Chicagoland
Chicagoland is a name given to the Chicago metropolitan area; the label originated in the pages of the Chicago Tribune in the 1900s. Chicago is the center of this metropolitan area and is the focal point for the surrounding suburban communities, located in nine counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Overview
The Chicago–Joliet–Naperville–Gary, Indiana–Kenosha, Wisconsin Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area had 9,157,540 inhabitants during the 2000 census. Population estimates for 2003 place the Chicagoland population at approximately 9,650,000, which would make it tied for 25th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Chicagoland runs together with Suburban Milwaukee creating a megalopolis region. The suburbs, surrounded by easily annexed flat ground, have been expanding at a tremendous rate since the early 1960s. Settlement patterns in Chicagoland tend to follow those in the city proper: the northern suburbs along the shore of Lake Michigan are comparatively affluent, while the southern suburbs are less so, with lower median incomes and a lower cost of living. The southern portion of Chicagoland is occasionally called Illiana.
Origin
The publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, was an inveterate civic booster. In his view, Chicagoland was the vast region in the center of the country, with Chicago as its economic and cultural capital. In many ways, what McCormick envisioned as Chicagoland is now described by the term flyover country. The original impetus for the term is long forgotten; the meaning of Chicago metropolitan area is largely perpetuated by advertisers, e.g. "See your Chicagoland Ford dealer".
List of countiesIllinoisCook CountyDuPage CountyKane CountyKendall CountyLake CountyMcHenry CountyWill CountyIndianaLake CountyPorter County
LaPorte County
WisconsinKenosha County
Anchor citiesChicago, IllinoisGary, IndianaKenosha, Wisconsin
Major airportsO'Hare International Airport (ORD) - Chicago, IllinoisMidway Airport (MDW) - Chicago, IllinoisGary/Chicago International Airport (GYY) - Gary, IndianaNorthwest Chicagoland Regional Airport (RFD) - Rockford, IllinoisJohn Batten Airport (RAC) - Racine, Wisconsin
Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitantsIllinoisAuroraJoliet (acts as an anchor city)Naperville (acts as an anchor city)
Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitantsIllinoisAddisonAlgonquinAlsipArlington HeightsBarringtonBartlettBataviaBeach ParkBellwoodBensenvilleBerwynBloomingdaleBlue IslandBolingbrookBridgeviewBrookfieldBuffalo GroveBurbankBurr RidgeCalumet CityCarol StreamCaryCarpentersvilleChicago HeightsChicago RidgeCiceroCountry Club HillsCrest HillCrestwoodCrystal LakeDarienDeerfieldDes PlainesDoltonDowners GroveElk Grove VillageElginElmhurstElmwood ParkEvanstonEvergreen ParkForest ParkFrankfortFranklin ParkGages LakeGenevaGlen EllynGlendale HeightsGlenviewGoodings GroveGrayslakeGurneeHanover ParkHarveyHazel CrestHickory HillsHighland ParkHinsdaleHoffman EstatesHomewoodJusticeLa GrangeLa Grange ParkLake ForestLake in the HillsLake ZurichLansingLemontLibertyvilleLincolnwoodLindenhurstLisleLockportLombardLyonsMarkhamMattesonMaywoodMcHenryMelrose ParkMidlothianMokenaMorton GroveMount ProspectMundeleinNew LenoxNilesNorridgeNorth AuroraNorth ChicagoNorthbrookNorthlakeOak ForestOak LawnOak ParkOswegoOrland ParkPalatinePalos HeightsPalos HillsPark ForestPark RidgePlainfieldProspect HeightsRichton ParkRiver ForestRiver GroveRiverdaleRolling MeadowsRomeovilleRoselleRound Lake BeachSauk VillageSchaumburgSchiller ParkSkokieSouth ElginSouth HollandSt. CharlesStreamwoodSummitTinley ParkVernon HillsVilla ParkWarrenvilleWaukeganWestchesterWest ChicagoWestern SpringsWestmontWheatonWheelingWilmetteWinnetkaWood DaleWoodridgeWoodstockWorthZion
IndianaChestertonCrown PointDyerEast ChicagoGriffithHammondHighlandHobartLake StationMerrillvilleMunsterPortageScherervilleValparaiso
WisconsinPleasant PrairieKenosha
Suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitantsIllinoisAntiochBannockburnBarrington HillsBedford ParkBeecherBerkeleyBoulder HillBraidwoodBroadviewBull ValleyBurlingtonBurnhamCalumet ParkChannel LakeClarendon HillsCountrysideCrystal LawnsCreteDeer ParkDixmoorEast DundeeEast Hazel CrestElburnElwoodFairmontFlossmoorFord HeightsForest LakeForest ViewFox LakeFox Lake HillsFox River GroveFox River Valley GardensFrankfort SquareGilbertsGlencoeGlenwoodGolfGrandwood ParkGreen OaksGreenwoodHainesvilleHampshireHarvardHarwood HeightsHawthorn WoodsHebronHighwoodHillsideHodgkinsHoliday HillsHometownHuntleyIndian CreekIndian Head ParkIngalls ParkInvernessIsland LakeItascaJohnsburgKenilworthKildeerLake BarringtonLake BluffLake CatherineLake VillaLakemoorLakewoodLakewood ShoresLily LakeLincolnshireLisbonLong GroveLong LakeLynwoodManhattanMarengoMcCookMcCullom LakeMerrionette ParkMettawaMoneeMontgomeryNewarkNorth BarringtonNorth RiversideNorthfieldOak BrookOakbrook TerraceOakwood HillsOld Mill CreekOlympia FieldsOrland HillsPalos ParkPark CityPeotonePhoenixPingree GrovePistakee HighlandsPlanoPosenPrairie GrovePreston HeightsRichmondRingwoodRiversideRiverwoodsRobbinsRockdaleRosemontRound LakeRound Lake HeightsRound Lake ParkShorewoodSleepy HollowSouth BarringtonSouth Chicago HeightsSpring GroveStegerStickneyStone ParkSugar GroveSymertonThird LakeThorntonTower LakesTrout ValleyUnionUniversity ParkVenetian VillageVirgilVoloWadsworthWaucondaWayneWest DundeeWillowbrook, DuPage CountyWillowbrook, Will CountyWillow SpringsWilmingtonWinfieldWinthrop HarborWonder LakeYorkville
IndianaBeverly ShoresBurns HarborCedar LakeDune AcresHebronKoutsLake DalecarliaLakes of the Four SeasonsLowellNew ChicagoOgden DunesPorterSchneiderSouth HavenSt. JohnTown of PinesWhitingWinfield
WisconsinBrightonBristolCamp LakeGenoa CityLake ShangrilaPaddock LakeParisPowers LakeRandallSalemSilver LakeSomersTwin LakesWheatland
See also United States metropolitan area Major companies in Chicagoland Chicago suburbs (Indiana)
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