Chicago metropolitan area
Chicago Metropolitan Area
Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI MSA | |
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Coordinates: 41°54′N 87°39′W / 41.900°N 87.650°W | |
Country | United States |
State(s) | |
Core city | Chicago |
Satellite cities |
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Area | |
• Metro | 10,856 sq mi (28,120 km2) |
Highest elevation 815 |
The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the
The Chicago metropolitan area has one of the world's largest and most diversified economies, with more than six million full and part-time employees,
There are several definitions of the area, including the areas defined by the United States
Definitions
Metropolitan statistical area
The Chicago
The Chicago MSA is further subdivided by state boundaries into the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division, corresponding roughly to the CMAP region; the Gary, IN Metropolitan Division consisting of the Indiana counties of Lake and Porter, as well as two surrounding counties; and the Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division.
A breakdown of the 2009 estimated populations of the three Metropolitan Divisions of the MSA are as follows:[11]
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Metropolitan Division (7,998,257)
- Cook County (5,287,037)
- DeKalb County (107,333)
- DuPage County (932,541)
- Grundy County (48,421)
- Kankakee County (113,449)
- Kane County (511,892)
- Kendall County (104,821)
- McHenry County (320,961)
- Will County (685,251)
- Gary, IN Metropolitan Division (709,265)
- Jasper County (IN) (33,520)
- Lake County (IN) (496,478)
- Newton County (IN) (14,250)
- Porter County (IN) (165,017)
- Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division (877,949)
- Lake County (IL) (712,567)
- Kenosha County (WI) (165,382)
Combined Statistical Area
The OMB also defines a slightly larger region as a
United Nations' Chicago urban agglomeration
The Chicago
Chicagoland
Chicagoland is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area. The term Chicagoland has no official definition, and the region is often considered to include areas beyond the corresponding MSA, as well as portions of the greater CSA.[citation needed]
Colonel Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, usually gets credit for placing the term in common use.[14][15] McCormick's conception of Chicagoland stretched all the way to nearby parts of four states (Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa).[14] The first usage was in the Tribune's July 27, 1926 front page headline, "Chicagoland's Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries", for an article by reporter James O'Donnell Bennett.[16] He stated that Chicagoland comprised everything in a 200-mile (320 km) radius in every direction and reported on many different places in the area. The Tribune was the dominant newspaper in a vast area stretching to the west of the city, and that hinterland was closely tied to the metropolis by rail lines and commercial links.[17]
Today, the Chicago Tribune's usage includes the city of Chicago, the rest of Cook County, eight nearby Illinois counties (Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will, and Kankakee), and the two Indiana counties of Lake and Porter.[18] Illinois Department of Tourism literature uses Chicagoland for suburbs in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties,[19] treating the city separately. The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce defines it as all of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties.[20]
In addition, company marketing programs such as Construction Data Company's
Collar counties
The term "collar counties" is a colloquialism for the five counties (DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will) of Illinois that border Chicago's Cook County. After Cook County, they are also the next five most populous counties in the state. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, there is no specifically known origin of the phrase, but it has been commonly used among policy makers, urban planners, and in the media. However, it also notes that as growth has spread beyond these counties, it may have lost some of its usefulness.[22]
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is an Illinois state agency responsible for transportation infrastructure, land use, and long-term economic development planning for the areas under its jurisdiction within Illinois.[23] The planning area has a population of over 8 million, which includes the following locations in Illinois:[24]
Geography and environment
The city of Chicago lies in the Chicago Plain, a flat and broad area characterized by little topographical relief. The few low hills are sand ridges. North of the Chicago Plain, steep bluffs and ravines run alongside Lake Michigan.
Along the southern shore of the Chicago Plain, sand dunes run alongside the lake. The tallest dunes reach up to near 200 feet (61 m) and are found in
A 2012 survey of the urban trees and forests in the seven county Illinois section of the Chicago area found that 21% of the land is covered by the tree and shrub canopy, made up of about 157,142,000 trees. The five most common tree species are
Demographics
As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area had a population of 9,729,825. The population density was 1,318 per square mile. The racial makeup was 52.8% Non-Latino White, 22.1% were Latino, 16.7% were Non-Latino African Americans, and 6.4% were Asian. Other ethnic groups such as Native Americans and Pacific Islanders made up just 2.0% of the population. [27] The suburbs, surrounded by easily annexed flat ground, have been expanding at a tremendous rate since the early 1960s. Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Naperville are noteworthy for being four of the few
Settlement patterns in the Chicago metropolitan area tend to follow those in the city proper: the northern suburbs along the shore of Lake Michigan are comparatively affluent, while the southern suburbs (sometimes known as Chicago Southland) are less so, with lower median incomes and a lower cost of living. However, there is a major exception to this. While Chicago's West Side is the poorest section of the city, the western and northwestern suburbs contain many affluent areas. According to the 2000 Census, DuPage County had the highest median household income of any county in the Midwestern United States.
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, poverty rates of the largest counties from least poverty to most are as follows: McHenry 3.70%, Dupage 5.9%, Will 6.7%, Lake 6.9%, Kane 7.4%, Cook 14.5%.
In an in-depth historical analysis, Keating (2004, 2005) examined the origins of 233 settlements that by 1900 had become suburbs or city neighborhoods of the Chicago metropolitan area. The settlements began as farm centers (41%), industrial towns (30%), residential railroad suburbs (15%), and recreational/institutional centers (13%). Although relations between the different settlement types were at times contentious, there also was cooperation in such undertakings as the construction of high schools.[citation needed]
Population
As the Chicago metropolitan area has grown, more counties have been partly or totally assimilated with the taking of each decennial census.
Census Area | 2010 Census
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2000 Census
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1990 Census
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1980 Census
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1970 Census
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1960 Census
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1950 Census
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Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | MSA | 9,461,105 | 9,098,316 | 8,065,633 | 7,869,542 | 7,612,314 | 6,794,461 | 5,495,364 |
Cook County, Illinois | MSA | 5,194,675 | 5,376,741 | 5,105,067 | 5,253,655 | 5,492,369 | 5,129,725 | 4,508,792 |
DeKalb County, Illinois | MSA | 105,160 | 88,969 | 77,932 | 74,624 | 71,654 | 51,714 | 40,781 |
DuPage County, Illinois | MSA | 916,924 | 904,161 | 781,666 | 658,835 | 491,882 | 313,459 | 154,599 |
Grundy County, Illinois | MSA | 50,063 | 37,535 | 32,337 | 30,582 | 26,535 | 22,350 | 19,217 |
Kane County, Illinois | MSA | 515,269 | 404,119 | 317,471 | 278,405 | 251,005 | 208,246 | 150,388 |
Kendall County, Illinois | MSA | 114,736 | 54,544 | 39,413 | 37,202 | 26,374 | 17,540 | 12,115 |
McHenry County, Illinois | MSA | 308,760 | 260,077 | 183,241 | 147,897 | 111,555 | 84,210 | 50,656 |
Will County, Illinois | MSA | 677,560 | 502,266 | 357,313 | 324,460 | 249,498 | 191,617 | 134,336 |
Jasper County, Indiana | MSA | 33,478 | 30,043 | 24,960 | 26,138 | 20,429 | 18,842 | 17,031 |
Lake County, Indiana | MSA | 496,005 | 484,564 | 475,594 | 522,965 | 546,253 | 513,269 | 368,152 |
Newton County, Indiana | MSA | 14,244 | 14,566 | 13,551 | 14,844 | 11,606 | 11,502 | 11,006 |
Porter County, Indiana | MSA | 164,343 | 146,798 | 128,932 | 119,816 | 87,114 | 60,279 | 40,076 |
Lake County, Illinois | MSA | 703,462 | 644,356 | 516,418 | 440,372 | 382,638 | 293,656 | 179,097 |
Kenosha County, Wisconsin | MSA | 166,426 | 149,577 | 128,181 | 123,137 | 117,917 | 100,615 | 75,238 |
Kankakee County, Illinois | CSA | 113,449 | 103,833 | 96,255 | 102,926 | 97,250 | 92,063 | 73,524 |
LaPorte County, Indiana | CSA | 111,467 | 110,106 | 107,066 | 108,632 | 105,342 | 95,111 | 76,808 |
Chicago- Naperville- Joliet, IL-IN-WI | CSA | 9,686,021 | 9,312,255 | 8,385,397 | 8,264,490 | 8,089,421 | 7,204,198 | 5,911,816 |
Counties highlighted in gray were not included in the MSA for that census. The CSA totals in blue are the totals of all the counties listed above, regardless of whether they were included in the Chicago Combined Statistical Area at the time.[29]
Principal municipalities
Over 1,000,000 population
Over 200,000 population
Over 100,000 population
Over 50,000 population
- Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Berwyn, Illinois
- Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Cicero, Illinois
- Des Plaines, Illinois
- Evanston, Illinois
- Gary, Indiana
- Hammond, Indiana
- Mount Prospect, Illinois
- Oak Lawn, Illinois
- Oak Park, Illinois
- Orland Park, Illinois
- Palatine, Illinois
- Schaumburg, Illinois
- Skokie, Illinois
- Tinley Park, Illinois
- Waukegan, Illinois
- Wheaton, Illinois
Urban areas within the Chicago CSA
This section needs to be updated.(February 2019) |
Within the boundary of the 16-county Chicago Consolidated Statistical Area lies the Chicago urban area, as well as 27 smaller urban areas and clusters. Smallest gap indicates the shortest distance between the given urban area or cluster and the Chicago urban area.[30]
Rank | Urban area | type | Population (2018 census) |
Land area (km2) |
Smallest gap (km) |
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1 | Chicago-Aurora-Elgin-Joliet-Waukegan, IL-IN | UA | 8,307,904 | 5,498.1 | n/a |
2 | Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI^ † | UA | 226,848 | 344.9 | 2 |
3 | Kenosha, WI † | UA | 110,942 | 109.2 | 1 |
4 | Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI^^ † | UA | 66,199 | 86.1 | 3 |
5 | Kankakee-Bradley-Bourbonnais, IL | UA | 65,073 | 71.5 | >10 |
6 | DeKalb-Sycamore, IL | UA | 55,805 | 46.3 | >10 |
7 | Woodstock, IL † | UC | 20,219 | 21.1 | 4 |
8 | Morris, IL | UC | 13,927 | 19.3 | >10 |
9 | Sandwich, IL^^^ | UC | 12,248 | 23.9 | >10 |
10 | Braidwood-Coal City, IL | UC | 11,607 | 19.5 | >10 |
11 | Harvard, IL | UC | 8,575 | 13.3 | >10 |
12 | Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN † | UC | 8,450 | 12.5 | 4 |
13 | Lowell, IN | UC | 7,914 | 15.8 | >10 |
14 | Wilmington, IL | UC | 7,107 | 20.8 | >10 |
15 | Manteno, IL | UC | 7,106 | 9.4 | >10 |
16 | Marengo, IL | UC | 6,854 | 8.6 | >10 |
17 | Rensselaer, IN | UC | 6,096 | 10.9 | >10 |
18 | Plano, IL † | UC | 5,911 | 6.5 | 3 |
19 | Genoa, IL | UC | 5,137 | 5.5 | >10 |
20 | Genoa City, WI-IL^^^^ † | UC | 5,126 | 12.5 | >10 |
21 | Westville, IN | UC | 5,077 | 4.4 | >10 |
22 | Hebron, IN | UC | 4,150 | 11.7 | >10 |
23 | Momence, IL | UC | 3,711 | 9.7 | >10 |
24 | Peotone, IL † | UC | 3,358 | 3.5 | 9 |
25 | Wonder Lake, IL † | UC | 2,798 | 2.0 | 5 |
26 | Monee, IL † | UC | 2,787 | 3.7 | 3 |
27 | Union Township, Porter County, IN † | UC | 2,593 | 4.9 | 1 |
28 | Hampshire, IL † | UC | 2,591 | 2.0 | 6 |
The formerly distinct urban areas of Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Waukegan were absorbed into the Chicago UA as of the 2000 census.
† These urban areas and urban clusters are expected to be joined to the Chicago Urban Area by the next census in 2010.
^ The Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI UA extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies in the Milwaukee CSA.
^^ The Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI UA extends into Berrien County, MI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.
^^^ The Sandwich, IL UC extends into LaSalle County, IL, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.
^^^^ The Genoa City, WI-IL UC extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies in the Milwaukee CSA.
Economy
The
A key piece of infrastructure for several generations was the Union Stock Yards of Chicago, which from 1865 until 1971 penned and slaughtered millions of cattle and hogs into standardized cuts of beef and pork. This prompted poet Carl Sandburg to describe Chicago as the "Hog Butcher for the World".[31]
The Chicago area, meanwhile, began to produce significant quantities of telecommunications gear, electronics, steel, crude oil derivatives, automobiles, and industrial capital goods.
By the early 2000s, Illinois' economy had moved toward a dependence on high-value-added services, such as financial trading, higher education, logistics, and health care. In some cases, these services clustered around institutions that hearkened back to Illinois's earlier economies. For example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a trading exchange for global derivatives, had begun its life as an agricultural futures market.
In 2007, the area ranked first among U.S. metro areas in the number of new and expanded corporate facilities.
The Wall Street Journal summarized the Chicago area's economy in November 2006 with the comment that "Chicago has survived by repeatedly reinventing itself."[35]
Transportation
Major airports
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
- Chicago Midway International Airport(MDW)
- Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) (located in the adjacent Milwaukee metropolitan area)
- Gary/Chicago International Airport (GYY)
- Rockford metropolitan area)
Commercial ports
Rail and transit systems
Commercial freight
Chicago has been at the center of the United States' railroad network since the 19th century. Almost all
Passenger
- " the 'L' ", (after "elevated train") serving Chicago and the near suburbs
- Pace Suburban Bus operates suburban bus and regional vanpool, paratransit and ridematching services in the Chicagoland region.
- Metra run by the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation:
- 4 lines serving southern Cook County and Will County
- 3 lines serving western Cook County, DuPage County, and Kane County
- 1 line serving northwestern Cook County and McHenry County
- 3 lines serving northern Cook County and Lake County, with 1 line extending to Kenosha, Wisconsin
- South Shore Line shares the Metra electric lines and connects Chicago to Gary, Michigan City, ending at South Bend, Indiana.
- Union Stationwhich is the major Amtrak passenger rail hub with connections to Metra and the within a few blocks of connections to several 'L' lines.
Major highways
Interstates
- Interstate 41 (I-41) runs concurrently with Interstate 94 at the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway.
- Interstate 55 (I-55) is the Adlai Stevenson Expy.
- I-355 is the Veterans Memorial Tollway (formerly North-South Tollway).
- I-57 is unofficially the "West Leg" of the Dan Ryan Expy.
- I-65 has no name, whether official or unofficial.
- I-80 is officially called the Borman Expy (cosigned with I-94), Kingery Expy (cosigned with I-94 for 3 miles), Tri-State Tollway (cosigned with I-294 for 4 miles) and is unofficially called the Moline Expy west of I-294.
- I-88 is the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (formerly East-West Tollway)
- Chicago Skywayis disputed since around 2000 if it actually is I-90. Currently it is signed as "To I-90" in both directions.
- I-190 is the John F. Kennedy Expy spur heading into Chicago-O'Hare Int'l Airport.
- I-290 is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expy.
- I-94 is Tri-State Tollway in Lake County, Edens Spur, Edens Expy, John F. Kennedy Expy (cosigned with I-90), Dan Ryan Expy (cosigned with I-90), Bishop Ford Frwy (formerly Calumet Expy), Kingery Expy (cosigned with I-80) and Borman Expy (cosigned with I-80).
- I-294 is the Tri-State Tollway.
Other main highways
- US Routes in the Illinois part of the area include: US 6, US 12, US 14, US 20, US 30, US 34, US 41, US 45, and US 52.
- Illinois Route 53, an arterial north–south state highway running through Grundy, Will, DuPage, Cook and Lake counties
- Historic US Route 66's eastern terminus is in Chicago.
Major corridors
In addition to the Chicago Loop, the metro area is home to a few important subregional corridors of commercial activities. Among them are:
- Interstate 88)
- Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90)
Culture
Sports
Listing of the professional sports teams in the Chicago metropolitan area
Major league professional teams:
- Major League Baseball (MLB)
- National Football League (NFL)
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
- National Hockey League (NHL)
- Major League Soccer (MLS)
- Chicago Fire
- Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Other professional teams:
- Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
- American Hockey League (AHL)
- National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
- Arena Football(AFL)
- Chicago Rush (Operations suspended in 2013, no longer part of the AFL)[37]
- National Pro Fastpitch (NPF)
The Chicagoland Speedway oval track has hosted NASCAR Cup Series and IndyCar Series races. The Chicago Marathon is one of the World Marathon Majors. The Western Open and BMW Championship are PGA Tour tournaments that have been held primarily at golf courses near Chicago.
NCAA Division I College Sports Teams:
- Mid-American Conference
- Northern Illinois University Huskies (DeKalb)
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Loyola University-Chicago Ramblers
- Valaparaiso University Crusaders(Valaparaiso, IN)
- Western Athletic Conference
Cuisine
Media
The two main newspapers are the
Education
Elementary and secondary education within the Chicago metropolitan area is provided by dozens of different school districts, of which by far the largest is the Chicago Public Schools with 400,000 students.[38] Numerous private and religious school systems are also found in the region, as well as a growing number of charter schools. Racial inequalities in education in the region remain widespread, often breaking along district boundaries;[39] for instance, educational prospects vary widely for students in the Chicago Public Schools compared to those in some neighboring suburban schools.[40]
Historically, the Chicago metropolitan area has been at the center of a number of national educational movements, from the free-flowing
Area codes
From 1947 until 1988, the Illinois portion of the Chicago metro area was served by a single area code, 312, which abutted the 815 area code. In 1988 the 708 area code was introduced and the 312 area code became exclusive to the city of Chicago.
It became common to call suburbanites "708'ers", in reference to their area code.
The 708 area code was partitioned in 1996 into three area codes, serving different portions of the metro area: 630, 708, and 847.
At the same time that the 708 area code was running out of phone numbers, the 312 area code in Chicago was also exhausting its supply of available numbers. As a result, the city of Chicago was divided into two area codes, 312 and 773. Rather than divide the city by a north–south area code, the central business district retained the 312 area code, while the remainder of the city took the new 773 code.
In 2002, the 847 area code was supplemented with the overlay area code 224. In February 2007, the 815 area code (serving outlying portions of the metro area) was supplemented with the overlay area code 779. In October 2007, the overlay area code 331 was implemented to supplement the 630 area with additional numbers.
Plans are in place for overlay codes in the 708, 773, and 312 regions as those area codes become exhausted in the future.
- 312 Chicago - City (The Loop and central neighborhoods, e.g. the Near North Side)
- 773 Chicago - City (Everywhere else within the city limits, excluding central area)
- 872 Chicago - City (overlay for 312 & 773, effective November 7, 2009)
- 847/224 (North and Northwest Suburbs)
- 630/331 (Outer Western Suburbs)
- 708(South and Near West Suburbs)
- 815/779 (Rockford & Joliet: Far Northwest/Southwest Suburbs)
- 219 (Northwest Indiana)
- 574 (North-central Indiana)
- 262 (Southeast Wisconsin surrounding Milwaukee County)
Proposed overlays
- 464 overlay for 708 (no effective date)
See also
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Further reading
- Fischer, Paul B. (July 28, 1993). Racial and Locational Patterns of Subsidized Housing in the Chicago Suburbs: A Report to the MacArthur Foundation (Archive). Lake Forest, Ill.: Lake Forest College. Report to the MacArthur Foundation.
- Lewinnek, Elaine (2014). The Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
External links
- U.S. Census Urbanized Area Outline Map (2000)
- Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (2012) map
- Illinois CBSAs and Counties (2013) map
- U.S. Census Bureau Chicago city, Illinois QuickFacts
- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- History of Metropolitan Areas
- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2019