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Evanston, Illinois

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The 2000 Census showed that Evanston had a population of 74,239 people ^<1>. This represents 0.6% of the total population of Illinois, making it the state's 14th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	77,693	+4.65%	+0.76% since 2007
2007	77,109	+3.87%	+0.91% since 2006
2006	76,410	+2.92%	+0.82% since 2005
2005	75,787	+2.09%	+0.92% since 2004
2004	75,099	+1.16%	+0.66% since 2003
2003	74,606	+0.49%	+1.94% since 2002
2002	73,189	-1.41%	-0.54% since 2001
2001	73,586	-0.88%	-0.88% since 2000
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2000	74,239	The Last Census

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
11	Decatur	SW	164 mi [263.9 km]	76,256	6.85% decrease
12	Arlington Heights	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
13	Schaumburg	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
-14-	Evanston			77,693	4.65% increase
15	Champaign	S	136 mi [218.9 km]	79,389	17.58% increase
16	Palatine	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
17	Bloomington	SW	127 mi [204.4 km]	73,026	12.68% increase

Evanston had 30,817 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Evanston has an area ^<4> of 7.75 square miles [20.06 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Evanston had a 2000 population density of 9,584 people per square mile [3,700 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Cook County

The city of Evanston is located in Cook County.

The county had a population of 5,377,092 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 74,239 people, Evanston contained 1.38% of the Cook County total.

In addition, where the community of Evanston has a population density of 9,584 people per square mile [3,700 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 Evanston and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Evanston. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	9	225,661	2.2% increase
10 mi [16 km]	20	499,036	0.66% increase
15 mi [24 km]	52	4,076,245	1.5% decrease
20 mi [32 km]	85	4,644,286	1.27% decrease
25 mi [40 km]	126	5,536,676	0.72% decrease
30 mi [48 km]	176	6,177,587	---

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 Evanston. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Evanston, it also contains a comparison between Evanston and the state of Illinois.

Click here for the Evanston QuickFact (QF-1724582).

The following communities are nearby Evanston and also have Census QuickFacts:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Skokie	QF-1770122	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
Glenview	QF-1729938	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	46,180	10.35% increase
Niles	QF-1753000	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	28,666	4.66% decrease
Park Ridge	QF-1757875	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	36,927	2.24% decrease
Northbrook	QF-1753481	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	33,936	1.5% increase
Des Plaines	QF-1719642	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
Highland Park	QF-1734722	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	31,449	0.27% increase
Mount Prospect	QF-1751089	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease

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

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 Evanston:

	State Code:	17 (Illinois)
	County Code:	031 (Cook County)
	Place Code:	24582 (Evanston)

	State & County Code:	17031 (Illinois/Cook County)

	State & Place Code:	1724582 (Illinois/Evanston)

Evanston 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 Evanston.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Evanston. 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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Evanston and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Evanston. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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