Arlington Heights, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Arlington Heights had a population of 76,031 people^<1>. This represents 0.61% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 12th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
9	Waukegan	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
10	Cicero	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
11	Decatur	S	162 mi [260.7 km]	76,256	6.85% decrease
-12-	Arlington Heights			73,399	3.46% decrease
13	Schaumburg	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
14	Evanston	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
15	Champaign	S	137 mi [220.5 km]	79,389	17.58% increase

Arlington Heights had 31,725 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Arlington Heights has an area^<4> of 16.41 square miles [42.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Arlington Heights had a 2000 population density of 4,633 people per square mile [1,788 people/km²], making it the state's 59th most densely populated area.

Cook County

The village of Arlington Heights is primarily located in Cook County. A portion of Arlington Heights extends into Lake County.

The county had a population of 5,377,092 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 76,031 people, Arlington Heights contained 1.41% of the Cook County total.

In addition, where the community of Arlington Heights has a population density of 4,633 people per square mile [1,788 people/km²], Cook County averages 5,685 people per square mile [2,195 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cook County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Arlington Heights and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Arlington Heights. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Arlington Heights. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Arlington Heights, it also contains a comparison between Arlington Heights and the state of Illinois.

Click here for the Arlington Heights QuickFact (QF-1702154).

The following communities are nearby Arlington Heights and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Mount Prospect	QF-1751089	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Palatine	QF-1757225	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Wheeling	QF-1781087	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,063	4.54% increase
	Buffalo Grove	QF-1709447	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
	Des Plaines	QF-1719642	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elk Grove Village	QF-1723256	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	33,320	4.05% decrease
	Schaumburg	QF-1768003	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Northbrook	QF-1753481	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	33,936	1.5% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Arlington Heights.

A Census Quickfact is available for Cook County (QF-17031).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Arlington Heights:

Arlington Heights is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Arlington Heights.

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Arlington Heights. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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