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Chicago Heights
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city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Cook
- Township
- Bloom
- Established
- Early-1890's
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- David A. Gonzalez
- City council
- Renee Smith, Sonia Perez, Wanda Rodgers, Christopher Baikauskas, George Brassea, Vincent J. Zaranti, Kelli Merrick
- Total
- 10.380 sq mi (26.884 km )
- Land
- 10.367 sq mi (26.851 km )
- Water
- 0.013 sq mi (0.034 km ) 0.13%
- Elevation
- 653 ft (199 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 26,533
- Density
- 2,651/sq mi (1,023/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 60411, 60412
- Area codes
- 708 and 464
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Chicago Heights
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cook County
- Continent
- North America
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 27480
- Area
- 26.128001
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityofchicagoheights.org
- Image
- Chicago Heights, Illinois.jpg
- Households
- 9736
- Dialing code
- 708
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- twinned administrative body
- San Benedetto del Tronto
- Commons category
- Chicago Heights, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Chicago Heights, Illinois
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chicago Heights, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chicago Heights, Illinois
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- postal code
- 60412
- native label
- Chicago Heights
- water as percent of area
- 0.1299
- per capita income
- 21948
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 26,533 in 2024. A southern suburb in the Chicago metropolitan area, its nicknames include "The Crossroads of the Nation" and "Da Heights”.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chicago Heights” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.