Evanston, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the south of Evanston and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the southwest of Evanston and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Joliet	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Naperville	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	S	31 mi [49.89 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Kenosha (WI)	N	38 mi [61.2 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	82,196	0.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Colonial Village	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Covenant Village	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Glencoe	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	9,038	3.15% increase
	Glenview	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	46,180	10.35% increase
	Golf	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	445	1.33% decrease
	Harwood Heights	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	8,058	2.88% decrease
	Kenilworth	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	2,397	3.89% decrease
	Lincolnwood	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	11,810	4.44% decrease
	Morton Grove	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	22,478	0.12% increase
	Niles	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	28,666	4.66% decrease
	Norridge	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	13,954	4.31% decrease
	Northfield	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	5,429	0.74% increase
	Park Ridge	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	36,927	2.24% decrease
	Wilmette	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	26,418	4.46% decrease
	Winnetka	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	12,371	0.39% decrease

Cook County

Evanston is located in Cook County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Evanston
	Coles County	NW	Country Club Estates	18 miles [28 km]
	DuPage County	SW	Churchville	15 miles [24 km]
	Kane County	W	Barrington Center	26 miles [41 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Wolfs	37 miles [59 km]
	Lake County	NW	Ravinia	9 miles [14 km]
	McHenry County	W	Ski Hill	28 miles [45 km]
	Will County	SW	Bayberry Ridge	28 miles [45 km]
	Lake County (IN)	S	Robertsdale (IN)	26 miles [41 km]
	Porter County (IN)	SE	Ogden Dunes (IN)	38 miles [61 km]
	Kenosha County (WI)	N	State Line (WI)	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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