City
Chicago Loop Chicago River Navy Pier Chicago "L" train Wrigley Field Art Institute of Chicago Buckingham Fountain
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Etymology: Miami-Illinois: shikaakwacode: mia is deprecated ('wild onion' or 'wild garlic')
Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W / 41.88194; -87.62778Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W / 41.88194; -87.62778
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Cook and DuPage
Settled	c. 1780; 244 years ago (1780)
Incorporated (town)	August 12, 1833; 190 years ago (1833-08-12)
Incorporated (city)	March 4, 1837; 187 years ago (1837-03-04)
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 (mean)	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  (2020)
• City	2,746,388
• Estimate  (2022)	2,665,039
• Rank	5th in North America 3rd in the United States 1st in Illinois
• 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.gov

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.