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Chicago | |
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 Clockwise from top: Downtown Chicago, the Chicago Theatre, the Chicago 'L', Navy Pier, Millennium Park, the Field Museum, and the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Etymology: Miami-Illinois: shikaakwa ("wild onion" or "wild garlic") | |
| Nicknames: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi-Town, Chi-City, Hog Butcher for the World, City of the Big Shoulders, The City That Works, and others found at List of nicknames for Chicago | |
| Motto(s): Latin: Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans), I Will | |
 Location in the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Cook, DuPage |
| Settled | 1770s |
| Incorporated | March 4, 1837 |
| Named for | Miami-Illinois: shikaakwa ("Wild onion") |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Rahm Emanuel (D) |
| • Council | Chicago City Council |
| Area | |
| • City | 234.114 sq mi (606.35 km2) |
| • Land | 227.635 sq mi (589.57 km2) |
| • Water | 6.479 sq mi (16.78 km2) 3% |
| • Urban | 2,123 sq mi (5,500 km2) |
| • Metro | 10,874 sq mi (28,160 km2) |
| Elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 2,695,598 |
| • Estimate (2011) | 2,707,120 |
| • Rank | 3rd US |
| • Density | 11,892.4/sq mi (4,591.7/km2) |
| • Urban | 8,711,000 |
| • Urban density | 4,100/sq mi (1,600/km2) |
| • Metro | 9,461,105 |
| • Metro density | 870/sq mi (340/km2) |
| Demonym | Chicagoan |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 312, 773, 872 |
| FIPS code | 17-14000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 423587, 428803 |
| Website | www |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2010 United States Census Gazetteer for Places: January 1, 2010" (text). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. April 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "City of Chicago". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places Over 50,000, Ranked by July 1, 2011 Population" (CSV). 2011 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Population Change for the Ten Most Populous and Fastest Growing Metropolitan Statiscal Areas: 2000 to 2010" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. March 2011. p. 6. Retrieved April 12, 2011.