Chicago
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Outdoors in Chicago
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1890s
US 1892 Chicago IL houstton & Co. to Philadelphia PA Advertising Cover front, 1890s
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About Chicago
Most populous city in Illinois, USChicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has approximately 9.62 million residents according to the 2020 census and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S. Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire de…
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How Chicago ranks
All →Town numbers
Housing in Chicago
The typical Chicago home is worth about $334,000, up 5.2% in a year, 12% above the Illinois typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Chicago
Safety Grade D
Chicago reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 91% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 29%.
Health in Chicago
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Schools in Chicago
All Chicago schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Chicago’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.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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