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| Waaahaahaahaahaa!!! (Temper tantrum) Chicagoland is a hellhole especially the collar counties! Oh, the humanity and all those poor lonely people crying out there because they could never get a date in Chicagoland!!! Chicagoland is prison!!! I cant escape!!! No services, no friendliness, no happiness, winters are hell. Waaaahaahaahaa!!! Quack Quack Noose! | |||
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| Oh the humanity and all those lonely people crying out there who could never get a date in this burned out bird!!! | |||
| ''Chicagoland redirects here for other uses see ]'' | |||
| <!-- Infobox begins --> | |||
| {{Infobox Settlement | |||
| |official_name = Chicago Metropolitan Area | |||
| |other_name = <small>{{nowrap|Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Gary, IL-IN-WI}} MSA</small><br><small>Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA</small> | |||
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| |area_blank1_sq_mi = 7214 | |||
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| |area_blank2_sq_mi = 8489 | |||
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| |population_footnotes = <ref>], 2007 est. by Census Bureau]</ref> | |||
| |population_note = MSA/CSA = 2007, Urban = 2000 | |||
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| |population_density_km2 = 509 | |||
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| |elevation_m = 176–527 | |||
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| The '''Chicago metropolitan area''' or '''Chicagoland''' is the ] associated with the city of ] in the ] and its suburbs. It is the area that is closely linked to the city through social, economic, and cultural ties. There are several definitions of the area, the two most common being the area under the jurisdiction of the ] (a ]), and the area defined by the federal ] (OMB) as the '''Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Gary, IL-IN-WI''' ] (MSA). | |||
| The metropolitan area may include areas outside the MSA as part of the broader ] (CSA). The ] portion of the area is known as ], and the Wisconsin portion is known as ]. The Chicago metropolitan area is sometimes grouped together with ] and ] in Wisconsin, creating a ], gradually spreading toward nearby urban centers like ], ], ], ], ], and ]. | |||
| ==Definitions== | |||
| ===Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning=== | |||
| The ] (CMAP) is responsible for transportation infrastructure, land use, and long term economic development planning for the areas under its jurisdiction.<ref></ref> The area has a population of 8.15 million (as of the 2000 Census).<ref> - Regional Information</ref> It consists of seven counties in the state of ]: | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ===Metropolitan statistical area=== | |||
| ] | |||
| The Chicago ] (MSA) was originally designated by the ] in 1950 and consisted of the ] counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will along with Lake County in ]. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Cook County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. The Chicago MSA is the third largest MSA by population in the United States with a population of 9,524,673 (2007 estimate).<ref name=csa_pop> The MSA covers 7,214 sq. mi. of land area and 2,367 sq. mi. of water area. The total area of the MSA is 9,581 sq. mi. - 2006 population estimates for combined statistical areas and their components</ref> | |||
| The MSA is further subdivided into the ''Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division'', corresponding roughly to the CMAP region, the ''Gary, IN Metropolitan Division'' consisting of the ] Counties of ] and ] as well as two surrounding counties, and the ''Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division''. The components of the MSA and their 2007 populations<ref name=csa_pop/> are: | |||
| *Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division (7,952,540) | |||
| **] (5,285,107) | |||
| **] (929,192) | |||
| **] (673,586) | |||
| **] (501,021) | |||
| **] (315,943) | |||
| **] (103,729) | |||
| **] (96,818) | |||
| **] (47,144) | |||
| *Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division (873,162) | |||
| **] (710,241) | |||
| **] (162,921) | |||
| *Gary, IN Metropolitan Division (698,971) | |||
| **] (492,104) | |||
| **] (160,578) | |||
| **] (32,275) | |||
| **] (14,014) | |||
| ===Combined statistical area=== | |||
| The OMB also defines a slightly larger region, the ] (CSA), combining the metropolitan areas of Chicago, ] (in ]), and ] (in ]). This area represents the extent of the labor market pool for the entire region. The combined statistical area, of which the Chicago metropolitan area is part, has a population of 9,745,165 (as of 2007).<ref name=csa_pop/> | |||
| ==Local terminology== | |||
| ] | |||
| In general, the "Chicago area" is about 300 miles around, from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to ], down to Dekalb, southwest to Kankakee, and up to ]. What's considered part of the metro area is expanding at a rapid pace, although it depends largely on the viewpoint of those asked. Portions of other metropolitan areas that satellite Chicago — the ] and ]s in Illinois, the ] in Wisconsin, and the ] in Indiana — may be included. For example, certain residents of ], or ], may consider themselves to be within the Chicago metro area, while others may not. Many residents in ], may consider themselves Chicagoans, and others may not. Suburbanites who reside 30 miles from the ] may consider themselves local enough to still be "in Chicago." Meanwhile, central-city residents sometimes don't consider outlying sections within Chicago corporate limits to be "in the city." | |||
| ===Chicagoland=== | |||
| '''''Chicagoland''''' is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area. The term is used mainly within the region and little known elsewhere. | |||
| ], editor and publisher of the '']'', usually gets credit for placing the term in common use.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Chicago, ISBN0-226-31015-9, Credit to McCormick given by Jack W. Fuller</ref><ref>Further reading: ''The Colonel's Century'', Time, June 9, 1947</ref> McCormick's conception of Chicagoland stretched all the way to nearby parts of ] and ].<ref></ref> The first usage came on July 27, 1926 (page 1), with the headline: "Chicagoland's Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries" by reporter James O'Donnell Bennett. He stated that Chicagoland comprised everything in a 200-mile radius in every direction and reported on many different places in the area. The ''Tribune'' was the dominant newspaper in a vast area stretching to the west of the city, and that ] was closely tied to the metropolis by rail lines and commercial links.<ref> Cronon (1992); Keating (2005); Keating (2004)</ref> | |||
| There is no official definition for ''Chicagoland,'' which may be larger than the MSA and include portions of the greater CSA. | |||
| Today, the ''Chicago Tribune'''s usage includes the city of Chicago, the rest of ], eight nearby Illinois counties (], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]), and two counties in ]; ] and ].<ref></ref> Illinois Department of Tourism literature uses ''Chicagoland'' for suburbs in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and Will counties,<ref></ref> treating the city separately. The ] defines it as all of Cook, and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. <ref></ref> | |||
| == Geography of Chicago == | |||
| {{main|Geography of Chicago}} | |||
| The city of Chicago is in the Chicago Plain, a flat and broad area characterized by little topographical relief. The few low hills here are sand ridges. North of the Chicago Plain, steep bluffs and ravines run alongside Lake Michigan. Along the southern shore of the Chicago Plain, there are sand dunes that run alongside the lake, but no bluffs. The tallest dunes reach up to near 200 feet and are found in the ]. Surrounding the low plain are bands of ]s in the south and west suburbs. These areas are higher and hillier than the Chicago Plain. A ] runs through the Chicago area. | |||
| ==Demographics== | |||
| ] | |||
| The suburbs, surrounded by easily annexed flat ground, have been expanding at a tremendous rate since the early 1960s. Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Naperville are noteworthy for being four of the few ]s outside the ], ] and ] regions, and ] ] ranked as the fastest-growing county in the United States with a population greater than 10,000 between 2000 and 2007.<ref></ref> | |||
| Settlement patterns in the Chicago metropolitan area tend to follow those in the city proper: the northern suburbs along the shore of ] are comparatively affluent, while the southern suburbs (sometimes known as ]) are less so, with lower median incomes and a lower cost of living. However, there is a major exception to this. While Chicago's west side is the poorest section of the city, the western and northwestern suburbs contain many affluent areas. According to the 2000 Census, ] had the highest median household income of any county in the ]. | |||
| According to the 2000 US Census, poverty rates of the largest counties from least poverty to most are as follows: McHenry 3.70%, Dupage 5.90%, Will 6.70%, Lake 6.90%, Kane 7.40%, Cook 14.50%. | |||
| In an in-depth historical analysis, Keating (2004, 2005) examined the origins of 233 settlements that by 1900 had become suburbs or city neighborhoods of the Chicago metropolitan area . The settlements began as farm centers (41%), industrial towns (30%), residential railroad suburbs (15%), and recreational/institutional centers (13%). Although relations between the different settlement types were at times contentious, there also was cooperation in such undertakings as the construction of high schools. | |||
| ===Population=== | |||
| {|style="width:99%; text-align:right;" frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="1" class="prettytable" | |||
| |-style="background-color:#CCFFFF; text-align:center;" | |||
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| ! width="10%" | ], ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| ! width="10%" | ] | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ''']- ]- ], ]-]-]''' | |||
| |'''9,524,673''' | |||
| |'''9,098,316''' | |||
| |'''8,065,633''' | |||
| |'''7,869,542''' | |||
| |'''7,612,314''' | |||
| |'''6,794,461''' | |||
| |'''5,495,364''' | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | '''], ]''' | |||
| |5,285,107 | |||
| |5,376,741 | |||
| |5,105,067 | |||
| |5,253,655 | |||
| |5,492,369 | |||
| |5,129,725 | |||
| |4,508,792 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |103,729 | |||
| |88,969 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 77,932 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 74,624 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 71,654 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 51,714 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 40,781 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |929,192 | |||
| |904,161 | |||
| |781,666 | |||
| |658,835 | |||
| |491,882 | |||
| |313,459 | |||
| |154,599 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |47,144 | |||
| |37,535 | |||
| |32,337 | |||
| |30,582 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 26,535 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 22,350 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 19,217 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |501,021 | |||
| |404,119 | |||
| |317,471 | |||
| |278,405 | |||
| |251,005 | |||
| |208,246 | |||
| |150,388 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |96,818 | |||
| |54,544 | |||
| |39,413 | |||
| |37,202 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 26,374 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 17,540 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 12,115 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |710,241 | |||
| |644,356 | |||
| |516,418 | |||
| |440,372 | |||
| |382,638 | |||
| |293,656 | |||
| |179,097 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |315,943 | |||
| |260,077 | |||
| |183,241 | |||
| |147,897 | |||
| |111,555 | |||
| |84,210 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 50,656 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |673,586 | |||
| |502,266 | |||
| |357,313 | |||
| |324,460 | |||
| |249,498 | |||
| |191,617 | |||
| |134,336 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |32,275 | |||
| |30,043 | |||
| |24,960 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 26,138 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 20,429 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 18,842 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 17,031 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |492,104 | |||
| |484,564 | |||
| |475,594 | |||
| |522,965 | |||
| |546,253 | |||
| |513,269 | |||
| |368,152 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |14,014 | |||
| |14,566 | |||
| |13,551 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 14,844 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 11,606 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 11,502 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 11,006 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |160,578 | |||
| |146,798 | |||
| |128,932 | |||
| |119,816 | |||
| |87,114 | |||
| |60,279 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 40,076 | |||
| |- | |||
| ! style="text-align:left" | ], ] | |||
| |162,921 | |||
| |149,577 | |||
| |128,181 | |||
| |123,137 | |||
| |117,917 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 100,615 | |||
| | style="background-color:lightgray;" | 75,238 | |||
| |- | |||
| |} | |||
| As the Chicago metropolitan area has grown, more counties have been partly or totally assimilated with the taking of each decennial census. | |||
| The data in this section was not cited or verifiable | |||
| ==Economy== | |||
| {{main|Economy of Chicago}} | |||
| {{See also|List of major companies in the Chicago metropolitan area|Economy of Illinois}} | |||
| The ] metropolitan area is home to the corporate headquarters of 57 ] companies, including ], ], ], ] Services and ], representing a diverse group of industries <ref></ref>. The area is a major financial center in North America, and is home to the largest ] in the United States, the ]. | |||
| A key piece of infrastructure for several generations was the ] of Chicago, which from 1865 until 1971 penned and slaughtered millions of cattle and hogs into standardized cuts of ] and ]. | |||
| The Chicago area, meanwhile, began to produce significant quantities of telecommunications gear, electronics, steel, automobiles, and industrial capital goods. | |||
| By the early 2000s, Illinois's economy had moved toward a dependence on high-value-added services such as financial trading, ], ], and health care. In some cases, these services clustered around institutions that hearkened back to Illinois's earlier economies. For example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a trading exchange for global ], had begun its life as an agricultural ]. | |||
| In 2007, the area ranked first among U.S. metro areas in the number of new and expanded corporate facilities. <ref></ref> | |||
| '']'' summarized the Chicago area's economy in November 2006 with the comment that "Chicago has survived by repeatedly reinventing itself." <ref name>Brat, Ilan, "Tale of a Warehouse", Wall Street Journal, Nov. 8, 2006, page A1.</ref> | |||
| ==Principal municipalities== | |||
| ===Over 1,000,000 population=== | |||
| *], ] (2,873,790 within the city limits) | |||
| ====Suburbs over 100,000 population==== | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| ====Suburbs over 60,000 population==== | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| *], ] | |||
| ==Urban areas within the Chicago CSA== | |||
| ] | |||
| Within the boundary of the 16-county Chicago Consolidated Statistical Area lies the Chicago urban area, as well as 27 smaller urban areas and clusters. Smallest gap indicates the shortest distance between the given urban area or cluster and the Chicago urban area. | |||
| <!-- Perhaps population density could be calculated and added to this table? -- Ssbohio --> | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| !Rank | |||
| !Urban area | |||
| !type | |||
| !Population<br>(2000 census) | |||
| !Land Area<br>(km²) | |||
| !Smallest gap<br>(km) | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 1 | |||
| | align="left" | Chicago-Aurora-Elgin-Joliet-Waukegan, IL-IN | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |8,307,904 | |||
| |5,498.1 | |||
| |n/a | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 2 | |||
| | align="left" | Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI^ † | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |226,848 | |||
| |344.9 | |||
| |2 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 3 | |||
| | align="left" | Kenosha, WI † | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |110,942 | |||
| |109.2 | |||
| |1 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 4 | |||
| | align="left" | Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI^^ † | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |66,199 | |||
| |86.1 | |||
| |3 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 5 | |||
| | align="left" | Kankakee-Bradley-Bourbonnais, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |65,073 | |||
| |71.5 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 6 | |||
| | align="left" | DeKalb-Sycamore, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UA | |||
| |55,805 | |||
| |46.3 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 7 | |||
| | align="left" | Woodstock, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |20,219 | |||
| |21.1 | |||
| |4 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 8 | |||
| | align="left" | Morris, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |13,927 | |||
| |19.3 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 9 | |||
| | align="left" | Sandwich, IL^^^ | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |12,248 | |||
| |23.9 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 10 | |||
| | align="left" | Braidwood-Coal City, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |11,607 | |||
| |19.5 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 11 | |||
| | align="left" | Harvard, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |8,575 | |||
| |13.3 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 12 | |||
| | align="left" | Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |8,450 | |||
| |12.5 | |||
| |4 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 13 | |||
| | align="left" | Lowell, IN | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |7,914 | |||
| |15.8 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 14 | |||
| | align="left" | Wilmington, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |7,107 | |||
| |20.8 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 15 | |||
| | align="left" | Manteno, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |7,106 | |||
| |9.4 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 16 | |||
| | align="left" | Marengo, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |6,854 | |||
| |8.6 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 17 | |||
| | align="left" | Rensselaer, IN | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |6,096 | |||
| |10.9 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 18 | |||
| | align="left" | Plano, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |5,911 | |||
| |6.5 | |||
| |3 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 19 | |||
| | align="left" | Genoa, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |5,137 | |||
| |5.5 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 20 | |||
| | align="left" | Genoa City, WI-IL^^^^ † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |5,126 | |||
| |12.5 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 21 | |||
| | align="left" | Westville, IN | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |5,077 | |||
| |4.4 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 22 | |||
| | align="left" | Hebron, IN | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |4,150 | |||
| |11.7 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 23 | |||
| | align="left" | Momence, IL | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |3,711 | |||
| |9.7 | |||
| |>10 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 24 | |||
| | align="left" | Peotone, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |3,358 | |||
| |3.5 | |||
| |9 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 25 | |||
| | align="left" | Wonder Lake, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |2,798 | |||
| |2.0 | |||
| |5 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 26 | |||
| | align="left" | Monee, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |2,787 | |||
| |3.7 | |||
| |3 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 27 | |||
| | align="left" | Union Township, IN † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |2,593 | |||
| |4.9 | |||
| |1 | |||
| |- align="right" | |||
| | align="center" | 28 | |||
| | align="left" | Hampshire, IL † | |||
| | align="center" | UC | |||
| |2,591 | |||
| |2.0 | |||
| |6 | |||
| |} | |||
| The formerly distinct urban areas of Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, and Waukegan were absorbed into the Chicago UA as of the 2000 census. | |||
| † These urban areas and urban clusters are expected to be joined to the Chicago Urban Area by the next census in 2010. | |||
| ^ The Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI UA extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA. | |||
| ^^ The Michigan City-LaPorte, IN-MI UA extends into Berrien County, MI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA. | |||
| ^^^ The Sandwich, IL UC extends into LaSalle County, IL, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA. | |||
| ^^^^ The Genoa City, WI-IL UC extends into Walworth County, WI, which lies (for the moment) outside the Chicago CSA. | |||
| ==Transportation== | |||
| ===Major airports=== | |||
| *] (ORD) | |||
| *] (MDW) | |||
| ===Commuter rail=== | |||
| *Chicago Transit Authority trains, locally referred to as ], (after "elevated train") serving Chicago and the near suburbs | |||
| *Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, also known as ]: | |||
| **4 lines serving southern Cook County and Will County | |||
| **3 lines serving western Cook County, DuPage County, and Kane County | |||
| **1 line serving northwestern Cook County and McHenry County | |||
| **3 lines serving northern Cook County and Lake County, with 1 line extending up to ] | |||
| *] shares the Metra electric lines and connects Chicago to ], ], ending at ]. | |||
| ===Major highways=== | |||
| *], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] | |||
| ===Major corridors=== | |||
| In addition to the ], the metro area is home to a few important subregional corridors of commercial activities. Among them are: | |||
| *], along the ] (]) | |||
| *], along the ] (]) | |||
| ==]== | |||
| {{main|List of Illinois area codes}} | |||
| From 1947 until 1988, the Illinois portion of the Chicago metro area was served by a single area code, 312, which abutted the 815 area code. In 1988 the 708 area code was introduced and the 312 area code became exclusive to the city of Chicago. | |||
| It became common to call suburbanites "708'ers", in reference to their area code. | |||
| The 708 area code was partitioned in 1996 into three area codes, serving different portions of the metro area: 630, 708, and 847. | |||
| At the same time that the 708 area code was in trouble, the 312 area code in Chicago was also exhausting its supply of available numbers. As a result, the city of Chicago was divided into two area codes, 312 and 773. Rather than divide the city by a north/south area code, the central business district retained the 312 area code, while the remainder of the city took the new 773 code. | |||
| In 2002, the 847 area code was supplemented with the overlay area code 224. In February 2007, the 815 area code (serving outlying portions of the metro area) was supplemented with the overlay area code 779. In October 2007, the overlay area code 331 was implemented to supplement the 630 area with additional numbers. | |||
| Plans are in place for overlay codes in the 708, 773, and 312 regions as those area codes become exhausted in the future. | |||
| *] Chicago - City (The ] and central neighborhoods, e.g. the Near North Side) | |||
| *] Chicago - City (Everywhere else within the city limits, excluding central area) | |||
| *] (North and Northwest Suburbs) | |||
| *] (Outer Western Suburbs) | |||
| *] (South and Near West Suburbs) | |||
| *] (Far Northwest/Southwest Suburbs; Joliet) | |||
| *] (Northwest Indiana) | |||
| *] (North-central Indiana) | |||
| *] (Southeast Wisconsin surrounding ]) | |||
| ===Proposed overlay area codes=== | |||
| * 464 overlay for 708 (no effective date) | |||
| * 872 overlay for 312 & 773 (no effective date) | |||
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| * ] | |||
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Revision as of 00:32, 20 March 2009
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