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The first recorded use of the term Midwestern to refer to a region of the central U.S. occurred in 1886; Midwest appeared in 1894, and Midwesterner in 1916. [124] [125] One of the earliest late-19th-century uses of Midwest was in reference to Kansas and Nebraska to indicate that they were the civilized areas of the west. [10]
Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
County A in Oklahoma Territory: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States: 36.04 34,562: 959 sq mi (2,484 km 2) Logan County: 083: Guthrie: 1891: County 1 in Oklahoma Territory: John A. Logan, American Civil War general: 71.18 53,029: 745 sq mi (1,930 km 2) Love County: 085: Marietta: 1907: Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation ...
Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 796,292, [1] making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, [2] the state capital and largest city. Oklahoma County is at the heart of the Oklahoma City metropolitan statistical area.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The Chicago–Naperville, IL–IN–WI Combined Statistical Area combines the following core-based statistical areas, listed with their 2021 estimated populations. The combined statistical area as a whole had a population of 9,806,184 as of 2022. [11] Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI metropolitan statistical area (9,509,934)
The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States.Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon, the region is usually defined to include the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; some definitions include North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Nebraska and Illinois.
The Cook County Code is the codification of Cook County's local ordinances. Cook County's current County Board president is Toni Preckwinkle. The Circuit Court of Cook County, which is an Illinois state court of general jurisdiction is funded, in part, by Cook County, and accepts more than 1.2 million cases each year for filing. [27]