Chicago

**Chicago** is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the third largest city in the United States. As of 2020, the population is 2,746,388. It is the city with the largest population in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the main city of the Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland. The Chicago metropolitan area has 10 million people, the third largest population in the United States.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Chicago
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in Illinois, City
- **image flag**: Flag of Chicago, Illinois.svg
- **image blank emblem**: Logo of Chicago, Illinois.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **blank emblem link**: List of United States county and city insignia
- **motto**: (City in a Garden); I Will
- **map caption**: Interactive map of Chicago
- **pushpin map**: Illinois#USA
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Illinois, Counties
- **subdivision name1**: Illinois
- **subdivision name2**: Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage
- **established title**: Settled
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated (city)
- **founder**: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **governing body**: Chicago City Council
- **leader title**: Mayor of Chicago, Mayor
- **leader name**: Brandon Johnson (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title1**: City Clerk of Chicago, City Clerk
- **leader name1**: Anna M. Valencia, Anna Valencia (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 234.53
- **area total km2**: 607.44
- **area land sq mi**: 227.73
- **area land km2**: 589.82
- **area water sq mi**: 6.80
- **area water km2**: 17.62
- **elevation footnotes**: _(mean)_
- **elevation ft**: 597.18
- **elevation min ft**: 578
- **elevation max footnotes**:
_– near Blue Island_
- **elevation min footnotes**:
_– at Lake Michigan_
- **population total**: 2746388
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population est**: 2,721,308
- **pop est as of**: 2024
- **population density sq mi**: 12059.84
- **population density km2**: 4656.33
- **population urban**: 8,671,746 (US: List of United States urban areas, 3rd)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,432.1
- **population density urban sq mi**: 3,709.2
- **population metro**: 9618502 (US: List of metropolitan statistical areas, 3rd)
- **population demonym**: Chicagoan
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code prefixes
- **postal code**: 606xx, 607xx, 608xx
- **area code**: Area code 312, 312, Area code 773, 773, Area code 872, 872
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **etymology**: ( or )
- **pushpin label**: Chicago
- **leader title2**: City Treasurer of Chicago, City Treasurer
- **leader name2**: Melissa Conyears, Melissa Conyears-Ervin (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **elevation max ft**: 672
- **utc offset**: −06:00
- **timezone dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −05:00
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **nickname**: Nicknames of Chicago, Full list
- **timezone1**: Central Standard Time, CST