Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021. ), Independent Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad. Those with skills in demand couldand often didstay. In a normal summer, temperatures reach at least 90F (32C) on as many as 23days, with lakefront locations staying cooler when winds blow off the lake. [11] The Chicago Marathon is one of six World Marathon Majors. Chicago has a large Irish American population, with many still residing on the South Side. Seven mainline and four auxiliary interstate highways (55, 57, 65 (only in Indiana), 80 (also in Indiana), 88, 90 (also in Indiana), 94 (also in Indiana), 190, 290, 294, and 355) run through Chicago and its suburbs. Click here to see how the data was gathered. Rahm Emanuel (to April 2019) 2010 census population (rank): 2,695,598 (3); Male:Female:White:Black:American Indian and Alaska Native:Asian:Other race:Two or more races . Navy Pier, located just east of Streeterville, is 3,000ft (910m) long and houses retail stores, restaurants, museums, exhibition halls and auditoriums. Among the nations biggest metro areas, Phoenix has one of the highest concentrations of Mormons (6%). (formerly ImprovOlympic). ), Eclectic, a bit of everything, "I have my own beliefs", Other in the "Unitarian and other liberal faiths" family, Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. [73] Continuing racial tensions and violence, such as the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, also occurred. [32][33][34], On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200. Ansari, Azadeh and Rosa Flores (January 2, 2017). And Atlanta, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. is home to an especially large share of members of the historically black Protestant tradition (18%). "[22] Swedish influence is evident in Andersonville on the far north side. Large swaths of the city's residential areas away from the lake are characterized by brick bungalows built from the early 20th century through the end of World War II. From 1850, when Germans constituted one-sixth of Chicago's population, until the turn of the 20th century, people of German descent constituted the largest ethnic group in the city, followed by Irish, Poles, and Swedes. The Puerto Rican-influenced jibarito is a sandwich made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread. Israelis began coming to Chicago in the 1970s during a period of . Males had a median income of $35,907 versus $30,536 for females. [85] Structural changes in industry, such as globalization and job outsourcing, caused heavy job losses for lower-skilled workers. The top five races for people living in Chicago are: White (44%), Black (32%), Asian (5%), Hispanic or Latino (28%), Two or more races (2%). [339] The program started on June 15 with 10 different scooter companies, including scooter sharing market leaders Bird, Jump, Lime and Lyft. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performs at Symphony Center, and is recognized as one of the best orchestras in the world. Dutch Wheels, a world renowned company that manufactures ferris wheels, was selected to design the new wheel. The Mandarin-speaking people settled throughout Chicago and the suburbs . [291] However, Chicago, like other major U.S. cities, experienced a significant reduction in violent crime rates through the 1990s, falling to 448 homicides in 2004, its lowest total since 1965 and only 15.65 murders per 100,000. [268] The building of the boulevard system continued intermittently until 1942. [193] Academically, Chicago has been influential through the Chicago school of economics, which fielded some 12 Nobel Prize winners. The challenge for early writers was that Chicago was a frontier outpost that transformed into a global metropolis in the span of two generations. In addition, Chicago is the home of satirical national news outlet, The Onion, as well as its sister pop-culture publication, The A.V. Ford Motor Company has an automobile assembly plant on the South Side in Hegewisch, and most of the facilities of the Port of Chicago are also on the South Side. This marked the second consecutive year of population increase, while still not yet returning to the official Census 2000 population level. [10] Chicago also hosts the headquarters of the largest Lutheran body in the United States, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 2005: The Chicago White Sox win the World Series and break 88-year title drought, 2010: Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup Championship, 2012: Chicago Red Stars win National Women's Open, 2013: Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup Championship, 2015: Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup Championship, 2016: The Chicago Cubs win World Series; break 108-year title drought and broke the Curse of the Billy Goat. Chicago has also been the home of several prominent talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Steve Harvey Show, The Rosie Show, The Jerry Springer Show, The Phil Donahue Show, The Jenny Jones Show, and more. City laws and later, state laws that upgraded standards for the medical profession and fought urban epidemics of cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever were both passed and enforced. This series gives a picture of county-level religious affiliation nationwide. [350] The City of Chicago is the world headquarters for United Airlines, the world's third-largest airline. [105] The Illinois Department of Tourism defines Chicagoland as Cook County without the city of Chicago, and only Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties. The Kennedy and Dan Ryan Expressways are the busiest state maintained routes in the entire state of Illinois.[334]. It is home to a population of around 5.54 million individuals. The organization, formed in 1924, was called the Society for Human Rights. Religious groups represented include Muslims and Bah'. Segments that link to the city center are named after influential politicians, with three of them named after former U.S.Presidents (Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan) and one named after two-time Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson. 23,915. Most of the city's high-rise commercial and residential buildings are close to the waterfront. From 1995 to 2008, the city had a blue bag program to divert recyclable refuse from landfills. [319], William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, was instrumental in the creation of the junior college concept, establishing nearby Joliet Junior College as the first in the nation in 1901. The Archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries. Religion Census is the most extensive count of congregations ever conducted. In 2017, Chicago exchanges traded 4.7billion derivatives with a face value of over one quadrillion dollars. WGN America eventually became NewsNation in 2021. [197] For six consecutive years since 2013, Chicago was ranked the nation's top metropolitan area for corporate relocations. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. [311], Chicago high school rankings are determined by the average test scores on state achievement tests. Male full-time workers had a median income of $47,074 versus $42,063 for females. [284] In its annual crime statistics for 2016, the Chicago Police Department reported that the city experienced a dramatic rise in gun violence, with 4,331 shooting victims. By 1930, two-thirds of Chicago's black population lived in sections of the city which were 90% black in racial composition. [38][39][40][41], A flourishing economy brought residents from rural communities and immigrants from abroad. Even before then, it was not unheard of for Republican presidential candidates to win handily in downstate Illinois, only to lose statewide due to large Democratic margins in Chicago. [91][92], In 1992, a construction accident near the Kinzie Street Bridge produced a breach connecting the Chicago River to a tunnel below, which was part of an abandoned freight tunnel system extending throughout the downtown Loop district. Chicago is the only city that has had more than one MLB franchise every year since the AL began in 1901 (New York hosted only one between 1958 and early 1962). Within sixty years of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the population went from about 300,000 to over 3million,[157] and reached its highest ever recorded population of 3.6million for the 1950 census. These include the Chicago Picasso, We Will by Richard Hunt, Mir's Chicago, Flamingo and Flying Dragon by Alexander Calder, Agora by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Monument with Standing Beast by Jean Dubuffet, Batcolumn by Claes Oldenburg, Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa, and the Four Seasons mosaic by Marc Chagall. The fiscal crisis was resolved by 1933, and at the same time, federal relief funding began to flow into Chicago. The U.S. Three of the most heavily Catholic cities also are the nations three largest cities. The beauty of Chicago lies not only in its magnificent architecture, but also in the city's vast preserved green and open spaces. Chicago has 28 sister cities around the world. Of the remaining third, around 1. [158] A large number of blacks also settled on the West Side. The city's main convention center is McCormick Place. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. [137][138][139], Spring and autumn are mild, short seasons, typically with low humidity. [122][123], The Merchandise Mart, once first on the list of largest buildings in the world, currently listed as 44th-largest (as of 9September2013[update]), had its own zipcode until 2008, and stands near the junction of the North and South branches of the Chicago River. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. The Irish are still very active in the city's politics. [132], The city lies within the typical hot-summer humid continental climate (Kppen: Dfa), and experiences four distinct seasons. Notable studios includeCinespaceStudios, the largest North American soundstage outside of L.A and Music Box Films, one of the leading distributors of foreign language films documentaries in the U.S. For film fans, theres the free Millennium Park Summer Film Series and film festivals year-round like the Chicago International Film Festival, the Latino, Black Harvest, Reeling (LGBTQ), Underground, Midwest Independent, and Childrens International film fest. The U.S. [158][159] To these ethnic groups, the basis of the city's industrial working class, were added an additional influx of African Americans from the American Southwith Chicago's black population doubling between 1910 and 1920 and doubling again between 1920 and 1930. interpretation of scripture by metro area, Learn More: interpreting scripture, Word of God; should be taken literally, Word of God; not everything taken literally, Not the word of God, % of adults in the Chicago metro area who in heaven, Compare: [294] and in 2010 Chicago's murder rate fell to 435 (16.14 per 100,000), a 5% decrease from 2009 and lowest levels since 1965. There are also several regional and special-interest newspapers and magazines, such as Chicago, the Dziennik Zwizkowy (Polish Daily News), Draugas (the Lithuanian daily newspaper), the Chicago Reader, the SouthtownStar, the Chicago Defender, the Daily Herald, Newcity,[323][324] StreetWise and the Windy City Times. Two of the country's premier academic medical centers reside in Chicago, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical Center. [citation needed], Chicago Public Radio produces nationally aired programs such as PRI's This American Life and NPR's Wait WaitDon't Tell Me!. Kortmann, Bernd, Kate Burridge, Rajend Mesthrie, Edgar W. Schneider and Clive Upton (eds). [74], The ratification of the 18th amendment to the Constitution in 1919 made the production and sale (including exportation) of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United States. [127][128], A popular tourist activity is to take an architecture boat tour along the Chicago River. All other percentages (such as state-level data or data on specific demographic groups) are rounded to the nearest integer (e.g., 23%). [253], Sporting News named Chicago the "Best Sports City" in the United States in 1993, 2006, and 2010. Many Polish churches are found in Chicago, built in the Polish Cathedral style of architecture. The Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their land after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago and sent west of the Mississippi River as part of the federal policy of Indian removal. 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[250] These include from the time of the Great Chicago Fire to about 1900, what became known as the Chicago Literary Renaissance in the 1910s and early 1920s, and the period of the Great Depression through the 1940s. [94] Emanuel was sworn in as mayor on May 16, 2011, and won re-election in 2015. In recent years the state of Illinois has been leaning towards building an entirely new airport in the Illinois suburbs of Chicago. The city has major financial and futures exchanges, including the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the "Merc"), which is owned, along with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) by Chicago's CME Group. These areas contribute famous skyscrapers, abundant restaurants, shopping, museums, a stadium for the Chicago Bears, convention facilities, parkland, and beaches. Religion Census is your source for religious data at the county level. views about abortion by metro area, Learn More: views about abortion, Legal in all/most cases, Illegal in all/most cases, % of adults in the Chicago metro area who say homosexuality, Compare: The city responded by tunneling two miles (3.2km) out into Lake Michigan to newly built water cribs. Washington's first term in office directed attention to poor and previously neglected minority neighborhoods. The department also reported 762 murders in Chicago for the year 2016, a total that marked a 62.79% increase in homicides from 2015. Other notable schools include: Chicago State University; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; EastWest University; National Louis University; North Park University; Northeastern Illinois University; Robert Morris University Illinois; Roosevelt University; Saint Xavier University; Rush University; and Shimer College. [275] Washington Park is also one of the city's biggest parks; covering nearly 400 acres (160ha). [258] During the 1990s, with Michael Jordan leading them, the Bulls won six NBA championships in eight seasons. Religion Census, email cliff.grammich@usreligioncensus.org.