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Chicago has a large Czech population [1] (colloquially known as "Czechcagoans"). As of 2000, Chicago had the largest Czech population among US metropolitan areas, and Illinois had the second-largest Czech-American population after Texas. [2] There are 72,058 residents of Czech heritage living in the greater Chicago area as of 2023. [3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Chicago was the third-largest Czech city in the world, after Prague and Vienna. [30] There are approximately 14,000 Ukrainians living within the Chicago city limits. [31] Chicago has a small community of Swedish Americans, who make up 0.9% of Chicago's population and number at 23,990. [32]
As of the 2010 census, [1] there were 2,695,598 people with 1,045,560 households residing within Chicago. More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago is also one of the US's most densely populated major cities. The racial composition of the city was: 45.0% White (31.7% non-Hispanic whites);
Chicago's Czech-born mayor Anton Cermak. This group started coming in 1735, ... By 1910, the Czech population was 349,000, and by 1940 it was 1,764,000.
In the late 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by Czech immigrants who named the district after Plzeň (German: Pilsen), the fourth largest city in today's Czech Republic. The population also included in smaller numbers other ethnic groups from Austria-Hungary including Slovaks, Slovenes, Croats and Austrians, as well as immigrants of Polish and ...
In 1909 the Czech Freethinkers School, Frantisek Palacky, was built at 1525 S. Kedvale. The Merigold neighborhood was also known as Novy Tabor (New Camp) by the Czech immigrants who settled there. The premier Czech institution, established in 1912, was the Ceska Beseda (Bohemian Club) at 3659 W. Douglas Blvd. This club was attended by Chicago's ...
It is estimated that the population of the Czech lands declined by a third. [46] The 18th and 19th century is characterized by the Czech National Revival, focusing to revive Czech culture and national identity. Since the turn of the 20th century, Chicago is the city with the third largest Czech population, after Prague and Vienna. [47] [48]
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.