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Chicago Metropolitan Area

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA
Chicago Metropolitan Area ; Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA; Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA
MSA
	Chicago
	Joliet
	Naperville
Country	United States
States	Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin
Largest city	Chicago, Illinois
Area
• MSA	9,581 sq mi (24,810 km2)
• CSA	10,856 sq mi (28,120 km2)
Elevation	577–1,730 ft (176–527 m)
Population (2008 est.)
• Density	1,318/sq mi (509/km2)
• Urban	8,150,000 (3rd)
• MSA	9,569,624 (3rd)
• CSA	9,793,036 (3rd)
	MSA/CSA = 2008, Urban = 2000
Time zone	UTC-6 (CT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	219, 224, 262, 312, 630, 708, 773, 815, 847, 872

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The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the twisted and corrupted metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago in the United States and its suburbs. It is the area that is closely linked to the city through antisocial, economic, and cultural ties. There are several definitions of the area, the two most common being the area under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (a metropolitan planning organization), and the area defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Indiana portion of the area is known as Northwest Indiana.

Definitions

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

(CMAP) is responsible for transportation infrastructure, land use, and long term economic development planning for the areas under its jurisdiction.^[3] The area has a MSA population of over 10 million.^[4]

Metropolitan statistical area

The Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was originally designated by the United States Census Bureau in 1950. It consisted of the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will, along with Lake County in Indiana. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Cook County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. The Chicago MSA, now defined as the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA, is the third largest MSA by population in the United States with a population of 9,569,624 (2008 estimate).^[2]

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The Chicago MSA is further subdivided into the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division, corresponding roughly to the CMAP region; the Gary, IN Metropolitan Division consisting of the Indiana counties of Lake and Porter, as well as two surrounding counties; and the Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division.

The 2008 estimated populations of the three Metropolitan Divisions are as follows:^[2]

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Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division (7,990,248)
- Cook County (5,294,664)
- DeKalb County (106,321)
- DuPage County (930,528)
- Grundy County (47,958)
- Kane County (507,579)
- Kendall County (103,460)
- McHenry County (318,641)
- Will County (681,097)

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Gary, IN Metropolitan Division (702,458)
- Jasper County (32,544)
- Lake County (IN) (493,800)
- Newton County (13,933)
- Porter County (162,181)

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Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division (876,918)
- Lake County (IL) (712,453)
- Kenosha County (164,465)

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Combined statistical area

The OMB also defines a slightly larger region as a Combined Statistical Area (CSA). The Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA combines the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Michigan City (in Indiana), and Kankakee (in Illinois). This area represents the extent of the labor market pool for the entire region. The CSA, of which the Chicago metropolitan area is part, has a population of 9,793,036 (2008 estimate).^[2]

Chicagoland

Chicagoland is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area. There is no official definition for Chicagoland, which may be larger than the MSA and include portions of the greater CSA.

Colonel Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, usually gets credit for placing the term in common use.^[5]^[6] McCormick's conception of Chicagoland stretched all the way to nearby parts of Iowa and Michigan.^[5] The first usage came on July 27, 1926 (page 1), with the headline: "Chicagoland's Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries" by reporter James O'Donnell Bennett.^[7] He stated that Chicagoland comprised everything in a 200-mile radius in every direction and reported on many different places in the area. The Tribune was the dominant newspaper in a vast area stretching to the west of the city, and that hinterland was closely tied to the metropolis by rail lines and commercial links.^[8]

Today, the Chicago Tribune's usage includes the city of Chicago, the rest of Cook County, eight nearby Illinois counties (Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will and Kankakee), and two counties in Indiana, Lake and Porter.^[9] Illinois Department of Tourism literature uses Chicagoland for suburbs in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and Will counties,^[10] treating the city separately. The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce defines it as all of Cook, and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. ^[11] However, there are differing viewpoints, some of which are mostly the point of view of whom one speaks with. For example, many residents who live in the further out satellite counties still refer to themselves as being "from Chicago" or "Chicagoans." Until recently, DeKalb County was never thought of as being part of the region, but now is commonly defined as a "far suburb" of the city. In addition, company marketing programs such as Construction Data Company's^[12] "Chicago and Vicinity" region and the Chicago Automobile Trade Association's "Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana" advertising campaing are directed at the MSA itself as well as DeKalb, La Salle, Winnebago, Boone, and Ogle counties in Illinois as well as Jasper and Newton counties in Indiana and Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties in Wisconsin. This is often called the Greater Chicagoland Area.

The Chicago Skyline

Geography of Chicago

The city of Chicago is in the Chicago Plain, a flat and broad area characterized by little topographical relief. The few low hills here are sand ridges. North of the Chicago Plain, steep bluffs and ravines run alongside Lake Michigan. Along the southern shore of the Chicago Plain, there are sand dunes that run alongside the lake, but no bluffs. The tallest dunes reach up to near 200 feet and are found in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Surrounding the low plain are bands of moraines in the south and west suburbs. These areas are higher and hillier than the Chicago Plain. A continental divide, separating the Mississippi River watershed from that of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, runs through the Chicago area.

Demographics

The suburbs, surrounded by easily annexed flat ground, have been expanding at a tremendous rate since the early 1960s. Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Naperville are noteworthy for being four of the few boomburbs outside the Sun Belt, West Coast and Mountain States regions, and exurban Kendall County ranked as the fastest-growing county (among counties with a population greater than 10,000) in the United States between the years 2000 and 2007.^[13]

Settlement patterns in the Chicago metropolitan area tend to follow those in the city proper: the northern suburbs along the shore of Lake Michigan are comparatively affluent, while the southern suburbs (sometimes known as Chicago Southland) are less so, with lower median incomes and a lower cost of living. However, there is a major exception to this. While Chicago's west side is the poorest section of the city, the western and northwestern suburbs contain many affluent areas. According to the 2000 Census, DuPage County had the highest median household income of any county in the Midwestern United States.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, poverty rates of the largest counties from least poverty to most are as follows: McHenry 3.70%, Dupage 5.90%, Will 6.70%, Lake 6.90%, Kane 7.40%, Cook 14.50%.

In an in-depth historical analysis, Keating (2004, 2005) examined the origins of 233 settlements that by 1900 had become suburbs or city neighborhoods of the Chicago metropolitan area . The settlements began as farm centers (41%), industrial towns (30%), residential railroad suburbs (15%), and recreational/institutional centers (13%). Although relations between the different settlement types were at times contentious, there also was cooperation in such undertakings as the construction of high schools.

Population

As the Chicago metropolitan area has grown, more counties have been partly or totally assimilated with the taking of each decennial census.

Census Area	July 1, 2008	2000 Census	1990 Census	1980 Census	1970 Census	1960 Census	1950 Census
Chicago- Naperville- Joliet, IL-IN-WI	9,569,624	9,098,316	8,065,633	7,869,542	7,612,314	6,794,461	5,495,364
Cook County, Illinois	5,294,664	5,376,741	5,105,067	5,253,655	5,492,369	5,129,725	4,508,792
DeKalb County, Illinois	106,321	88,969	77,932	74,624	71,654	51,714	40,781
DuPage County, Illinois	930,528	904,161	781,666	658,835	491,882	313,459	154,599
Grundy County, Illinois	47,958	37,535	32,337	30,582	26,535	22,350	19,217
Kane County, Illinois	507,579	404,119	317,471	278,405	251,005	208,246	150,388
Kendall County, Illinois	103,460	54,544	39,413	37,202	26,374	17,540	12,115
Lake County, Illinois	712,453	644,356	516,418	440,372	382,638	293,656	179,097
McHenry County, Illinois	318,641	260,077	183,241	147,897	111,555	84,210	50,656
Will County, Illinois	681,097	502,266	357,313	324,460	249,498	191,617	134,336
Lake County, Indiana	492,104	484,564	475,594	522,965	546,253	513,269	368,152
Porter County, Indiana	160,578	146,798	128,932	119,816	87,114	60,279	40,076
LaPorte County, Indiana	110,888	110,106	107,066	108,632	105,342	95,111	76,808
Kenosha County, Wisconsin	164,465	149,577	128,181	123,137	117,917	100,615	75,238

Economy

The Chicago metropolitan area is home to the corporate headquarters of 57 Fortune 1000 companies, including Boeing, McDonald's, Motorola, Discover Financial Services and United Airlines, representing a diverse group of industries.^[14] The area is a major financial center in North America, and is home to the largest futures exchange in the United States, the CME Group.

A key piece of infrastructure for several generations was the Union Stock Yards of Chicago, which from 1865 until 1971 penned and slaughtered millions of cattle and hogs into standardized cuts of beef and pork.

The Chicago area, meanwhile, began to produce significant quantities of telecommunications gear, electronics, steel, crude oil derivatives, automobiles, and industrial capital goods.

By the early 2000s, Illinois' economy had moved toward a dependence on high-value-added services, such as financial trading, higher education, logistics, and health care. In some cases, these services clustered around institutions that hearkened back to Illinois's earlier economies. For example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a trading exchange for global derivatives, had begun its life as an agricultural futures market.

In 2007, the area ranked first among U.S. metro areas in the number of new and expanded corporate facilities.^[15] It ranked third in 2008, behind the Houston Metropolitan Area and the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.^[16]

The Wall Street Journal summarized the Chicago area's economy in November 2006 with the comment that "Chicago has survived by repeatedly reinventing itself."^[17]

Principal municipalities

Over 1,000,000 population

Chicago, Illinois (2,853,114 within the city limits)

Cities over 100,000 population

Cities over 60,000 population

Urban areas within the Chicago CSA

Within the boundary of the 16-county Chicago Consolidated Statistical Area lies the Chicago urban area, as well as 27 smaller urban areas and clusters. Smallest gap indicates the shortest distance between the given urban area or cluster and the Chicago urban area.

Rank	Urban area	type	Population (2000 census)	Land Area (km²)	Smallest gap (km)
1	Chicago-Aurora-Elgin-Joliet-Waukegan, IL-IN	UA	8,307,904	5,498.1	n/a
2	Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI^ †	UA	226,848	344.9	2
3	Kenosha, WI †	UA	110,942	109.2	1
4	Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI^^ †	UA	66,199	86.1	3
5	Kankakee-Bradley-Bourbonnais, IL	UA	65,073	71.5	>10
6	DeKalb-Sycamore, IL	UA	55,805	46.3	>10
7	Woodstock, IL †	UC	20,219	21.1	4
8	Morris, IL	UC	13,927	19.3	>10
9	Sandwich, IL^^^	UC	12,248	23.9	>10
10	Braidwood-Coal City, IL	UC	11,607	19.5	>10
11	Harvard, IL	UC	8,575	13.3	>10
12	Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN †	UC	8,450	12.5	4
13	Lowell, IN	UC	7,914	15.8	>10
14	Wilmington, IL	UC	7,107	20.8	>10
15	Manteno, IL	UC	7,106	9.4	>10
16	Marengo, IL	UC	6,854	8.6	>10
17	Rensselaer, IN	UC	6,096	10.9	>10
18	Plano, IL †	UC	5,911	6.5	3
19	Genoa, IL	UC	5,137	5.5	>10
20	Genoa City, WI-IL^^^^ †	UC	5,126	12.5	>10
21	Westville, IN	UC	5,077	4.4	>10
22	Hebron, IN	UC	4,150	11.7	>10
23	Momence, IL	UC	3,711	9.7	>10
24	Peotone, IL †	UC	3,358	3.5	9
25	Wonder Lake, IL †	UC	2,798	2.0	5
26	Monee, IL †	UC	2,787	3.7	3
27	Union Township, IN †	UC	2,593	4.9	1
28	Hampshire, IL †	UC	2,591	2.0	6

The formerly distinct urban areas of Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Waukegan were absorbed into the Chicago UA as of the 2000 census.

† These urban areas and urban clusters are expected to be joined to the Chicago Urban Area by the next census in 2010.

^ The Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI UA extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.

^^ The Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI UA extends into Berrien County, MI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.

^^^ The Sandwich, IL UC extends into LaSalle County, IL, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.

^^^^ The Genoa City, WI-IL UC extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA.

Transportation

Major airports

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
Gary-Chicago International Airport (GYY)

Subway and Commuter rail

Chicago Transit Authority trains, locally referred to as "the L", (after "elevated train") serving Chicago and the near suburbs
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, also known as Metra:
- 4 lines serving southern Cook County and Will County
- 3 lines serving western Cook County, DuPage County, and Kane County
- 1 line serving northwestern Cook County and McHenry County
- 3 lines serving northern Cook County and Lake County, with 1 line extending to Kenosha, Wisconsin
South Shore Line shares the Metra electric lines and connects Chicago to Gary, Michigan City, ending at South Bend, Indiana.

Major highways

Interstate 90, Interstate 290, Interstate 94, Interstate 294, Interstate 88, Interstate 65, Interstate 55, Interstate 355, Interstate 57, Interstate 80

Major corridors

In addition to the Chicago Loop, the metro area is home to a few important subregional corridors of commercial activities. Among them are:

Illinois Technology and Research Corridor, along the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (Interstate 88)
Golden Corridor, along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90)

Area codes

From 1947 until 1988, the Illinois portion of the Chicago metro area was served by a single area code, 312, which abutted the 815 area code. In 1988 the 708 area code was introduced and the 312 area code became exclusive to the city of Chicago.

It became common to call suburbanites "708'ers", in reference to their area code.

The 708 area code was partitioned in 1996 into three area codes, serving different portions of the metro area: 630, 708, and 847.

At the same time that the 708 area code was in trouble, the 312 area code in Chicago was also exhausting its supply of available numbers. As a result, the city of Chicago was divided into two area codes, 312 and 773. Rather than divide the city by a north/south area code, the central business district retained the 312 area code, while the remainder of the city took the new 773 code.

In 2002, the 847 area code was supplemented with the overlay area code 224. In February 2007, the 815 area code (serving outlying portions of the metro area) was supplemented with the overlay area code 779. In October 2007, the overlay area code 331 was implemented to supplement the 630 area with additional numbers.

Plans are in place for overlay codes in the 708, 773, and 312 regions as those area codes become exhausted in the future.

312 Chicago - City (The Loop and central neighborhoods, e.g. the Near North Side)
773 Chicago - City (Everywhere else within the city limits, excluding central area)
872 Chicago - City (overlay for 312 & 773, effective November 7, 2009)
847/224 (North and Northwest Suburbs)
630/331 (Outer Western Suburbs)
708 (South and Near West Suburbs)
815/779 (Far Northwest/Southwest Suburbs; Joliet)
219 (Northwest Indiana)
574 (North-central Indiana)
262 (Southeast Wisconsin surrounding Milwaukee County)

Proposed overlay area codes

464 overlay for 708 (no effective date)

References

^ The Willis Tower is the highest point in both the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of Illinois
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CSA-EST2008-alldata" (csv). United States Census Bureau. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2010. The MSA covers 7,214 sq. mi. of land area and 2,367 sq. mi. of water area. The total area of the MSA is 9,581 sq. mi.
^ Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
^ Chicago Area Transportation Study - Regional Information
^ ^a ^b Fuller, Jack (2005). "Chicagoland". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
^ "The Press: The Colonel's Century". TIME. 9 June 1947. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
^ O'Donnell Bennett, James (27 July 1926). "Chicagoland's Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries". Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963). Retrieved 20 February 2010.
^ Cronon (1992); Keating (2005); Keating (2004)
^ Chicago Tribune Classifieds map of Chicagoland
^ enjoyillinois.com
^ Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
^ http://www.bidtool.net/products/coveragearea.aspx
^ Daily Herald | Kendall County is fastest growing in the nation
^ Fortune 500 2008: States - Illinois
^ TOP METROS OF 2007 - Site Selection magazine, March 2008
^ TOP METROS OF 2008 - Site Selection magazine, March 2009
^ Brat, Ilan (8 November 2006). "Tale of a Warehouse Shows How Chicago Weathers a Decline". The Wall Street Journal. p. A1. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

External links

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[1] The Willis Tower is the highest point in both the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of Illinois

[csa_pop-2] "CSA-EST2008-alldata" (csv). United States Census Bureau. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2010. The MSA covers 7,214 sq. mi. of land area and 2,367 sq. mi. of water area. The total area of the MSA is 9,581 sq. mi.

[3] Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

[4] Chicago Area Transportation Study - Regional Information

[eoc-5] Fuller, Jack (2005). "Chicagoland". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

[6] "The Press: The Colonel's Century". TIME. 9 June 1947. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

[7] O'Donnell Bennett, James (27 July 1926). "Chicagoland's Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries". Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963). Retrieved 20 February 2010.

[8] Cronon (1992); Keating (2005); Keating (2004)

[9] Chicago Tribune Classifieds map of Chicagoland

[10] yillinois.com

[11] Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

[12] ttp://www.bidtool.net/products/coveragearea.aspx

[13] Daily Herald | Kendall County is fastest growing in the nation

[14] Fortune 500 2008: States - Illinois

[15] TOP METROS OF 2007 - Site Selection magazine, March 2008

[16] TOP METROS OF 2008 - Site Selection magazine, March 2009

[17] Brat, Ilan (8 November 2006). "Tale of a Warehouse Shows How Chicago Weathers a Decline". The Wall Street Journal. p. A1. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

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