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If you are looking for Chicago's Information including its population then you are at the right place. Here in this presentation, I have covered most of the important points. you can read it or can read the source link for complete information.
If you are looking for Chicago's Information including its population then you are at the right place. Here in this presentation, I have covered most of the important points. you can read it or can read the source link for complete information.
If you are looking for Chicago's Information including its population then you are at the right place. Here in this presentation, I have covered most of the important points. you can read it or can read the source link for complete information.
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uspopulation2020.com Tables of Content •Geography •Demography •Economy •Culture •Sports •Population •Education •Media •Transportation •Source Chicago's present natural geography is a result of the large glaciers of the Ice Age, namely the Wisconsinan Glaciations that carved out the modern basin of Lake Michigan.
One special feature of the Chicago area was the now-vanished Mud Lake in the Des Plaines River watershed. During heavy periods of rain or when the Des Plaines overflowed its banks due to downstream ice dams in the early spring. Demography
During its first century as a city, Chicago grew at a rate that ranked among the fastest growing in the world. Within the span of forty years, the city's population grew from slightly under 30,000 to over 1 million by 1890. By the close of the 19th century, Chicago was the fifth largest city in the world. Within fifty years of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the population had tripled to over 3 million. Economy
Chicago and its suburbs, which together comprise the Chicago Metropolitan Area, is home to 36 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading & services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy.
The total economic output of Chicago in gross metropolitan product totaled US$703.9 billion in making Chicago equivalent to the 20th largest economy in the world just surpassing the total economic output of Switzerland. The culture of Chicago, Illinois is known for the invention or significant advancement of several performing arts, including improvisational comedy, house music, blues, hip hop, gospel, jazz, and soul.
The city is known for its Chicago School and Prairie School architecture. It continues to cultivate a strong tradition of classical music, popular music, dance, and performing arts, rooted in Western civilization, as well as other traditions carried forward by its African- American, Asian-American, European American, Hispanic American, and Native American citizens. Sports
Sports in Chicago include many professional sports teams. Chicago is one of ten U.S. cities to have teams from the five major American professional team sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer). Chicago has been named as the Best Sports City by Sporting News three times in 1993, 2006 and 2010.
Chicago was a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost to Rio de Janeiro.Chicago also hosted the 1959 Pan American Games, the 2006 Gay Games, as well as the 1968 and 1970 Special Olympics Summer World Games. Chicago was the host of the 2017 Warrior Games. Population
To look at the population of Chicago in 2020, the population figures for the previous 5 years need to be checked. They are as follows: 2015 –2.699 Million 2016 – 2.702 Million 2017 – 2.703 Million 2018 – 2.7388 Million 2019 – 2.74936 Million The population of Chicago in 2020 as per estimates = 2.759432 Million. Education
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the governing body of the school district that contains over 600 public elementary and high schools citywide, including several selective-admission magnet schools.
Top universities in Chicago are: the University of Chicago; Illinois Institute of Technology; Loyola University Chicago; DePaul University; Columbia College Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago. Media
The Chicago metropolitan area (the Chicago Market) commands the third-largest media market in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and the largest inland market.[1] All of the major U.S. television networks have subsidiaries in Chicago. WGN-TV, which is owned by the Tribune Media Company, is carried (with some programming differences) as "WGN America" on cable and satellite nationwide
Sun-Times Media Group is also headquartered in Chicago, which, along with Tribune Publishing, are some the largest owners of daily newspapers in the country. Transportation
Chicago, Illinois is the third-largest city in the United States and a major transportation hub for the Midwest. The city is served by two major airports, and is the main freight rail hub of North America.
Surface transportation networks and public ways within the city are the responsibility of the Chicago Department of Transportation. Mass transit in much of the Chicago metropolitan area is managed through the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), which was installed by referendum in 1974. Source
