North Chicago, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 34 miles [54 km] to the south of North Chicago and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the southwest of North Chicago 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	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Mount Prospect	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Naperville	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Kenosha (WI)	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	82,196	0.42% increase
	West Allis (WI)	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	59,416	3% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bannockburn	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,879	31.49% increase
	Beach Park	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	13,119	30.25% increase
	Gages Lake	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Grandwood Park	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Green Oaks	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	3,913	9.55% increase
	Gurnee	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	30,608	6.15% increase
	Highwood	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	5,388	30.05% increase
	Lake Bluff	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	6,222	2.74% increase
	Lake Forest	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	20,990	4.64% increase
	Libertyville	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	21,843	5.31% increase
	Mettawa	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	514	40.05% increase
	Park City	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	6,609	0.42% decrease
	Spaulding Corners	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Vernon Hills	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	24,462	21.58% increase
	Wadsworth	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,829	24.2% increase

Lake County

North Chicago is located in Lake County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From North Chicago
	Coles County	SW	Country Club Estates	13 miles [20 km]
	Cook County	S	Deerfield	10 miles [16 km]
	DuPage County	SW	Foxcroft	15 miles [24 km]
	Kane County	SW	Barrington Center	22 miles [35 km]
	McHenry County	W	Fox River Shores	18 miles [28 km]
	Kenosha County (WI)	N	State Line (WI)	12 miles [19 km]
	Milwaukee County (WI)	N	Oakwood (WI)	37 miles [59 km]
	Racine County (WI)	N	Oakdale Estates (WI)	24 miles [38 km]
	Walworth County (WI)	NW	Genoa City (WI)	26 miles [41 km]
	Waukesha County (WI)	N	Durham (WI)	39 miles [62 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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