Mount Prospect, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the southeast of Mount Prospect and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the southwest of Mount Prospect 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	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Cicero	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	S	38 mi [61.2 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Naperville	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Kenosha (WI)	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	N	46 mi [74 km]	82,196	0.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bensenville	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	20,138	2.73% decrease
	Buffalo Grove	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
	Capri Village	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Covenant Village	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Elk Grove Village	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	33,320	4.05% decrease
	Fairfax Village	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Glenview	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	46,180	10.35% increase
	Northbrook	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	33,936	1.5% increase
	Park Ridge	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	36,927	2.24% decrease
	Plum Grove Village	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Prospect Heights	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	16,047	6.05% decrease
	Rolling Meadows	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	23,463	4.64% decrease
	Rosemont	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,929	6.98% decrease
	Wheeling	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	36,063	4.54% increase
	Winthrop Village	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

Cook County

Mount Prospect is located in Cook County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Mount Prospect
	Coles County	NW	Country Club Estates	7 miles [11 km]
	DeKalb County	W	New Lebanon	34 miles [54 km]
	DuPage County	SW	Itasca	7 miles [11 km]
	Kane County	W	Barrington Center	13 miles [20 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Wolfs	30 miles [48 km]
	Lake County	N	Horatio Gardens	6 miles [9 km]
	McHenry County	NW	Ski Hill	16 miles [25 km]
	Tazewell County	SW	Fond du Lac	37 miles [59 km]
	Will County	S	Bayberry Ridge	23 miles [37 km]
	Lake County (IN)	SE	Robertsdale (IN)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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