Waukegan, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the south of Waukegan and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Milwaukee (WI). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the north of Waukegan and has a population of 596,974 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Aurora	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	171,782	20.14% increase
	Bolingbrook	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Naperville	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Kenosha (WI)	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	82,196	0.42% increase
	Waukesha (WI)	NW	48 mi [77.2 km]	68,008	4.91% increase
	West Allis (WI)	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	59,416	3% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Beach Park	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	13,119	30.25% increase
	Gages Lake	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Grandwood Park	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Green Oaks	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	3,913	9.55% increase
	Gurnee	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	30,608	6.15% increase
	Lake Bluff	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	6,222	2.74% increase
	Libertyville	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	21,843	5.31% increase
	North Chicago	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	32,608	9.22% decrease
	Old Mill Creek	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	263	4.78% increase
	Park City	SW	Less than 2 mi	6,609	0.42% decrease
	Spaulding Corners	W	Less than 2 mi	---
	Third Lake	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,382	1.99% increase
	Wadsworth	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	3,829	24.2% increase
	Winthrop Harbor	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	7,210	8.1% increase
	Zion	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	25,161	10.04% increase

Lake County

Waukegan is located in Lake County and is the county seat.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Waukegan
	Coles County	SW	Country Club Estates	15 miles [24 km]
	Cook County	S	Deerfield	14 miles [22 km]
	DuPage County	SW	Foxcroft	18 miles [28 km]
	Kane County	SW	Barrington Center	24 miles [38 km]
	McHenry County	W	Lilymoor	17 miles [27 km]
	Kenosha County (WI)	N	State Line (WI)	8 miles [12 km]
	Milwaukee County (WI)	N	Oakwood (WI)	33 miles [53 km]
	Racine County (WI)	N	Oakdale Estates (WI)	20 miles [32 km]
	Walworth County (WI)	W	Genoa City (WI)	24 miles [38 km]
	Waukesha County (WI)	N	Durham (WI)	35 miles [56 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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