: 41.7446°N 87.6572°W
60621
Coordinate Location
: 41.7726°N 87.6404°W
60622
Has Part(s)
:
Humboldt Park
Coordinate Location
: 41.9032°N 87.6814°W
60623
Coordinate Location
: 41.8556°N 87.7163°W
60624
Has Part(s)
:
Humboldt Park
Has Part(s)
:
West Garfield Park
Coordinate Location
: 41.8808°N 87.7232°W
60625
Coordinate Location
: 41.9707°N 87.6993°W
60626
Coordinate Location
: 42.0084°N 87.6679°W
60628
Coordinate Location
: 41.6937°N 87.6231°W
60629
Coordinate Location
: 41.7789°N 87.7056°W
60630
Coordinate Location
: 41.9716°N 87.7604°W
60631
Coordinate Location
: 41.9908°N 87.8190°W
60632
Coordinate Location
: 41.8095°N 87.7076°W
60633
Has Part(s)
:
Hegewisch
Coordinate Location
: 41.6499°N 87.5478°W
60634
Coordinate Location
: 41.9456°N 87.7899°W
60636
Coordinate Location
: 41.7770°N 87.6666°W
60637
Coordinate Location
: 41.7823°N 87.6043°W
60638
Coordinate Location
: 41.7855°N 87.7742°W
60639
Coordinate Location
: 41.9187°N 87.7532°W
60640
Coordinate Location
: 41.9736°N 87.6628°W
60641
Coordinate Location
: 41.9489°N 87.7436°W
60642
Has Part(s)
:
Near North Side
Coordinate Location
: 41.8998°N 87.6619°W
60643
Coordinate Location
: 41.6948°N 87.6609°W
60644
Coordinate Location
: 41.8823°N 87.7578°W
60645
Coordinate Location
: 42.0068°N 87.6916°W
60646
Has Part(s)
:
Old Edgebrook District
Has Part(s)
:
Wildwood
Coordinate Location
: 41.9934°N 87.7555°W
60647
Has Part(s)
:
Humboldt Park
Coordinate Location
: 41.9196°N 87.6993°W
60649
Coordinate Location
: 41.7607°N 87.5700°W
60651
Has Part(s)
:
Humboldt Park
Coordinate Location
: 41.8989°N 87.7386°W
60652
Coordinate Location
: 41.7450°N 87.7157°W
60653
Coordinate Location
: 41.8179°N 87.6104°W
60654
Has Part(s)
:
Near North Side
Coordinate Location
: 41.8924°N 87.6346°W
60655
Coordinate Location
: 41.6905°N 87.7032°W
60656
Coordinate Location
: 41.9757°N 87.8344°W
60657
Coordinate Location
: 41.9395°N 87.6541°W
60659
Coordinate Location
: 41.9924°N 87.6971°W
60660
Coordinate Location
: 41.9918°N 87.6632°W
60661
Coordinate Location
: 41.8818°N 87.6432°W
60664
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60666
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60668
Applies to Part
:
Commonwealth Edison
60669
Applies to Part
:
United States Postal Inspection Service
60670
Applies to Part
:
JPMorgan Chase
60673
Applies to Part
:
JPMorgan Chase
60674
Applies to Part
:
Bank of America
60675
Applies to Part
:
Northern Trust
60677
Applies to Part
:
PNC Financial Services
60678
Applies to Part
:
United Community Bank
60680
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60681
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60682
Applies to Part
:
Bank of America
60684
Applies to Part
:
Willis Tower
60685
Applies to Part
:
333 South Wabash
60686
Applies to Part
:
Citibank
60687
Applies to Part
:
Peoples Energy
60688
Applies to Part
:
International Service Center
60689
Applies to Part
:
Fifth Third Bank
60690
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60691
Applies to Part
:
Post Office Box
60693
Applies to Part
:
Bank of America
60694
Applies to Part
:
BMO Bank
60695
Applies to Part
:
JPMorgan Chase
60696
Applies to Part
:
Bank of America
60697
Applies to Part
:
Bank of America
60699
Coordinate Location
: 41.8744°N 87.6384°W
60701
Coordinate Location
: 41.9523°N 87.9098°W

Local Dialing Code

872
312
773

Locator Map Image

Coordinate Location

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41.8819°N 87.6278°W

Twinned Administrative Body

37 items
Lucerne
 (1998 - )
Start Time
: 1998
Accra
 (1989 - )
Start Time
: 1989
Casablanca
 (1982 - )
Start Time
: 1982
Durban
 (1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
Bogotá
 (2009 - )
Start Time
: 2009
Mexico City
 (1991 - )
Start Time
: 1991
Toronto
 (1991 - )
Start Time
: 1991
Amman
 (2004 - )
Start Time
: 2004
Busan
 (2007 - )
Start Time
: 2007
Delhi
 (2001 - )
Start Time
: 2001
Lahore
 (2007 - )
Start Time
: 2007
Osaka
 (1973 - )
Start Time
: 1973
Petah Tikva
 (1994 - )
Start Time
: 1994
Shenyang
 (1985 - )
Start Time
: 1985
Athens
 (1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
Belgrade
 (6/1/2005 - )
Start Time
: 6/1/2005
Birmingham
 (1993 - )
Start Time
: 1993
Galway
 (1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
Gothenburg Municipality
 (1987 - )
Start Time
: 1987
Hamburg
 (1994 - )
Start Time
: 1994
Kyiv
 (6/17/1991 - )
Start Time
: 6/17/1991
Milan
 (6/25/1962 - )
Start Time
: 6/25/1962
Moscow
 (1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
Prague
 (1990 - )
Start Time
: 1990
Vilnius
 (7/21/1993 - )
Start Time
: 7/21/1993
Warsaw
 (1960 - )
Start Time
: 1960
São Paulo
Karachi
Belo Horizonte
Kiryat Gat
Antalya
Los Mochis
Paris
 (1996 - )
Start Time
: 1996
Shanghai
 (1985 - )
Start Time
: 1985
Sydney
 (2019 - )
Start Time
: 2019
New Delhi
Manama
 (2004 - )
Start Time
: 2004

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Chicago

Official Website

https://www.chicago.gov/
https://www.cityofchicago.org
http://cityofchicago.org/

IPA Transcription

ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ
Language of Work or Name
:
English
ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ
Language of Work or Name
:
English

Shares Border With

Park Ridge
Oak Park
Evanston
Blue Island
Skokie
Des Plaines

Population

350 (1833)
Point in Time
: 1833
2,722,389 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
2,716,000 (2017)
Point in Time
: 2017
2,695,598 (4/1/2010)
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Statement Supported By
:
2010 United States Census
Point in Time
: 4/1/2010
2,746,388 (4/1/2020)
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Statement Is Subject Of
:
2020 United States Census
Point in Time
: 4/1/2020

Head of Government

58 items
Rahm Emanuel
 (5/16/2011 - 5/20/2019)
Series Ordinal
:55
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 5/16/2011
End Time
: 5/20/2019
Lori Lightfoot
 (5/20/2019 - 5/15/2023)
Series Ordinal
:56
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 5/20/2019
End Time
: 5/15/2023
William Butler Ogden
 (1837 - 1838)
Series Ordinal
:1
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1837
End Time
: 1838
Buckner Stith Morris
 (1838 - 1839)
Series Ordinal
:2
Member of Political Party
:
Whig Party
Start Time
: 1838
End Time
: 1839
Benjamin Wright Raymond
 (1839 - 1840)
Series Ordinal
:3
Member of Political Party
:
Whig Party
Start Time
: 1839
End Time
: 1840
Alexander Loyd
 (1840 - 1841)
Series Ordinal
:4
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1840
End Time
: 1841
Francis Cornwall Sherman
 (1841 - 1842)
Series Ordinal
:5
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1841
End Time
: 1842
Benjamin Wright Raymond
 (1842 - 1843)
Series Ordinal
:6
Member of Political Party
:
Whig Party
Start Time
: 1842
End Time
: 1843
Augustus Garrett
 (1843 - 1844)
Series Ordinal
:7
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1843
End Time
: 1844
Alson Sherman
 (1844 - 1845)
Series Ordinal
:8
Member of Political Party
:
Independent Politician
Start Time
: 1844
End Time
: 1845
Augustus Garrett
 (1845 - 1846)
Series Ordinal
:9
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1845
End Time
: 1846
John Putnam Chapin
 (1846 - 1847)
Series Ordinal
:10
Member of Political Party
:
Whig Party
Start Time
: 1846
End Time
: 1847
James Curtiss
 (1847 - 1848)
Series Ordinal
:11
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1847
End Time
: 1848
James Hutchinson Woodworth
 (1848 - 1850)
Series Ordinal
:12
Member of Political Party
:
Independent Politician
Start Time
: 1848
End Time
: 1850
James Curtiss
 (1850 - 1851)
Series Ordinal
:13
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1850
End Time
: 1851
Walter Smith Gurnee
 (1851 - 1853)
Series Ordinal
:14
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1851
End Time
: 1853
Charles McNeill Gray
 (1853 - 1854)
Series Ordinal
:15
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1853
End Time
: 1854
Isaac Lawrence Milliken
 (1854 - 1855)
Series Ordinal
:16
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1854
End Time
: 1855
Levi Day Boone
 (1855 - 1856)
Series Ordinal
:17
Member of Political Party
:
Know Nothing Party
Start Time
: 1855
End Time
: 1856
Thomas Dyer
 (1856 - 1857)
Series Ordinal
:18
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1856
End Time
: 1857
John Wentworth
 (1857 - 1858)
Series Ordinal
:19
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1857
End Time
: 1858
John Charles Haines
 (1858 - 1860)
Series Ordinal
:20
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1858
End Time
: 1860
John Wentworth
 (1860 - 1861)
Series Ordinal
:21
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1860
End Time
: 1861
Julian Sidney Rumsey
 (1861 - 1862)
Series Ordinal
:22
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1861
End Time
: 1862
Francis Cornwall Sherman
 (1862 - 1865)
Series Ordinal
:23
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1862
End Time
: 1865
John Blake Rice
 (1865 - 1869)
Series Ordinal
:24
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1865
End Time
: 1869
Roswell B. Mason
 (1869 - 1871)
Series Ordinal
:25
Start Time
: 1869
End Time
: 1871
Joseph Medill
 (1871 - September 1873)
Series Ordinal
:26
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1871
End Time
: September 1873
Lester L. Bond
 (8/18/1873 - 12/1/1873)
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 8/18/1873
End Time
: 12/1/1873
Harvey Doolittle Colvin
 (12/1/1873 - 1875)
Series Ordinal
:27
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 12/1/1873
End Time
: 1875
Monroe Heath
 (1876 - 1879)
Series Ordinal
:28
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1876
End Time
: 1879
Carter Harrison III
 (1879 - 1887)
Series Ordinal
:29
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1879
End Time
: 1887
John A. Roche
 (1887 - 1889)
Series Ordinal
:30
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1887
End Time
: 1889
DeWitt Clinton Cregier
 (1889 - 1891)
Series Ordinal
:31
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1889
End Time
: 1891
Hempstead Washburne
 (1891 - 1893)
Series Ordinal
:32
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1891
End Time
: 1893
Carter Harrison III
 (1893 - 10/28/1893)
Series Ordinal
:33
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Start Time
: 1893
End Time
: 10/28/1893
George Bell Swift
 (11/9/1893 - 1893)
Series Ordinal
:34
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 11/9/1893
End Time
: 1893
John Patrick Hopkins
 (12/27/1893 - 1895)
Series Ordinal
:35
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 12/27/1893
End Time
: 1895
George Bell Swift
 (4/8/1895 - 1897)
Series Ordinal
:36
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 4/8/1895
End Time
: 1897
Carter Harrison IV
 (1897 - 1905)
Series Ordinal
:37
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1897
End Time
: 1905
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
 (1905 - 1907)
Series Ordinal
:38
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1905
End Time
: 1907
Fred A. Busse
 (1907 - 1911)
Series Ordinal
:39
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1907
End Time
: 1911
Carter Harrison IV
 (1911 - 1915)
Series Ordinal
:40
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1911
End Time
: 1915
William Hale Thompson
 (1915 - 1923)
Series Ordinal
:41
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1915
End Time
: 1923
William Emmett Dever
 (1923 - 1927)
Series Ordinal
:42
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 1923
End Time
: 1927
William Hale Thompson
 (1927 - 1931)
Series Ordinal
:43
Member of Political Party
:
Republican Party
Start Time
: 1927
End Time
: 1931
Anton Cermak
 (4/7/1931 - 3/6/1933)
Series Ordinal
:44
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Start Time
: 4/7/1931
End Time
: 3/6/1933
Frank J. Corr
 (3/15/1933 - 4/8/1933)
Series Ordinal
:45
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 3/15/1933
End Time
: 4/8/1933
Edward Joseph Kelly
 (4/17/1933 - 4/15/1947)
Series Ordinal
:46
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 4/17/1933
End Time
: 4/15/1947
Martin H. Kennelly
 (4/15/1947 - 4/20/1955)
Series Ordinal
:47
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 4/15/1947
End Time
: 4/20/1955
Richard J. Daley
 (4/20/1955 - 12/20/1976)
Series Ordinal
:48
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Start Time
: 4/20/1955
End Time
: 12/20/1976
Michael Anthony Bilandic
 (12/20/1976 - 4/16/1979)
Series Ordinal
:49
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 12/20/1976
End Time
: 4/16/1979
Jane Byrne
 (4/16/1979 - 4/29/1983)
Series Ordinal
:50
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 4/16/1979
End Time
: 4/29/1983
Harold Washington
 (4/29/1983 - 11/25/1987)
Series Ordinal
:51
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Start Time
: 4/29/1983
End Time
: 11/25/1987
David Duvall Orr
 (11/25/1987 - 12/2/1987)
Series Ordinal
:52
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 11/25/1987
End Time
: 12/2/1987
Eugene Sawyer
 (12/2/1987 - 4/24/1989)
Series Ordinal
:53
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 12/2/1987
End Time
: 4/24/1989
Richard M. Daley
 (4/24/1989 - 5/16/2011)
Series Ordinal
:54
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 4/24/1989
End Time
: 5/16/2011
Brandon Johnson
 (5/15/2023 - )
Series Ordinal
:57
Member of Political Party
:
Democratic Party
Start Time
: 5/15/2023

Elevation Above Sea Level

587 foot
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Obsolete Unit of Measurement
179 metre

History of Topic

History of Chicago

Described by Source

10 items
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24923238
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24517034
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Chicago
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24738393
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Chicago
The American Cyclopædia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Chicago
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Chicago
Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Chicago
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Chicago
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Chicago

Capital Of

Cook County

Area

606.424 square kilometre (2016)
Point in Time
: 2016
606.353 square kilometre (4/1/2010)
Point in Time
: 4/1/2010

Official Name

City of Chicago
Chicago

Native Label

Chicago

Demonym

Chicagoan
Ĉikagano
Chicagois
Applies to Part
:
Masculine Singular
Chicagoise
Applies to Part
:
Feminine Singular
Chicažan
Applies to Part
:
Masculine Singular
Chicažanka
Applies to Part
:
Feminine Singular

Coat of Arms Image

Located in or Next to Body of Water

Chicago River
Lake Michigan

IATA Airport Code

CHI

Pronunciation Audio

Part Of

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Founded By

Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable

Montage Image

Image

Significant Event

Great Chicago Fire
Century of Progress
World's Columbian Exposition
Raising of Chicago

Office Held by Head of Government

Mayor of Chicago

Different From

Denver

Economy of Topic

Economy of Chicago

Demographics of Topic

Demographics of Chicago

Owner Of

Chicago
Washington/Wabash Station
Grand

Logo Image

Official Language

English

Follows

Fort Dearborn

Per Capita Income

39,068 United States dollar (12/31/2020)
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Statement Supported By
:
2016–2020 American Community Survey
Point in Time
: 12/31/2020

Number of Households

1,081,143 (12/31/2020)
Unnamed
:bug: P459
Statement Supported By
:
2016–2020 American Community Survey
Point in Time
: 12/31/2020

Phone Number

+1-312-744-5000

Location Map

Panoramic View

Nighttime View

Aerial View

Image 1

Hashtag

Chicago
Language of Work or Name
:
English

Motto Text

Urbs In Horto
I Will

Permanent Duplicated Item

Chicago

Location

Chicagoland
Statement Supported By
:
Chicago Tribune
Statement Supported By
:
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Statement Disputed By
:
Illinois Office of Tourism

Authority

City of Chicago

Located in Time Zone

Central Time Zone
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