Chicago metropolitan area
Chicago Metropolitan Area
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-Gary, IL-IN-WI MSA
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA
A simulated-color satellite image of the Chicago
Metropolitan Area taken on a NASA satellite.
Ten county Tri-State MSA
Country
United States
States
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
Largest city
Chicago
other cities
List
In MSA:
Aurora
Joliet
Naperville
Gary
Elgin
Waukegan
Kenosha
Area
- MSA
7,214 sq mi (18,684.2 km2)
- CSA
8,489 sq mi (21,986.4 km2)
Elevation [1]
577–1,730 ft (176–527 m)
Population (2007 est.)[2]
- Density
1,318/sq mi (509/km2)
- Urban
8,150,000 (3rd)
- MSA
9,524,673 (3rd)
- CSA
9,785,747 (3rd)
MSA/CSA = 2007, Urban =
2000
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)
312, 773, 708, 219, 847,
630, 224, 262
The Chicago metropolitan area or Chica-
goland is the metropolitan area associated
with the city of Chicago in the United States
and its suburbs. It is the area that is closely
linked to the city through social, economic,
and cultural ties. There are several defini-
tions of the area, the two most common being
the area under the jurisdiction of the Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning (a metro-
politan planning organization), and the area
defined by the federal Office of Management
and Budget
(OMB)
as
the Chicago-
Naperville-Joliet-Gary, IL-IN-WI Metropol-
itan Statistical Area (MSA).
The metropolitan area may include areas
outside the MSA as part of the broader Com-
bined Statistical Area (CSA). The Indiana por-
tion of the area is known as Northwest Indi-
ana, and the Wisconsin portion is known as
Kenosha County. The Chicago metropolitan
area is sometimes grouped together with Mil-
waukee and Racine in Wisconsin, creating a
megalopolis, gradually
spreading
toward
nearby urban centers like Rockford, South
Bend, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Janesville,
and Madison.
Definitions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago metropolitan area
1
Chicago Metropolitan Agency
for Planning
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Plan-
ning (CMAP) is