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At the turn of the 20th century, Chicago was the third-largest Czech city in the world, after Prague and Vienna. [37] There are approximately 14,000 Ukrainians living within the Chicago city limits. [38] Chicago has a small community of Swedish Americans, who make up 0.9% of Chicago's population and number at 23,990. [39]
As of 2013, the Chicago area has the largest Palestinian American population in the U.S., and that Chicago-area Palestinian-origin people made up 25% of all Palestinian-originating persons in the U.S. [59] In 1995 there were 85,000 persons of Palestinian origin in the Chicago area, making up about 60% of the Arab Americans there; at that time ...
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 1,000 or more residents who are of Hungarian ancestry (in descending order by Hungarian population): New York City 57,673 (0.7%) [1] Los Angeles, California 16,802 (0.4%) [2] Chicago, Illinois 8,600 (0.3%) [3] Cleveland, Ohio 7,632 (1.9%) [4] (in another source: 61,681 [5])
Chicago – A section of city nicknamed "Little Iraq", Chicago has the largest Iraqi community in the USA. Little Arabia in the city's Northwest side, for example, has many Arab-Americans. [301] Devon Avenue (Chicago) also has Arabs, Iranians and South Asians such as Pashtun Americans. Cleveland, Ohio – west side. [302]
This is a list of the largest municipalities in the United States by race/ethnicity (80,000+) using 2020 U.S. Census data. It includes a sortable table of population by race/ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
The Pullman District was the first planned industrial community in the United States. Some neighborhoods in the city have many Chicago bungalow houses. Built mostly between 1910 and 1940, these single-family homes are narrow, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story brick structures, with gables parallel to the street.
When Chicago was founded in 1837, most of the early building was around the mouth of the Chicago River, as can be seen on a map of the city's original 58 blocks. [105] The overall grade of the city's central, built-up areas is relatively consistent with the natural flatness of its overall natural geography, generally exhibiting only slight ...
Jerome Cosentino, an ethnic Italian from Chicago, was elected Illinois State Treasurer, becoming the first to hold a statewide office in Illinois. [3] Italian Chicago native Ralph C. Capparelli was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and served for 33 years (13th and 16th District) from 1971 to 2004.