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Calumet

A township of 18,086 people in Cook County, Illinois
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Conserved land1.6%47 of 2,979 acres
Trails1.4 mi0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves93 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Township in Illinois, United States
18,609Population
4.7 sq miArea
597 ftElevation

Calumet Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,609 and it contained 8,210 housing units.

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School Grade C-

The public schools Calumet’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictCalumet Public SD 132Schools8

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