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Some basic Chicago information
With
a population of nearly 3 million people, the city is the third
largest in the United States. It is the anchor of the Chicago metropolitan area, commonly called Chicagoland, which has a population of over 9.7 million people including the suburbs spanning from Wisconsin down to Indiana.
Chicago was incorporated into a city in 1837. Since the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, it has been regarded as one of the ten most influential cities in the world.
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Neighborhoods of Chicago
The neighborhoods of Chicago are constantly changing as a direct result of gentrification and immigration. Currently there are roughly 288 neighborhoods in Chicago.
Chicago itself is divided into 77 "Community Areas" not based on governmental declaration, but given by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago in the 1920s for purposes of a "long-term population study".
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Architecture
Chicago's skyline is among the tallest and most fascinating in the world.
The tallest building in the city is the Sears Tower (currently the
tallest in the Western Hemisphere), and the other two tallest are the
Aon Center, and the John Hancock Center.Chicago's downtown has many historic buildings such as the Chicago Board of Trade building and most of the buildings along the river have quite a history.
Every type of house, townhouse, condominium and apartment building call Chicago home.
Large sections of Chicago's residential areas farther away from the lake are characterized by bungalows built either during the early 1900's or after World War II.
Chicago was a center of the Polish Cathedral style of church
architecture.
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Demographics
According to Wikipedia, a 2006 estimate puts the city's
population at
2,873,790.[43] As of the 2000 census,
there were
2,896,016
people,
1,061,928 households, and 632,909
families
residing within Chicago.
More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.
The population density of the city itself was 12,750.3 people per square mile (4,923.0/km²). There were 1,152,868 housing units at an average density of 5,075.8 per square mile (1,959.8/km²).
The racial makeup of the city was 36.39% Black, 31.32% White, 26.02% Hispanic or Latino(of any race), 4.33% Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.64% from two or more races, 0.15% Native-American, and 0.15% from other races.[44]
Education
There are over 600 public elementary schools and high schools in the
city of Chicago.
Chicago is home to many universities including one of the worlds top research universities: University of Chicago in Hyde Park.
Other highly acclaimed schools are Northwestern University, the Illinois Institue of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and DePaul University, the largest catholic university in the country.
Utilities
Electricity for most of northern Illinois is provided by Commonwealth Edison, also known as ComEd.
Gas in the city of Chicago is provided by Peoples Energy and North Shore energy. In the surrounding suburbs and Northern Illinois, Gas is provided by Nicor.
