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The city of Oak Forest is located in Cook County.
Oak Forest is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Oak Forest lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Oak Forest can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Oak Forest had a population of 28,051 people<2> (or 0.52% of the total population of Cook County). The population of Oak Forest represented 0.23% of the total of Illinois, making it the state's 69th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Oak Forest had a population of 27,740 people. This is a decrease of 1.11% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Oak Forest.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 27,740 | -1.11% | |
| 2007 | 27,761 | -1.03% | -0.23% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 27,824 | -0.81% | -0.65% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 28,006 | -0.16% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 28,051 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Berwyn |  N | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 49,919 | 7.58% decrease |
| | Bolingbrook |  W | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 70,823 | 25.75% increase |
| | Calumet City |  E | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 36,800 | 5.81% decrease |
| | Chicago Heights |  SE | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 30,586 | 6.68% decrease |
| | Chicago | N | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 2,853,114 | 1.48% decrease |
| | Cicero | N | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 80,414 | 6.08% decrease |
To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Oak Forest.
Website for Oak Forest
| Official Website: | www.oak-forest.org/ |
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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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