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All of these cities have more affordable housing options compared to suburbs closer to the city and lower taxes. (And psst: Waukegan is even on the water.) The 11 Most Charming Small Towns in Illinois
The following demographics represent an average of the three cities. There were approximately 31,477 housing units in the Tri-City Area. The racial makeup of the area, on average, was 91.83% White, 1.80% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.40% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 1.39% from two or more
Tourism in Chicago draws on the city's architecture, museums, restaurants, sports, parks and beaches, theater and wide variety of neighborhood attractions. [ 1 ] In 2017, Millennium Park alone saw 25 million visitors, making it the top tourist destination in the Midwest and among the top ten in the United States .
Many credit Walter S. Gurnee as the father of the North Shore. [1] One of the earliest known monographs to be devoted to the North Shore, The Book of the North Shore (1910), and its companion volume, The Second Book of the North Shore (1911), were written by Marian A. White, whose husband J. Harrison White had established a weekly newspaper in Rogers Park in 1895 called the North Shore ...
According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
The Fox Valley—also commonly known as the Fox River Valley—is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The region extends from the village of Antioch , in far northern Illinois, to the city of Ottawa in the south. [ 1 ]
Chicago metropolitan area geography stubs (1 C, 229 P) Pages in category "Chicago metropolitan area" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 271 total.
Between the festive window displays (we’re looking at you, Macy’s on State Street), the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers and the snow falling softly down, Christmas is a special time of ...