Chicago U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States . With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census , it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles . As the seat of Cook County , the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area , often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.
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National Hellenic Museum in Greektown is one of several ethnic museums comprising the Chicago Cultural Alliance. (from
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Image 13 The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with
Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from
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Image 16 Carl Sandburg 's most famous description of the city is as "Hog Butcher for the World / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat / Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler, / Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City of the Big Shoulders." (from
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Image 17 Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:
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Image 18 Andy's Jazz Club in River North, a staple of the Chicago jazz scene since the 1950s (from
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Image 21 WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from
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