Chicagoland

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Chicagoland is a name for the Chicago metropolitan area, which is made up of nine counties in three states. The name comes from a term promoted by the Chicago Tribune in the early 20th century. The southern portion of Chicagoland is occasionally called Illiana.

Chicagoland region is colored in red.

The Chicago–Joliet–Naperville–Gary, Indiana–Kenosha, Wisconsin Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) had 9,157,540 inhabitants in the 2000 census. Population estimates for 2003 place the Chicagoland population at approximately 9,650,000 making it one of the 25 most populous metropolitan areas in the world.

Contents

1 List of Counties

1.1 Illinois
1.2 Indiana
1.3 Wisconsin

2 Anchor Cities

3 Major Airports

4 Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants

4.1 Illinois

5 Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

5.1 Illinois
5.2 Indiana
5.3 Wisconsin

6 Suburbs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

6.1 Illinois
6.2 Indiana
6.3 Wisconsin

7 See also

List of Counties

Illinois

Indiana

Lake County

Wisconsin

Kenosha County

Anchor Cities

Major Airports

O'Hare International Airport (ORD) - Chicago, Illinois
Midway Airport (MDW) - Chicago, Illinois
Gary/Chicago International Airport (GYY) - Gary, Indiana
Northwest Chicagoland Regional Airport (RFD) - Rockford, Illinois
John Batten Airport (RAC) - Racine, Wisconsin

Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Aurora
Joliet (Acts as an anchor city)
Naperville (Acts as an anchor city)

Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Indiana

Wisconsin

Suburbs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Indiana

Wisconsin

Regions of Illinois
Chicagoland \| Little Egypt
Largest Cities
Alton \| Aurora \| Belleville \| Berwyn \| Bloomington \| Burbank \| Calumet City \| Champaign \| Chicago \| Crystal Lake \| Decatur \| DeKalb \| Des Plaines \| Elgin \| Elmhurst \| Evanston \| Joliet \| Moline \| Naperville \| Park Ridge \| Peoria \| Quincy \| Rockford \| Rock Island \| Springfield \| St. Charles \| Urbana \| Wheaton \| Waukegan
Largest Towns and Villages
Addison \| Arlington Heights \| Bartlett \| Bolingbrook \| Buffalo Grove \| Carol Stream \| Carpentersville \| Cicero \| Downers Grove \| Elk Grove Village \| Glenview \| Hoffman Estates \| Lombard \| Mount Prospect \| Normal \| Oak Lawn \| Oak Park \| Orland Park \| Palatine \| Schaumburg \| Skokie \| Tinley Park
Counties
Adams \| Alexander \| Bond \| Boone \| Brown \| Bureau \| Calhoun \| Carroll \| Cass \| Champaign \| Christian \| Clark \| Clay \| Clinton \| Coles \| Cook \| Crawford \| Cumberland \| DeKalb \| DeWitt \| Douglas \| DuPage \| Edgar \| Edwards \| Effingham \| Fayette \| Ford \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gallatin \| Greene \| Grundy \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Hardin \| Henderson \| Henry \| Iroquois \| Jackson \| Jasper \| Jefferson \| Jersey \| Jo Daviess \| Johnson \| Kane \| Kankakee \| Kendall \| Knox \| La Salle \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lee \| Livingston \| Logan \| Macon \| Macoupin \| Madison \| Marion \| Marshall \| Mason \| Massac \| McDonough \| McHenry \| McLean \| Menard \| Mercer \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Moultrie \| Ogle \| Peoria \| Perry \| Piatt \| Pike \| Pope \| Pulaski \| Putnam \| Randolph \| Richland \| Rock Island \| Saline \| Sangamon \| Schuyler \| Scott \| Shelby \| St. Clair \| Stark \| Stephenson \| Tazewell \| Union \| Vermilion \| Wabash \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| White \| Whiteside \| Will \| Williamson \| Winnebago \| Woodford

Regions of Wisconsin
Central Plain \| Eastern Ridges and Lowlands \| Lakes Superior Lowland \| Northern Highland \| Western Upland
Largest Cities
Appleton \| Beloit \| Brookfield \| Eau Claire \| Fond du Lac \| Franklin \| Green Bay \| Greenfield \| Janesville \| Kenosha \| La Crosse \| Madison \| Milwaukee \| New Berlin \| Oshkosh \| Racine \| Sheboygan \| Waukesha \| Wausau \| Wauwatosa
Counties
Adams \| Ashland \| Barron \| Bayfield \| Brown \| Buffalo \| Burnett \| Calumet \| Chippewa \| Clark \| Columbia \| Crawford \| Dane \| Dodge \| Door \| Douglas \| Dunn \| Eau Claire \| Florence \| Fond du Lac \| Forest \| Grant \| Green \| Green Lake \| Iowa \| Iron \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Juneau \| Kenosha \| Kewaunee \| La Crosse \| Lafayette \| Langlade \| Lincoln \| Manitowoc \| Marathon \| Marinette \| Marquette \| Menominee \| Milwaukee \| Monroe \| Oconto \| Oneida \| Outagamie \| Ozaukee \| Pepin \| Pierce \| Polk \| Portage \| Price \| Racine \| Richland \| Rock \| Rusk \| Sauk \| Sawyer \| Shawano \| Sheboygan \| St. Croix \| Taylor \| Trempealeau \| Vernon \| Vilas \| Walworth \| Washburn \| Washington \| Waukesha \| Waupaca \| Waushara \| Winnebago \| Wood

Largest Cities
Regions of Indiana
Chicagoland (includes the Chicago suburbs (Indiana) \| Michiana \| Nine-County Region \| Southern Indiana
Anderson \| Bloomington \| Carmel \| Columbus \| Elkhart \| Evansville \| Fishers \| Fort Wayne \| Gary \| Hammond \| Indianapolis \| Kokomo \| Lafayette \| Lawrence \| Mishawaka \| Muncie \| New Albany \| Richmond \| South Bend \| Terre Haute
Counties
Adams \| Allen \| Bartholemew \| Benton \| Blackford \| Boone \| Brown \| Carroll \| Cass \| Clark \| Clay \| Clinton \| Crawford \| Daviess \| Dearborn \| Decatur \| De Kalb \| Delaware \| Dubois \| Elkhart \| Fayette \| Floyd \| Fountain \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gibson \| Grant \| Greene \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Harrison \| Hendricks \| Henry \| Howard \| Huntington \| Jackson \| Jasper \| Jay \| Jefferson \| Jennings \| Johnson \| Knox \| Kosciusko \| Lagrange \| Lake \| La Porte \| Lawrence \| Madison \| Marion \| Marshall \| Martin \| Miami \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Newton \| Noble \| Ohio \| Orange \| Owen \| Parke \| Perry \| Pike \| Porter \| Posey \| Pulaski \| Putnam \| Randolph \| Ripley \| Rush \| Saint Joseph \| Scott \| Shelby \| Spencer \| Starke \| Steuben \| Sullivan \| Switzerland \| Tippecanoe \| Tipton \| Union \| Vanderburgh \| Vermillion \| Vigo \| Wabash \| Warren \| Warrick \| Washington \| Wayne \| Wells \| White \| Whitley