North Chicago
| North Chicago | |||
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 Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1892 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Lake County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 19 ′ N , 87 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
32,574 (status: 2010) 9,461,105 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,592.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.46 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 199 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 60064, 60086, 60088 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-53559 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 414578 | ||
| Website : | www.northchicago.org | ||
| Mayor : | Leon Rockingham, Jr. | ||
North Chicago is a city (with the status " City ") in Lake County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , North Chicago had 32,574 residents.
North Chicago is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .
In North Chicago, the Great Lakes Naval Station is the central training facility of the United States Navy .
geography
North Chicago is located on Lake Michigan in the northern suburbs of Chicago at 42 ° 19'20 "north latitude and 87 ° 51'16" west longitude and extends over 20.46 km². The place is in the Shields Township , but also extends to the Waukegan and Libertyville Township .
Neighboring locations to North Chicago are Lake Bluff (on the southern city limits), Green Oaks (on the southwestern city limits), Park City (on the northwestern city limits), and Waukegan (on the northern city limits).
Downtown Chicago is 38 miles south, Rockford is 124 miles west, Wisconsin's capital Madison is 186 km northwest, and Milwaukee is 55 miles north.
traffic
Interstate 94 , which is the fastest connection from Chicago to Milwaukee, runs not far from the western outskirts of North Chicago . Within the metropolitan area of North Chicago, US Highway 41 and Illinois State Routes 43 , 131 and 137 meet. All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Union Pacific / North Line , a METRA line , a local transport system in the greater Chicago area comparable to a German S-Bahn, runs through the center of North Chicago. There are two METRA stops within the city, Great Lakes and North Chicago . In addition, there are also several railroad lines for freight transport by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railway .
The O'Hare International Airport of Chicago is located 49.9 kilometers south of North Chicago.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , North Chicago had 32,574 people in 7205 households. The population density was 1592.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.05 people lived in each of the 7205 households.
The racial the population was composed of 47.9 percent white, 29.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 3.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 4.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 27.2 percent of the population.
20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 75.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 4.3 percent were 65 years or older. 39.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,499 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,125. 21.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Chaka Khan (* 1953), soul and pop singer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 18, 2013
