Chicago, Illinois

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Chicago is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the west of Chicago and has a population of 142,990 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	NW	23 mi [37.01 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Mount Prospect	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Naperville	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	NW	26 mi [41.84 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	38 mi [61.2 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bedford Park	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	533	7.14% decrease
	Berwyn	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	49,919	7.58% decrease
	Burbank	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	27,567	1.2% decrease
	Carl Sandburg Village	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Forest Park	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	15,224	2.96% decrease
	Forest View	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	718	7.71% decrease
	Grant Village	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Hometown	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	4,112	7.95% decrease
	Lyons	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	10,250	---
	New City	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Oak Park	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	49,557	5.65% decrease
	Riverside	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,272	7% decrease
	Stickney	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	5,774	6.08% decrease
	Swede Town	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	West Town	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	---

Cook County

Chicago is primarily located in Cook County and is the county seat. A portion of Chicago extends into DuPage County.

Below are counties that are near Chicago (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Chicago:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Chicago
	Coles County	NW	Country Club Estates	28 miles [45 km]
	DuPage County	W	Fullersburg	12 miles [19 km]
	Kane County	W	Woodland Hills	30 miles [48 km]
	Kankakee County	S	Sollitt	37 miles [59 km]
	Kendall County	W	Wolfs	31 miles [49 km]
	Lake County	N	Woodridge	22 miles [35 km]
	McHenry County	NW	Ski Hill	36 miles [57 km]
	Tazewell County	SW	Fond du Lac	33 miles [53 km]
	Will County	SW	Anand Brook	18 miles [28 km]
	Lake County (IN)	SE	Robertsdale (IN)	13 miles [20 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found 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) Chicago. 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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