Etymology: Miami-Illinois: shikaakwa ('wild onion' or 'wild garlic') | |
Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194°N 87.62778°WCoordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
Counties | Cook and DuPage |
Settled | c. 1780 |
Incorporated (town) | August 12, 1833 |
Incorporated (city) | March 4, 1837 |
Founded by | Jean Baptiste Point du Sable |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Body | Chicago City Council |
• Mayor | Brandon Johnson (D) |
• City Clerk | Anna Valencia (D) |
• City Treasurer | Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D) |
Area | |
• City | 234.53 sq mi (607.44 km2) |
• Land | 227.73 sq mi (589.82 km2) |
• Water | 6.80 sq mi (17.62 km2) |
Elevation | 597.18 ft (182.02 m) |
Highest elevation – near Blue Island | 672 ft (205 m) |
Lowest elevation – at Lake Michigan | 578 ft (176 m) |
Population | |
• City | 2,746,388 |
• Estimate | 2,665,039 |
• Rank | |
• Density | 12,059.84/sq mi (4,656.33/km2) |
• Urban | 8,671,746 (US: 3rd) |
• Urban density | 3,709.2/sq mi (1,432.1/km2) |
• Metro | 9,618,502 (US: 3rd) |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
ZIP Code prefixes | 606xx, 607xx, 608xx |
FIPS code | 17-14000 |
GNIS feature ID | 0428803 |
Website | chicago |
Chicago is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the third largest city in the United States. As of 2020, the population is 2,746,388. It is the city with the largest population in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the main city of the Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland. The Chicago metropolitan area has 10 million people, the third largest population in the United States.