Definitions Chicago metropolitan area




1 definitions

1.1 metropolitan statistical area
1.2 combined statistical area
1.3 united nations chicago urban agglomeration
1.4 chicagoland
1.5 chicago metropolitan agency planning





definitions
metropolitan statistical area

the chicago metropolitan statistical area (msa) designated united states census bureau in 1950. comprised illinois counties of cook, dupage, kane, lake , will, along lake county in indiana. surrounding counties saw increase in population densities , number of residents employed within cook county, met census criteria added msa. chicago msa, defined chicago-naperville-elgin, il-in-wi metropolitan statistical area, third largest msa population in united states. 2015 census estimate msa 9,532,569, decline 9,543,893 in 2014 census estimate. loss of population has been attributed taxes, political issues, , other factors.


the chicago msa further subdivided state boundaries chicago-naperville-joliet, il metropolitan division, corresponding cmap region; gary, in metropolitan division consisting of indiana counties of lake , porter, 2 surrounding counties; , lake county-kenosha county, il-wi metropolitan division.


a breakdown of 2009 estimated populations of 3 metropolitan divisions of msa follows:



combined statistical area

the omb defines larger region combined statistical area (csa). chicago-naperville, il-in-wi combined statistical area combines metropolitan areas of chicago, michigan city (in indiana), , kankakee (in illinois). area represents extent of labor market pool entire region. csa has population of 9,928,312 (2014 estimate).


united nations chicago urban agglomeration

the chicago urban agglomeration, according united nations world urbanization prospects report (2011 revision), lists population of 9,545,000. term “urban agglomeration” refers population contained within contours of contiguous territory inhabited @ urban density levels. incorporates population in city plus in surrounding area.


chicagoland

chicagoland county , state.



a map of chicagoland in relation states of wisconsin, illinois, , indiana.


chicagoland informal name chicago metropolitan area. term chicagoland has no official definition, , region considered include areas beyond corresponding msa, portions of greater csa.


colonel robert r. mccormick, editor , publisher of chicago tribune, gets credit placing term in common use. mccormick s conception of chicagoland stretched way nearby parts of 4 states (indiana, wisconsin, michigan, , iowa). first usage in tribune s july 27, 1926 front page headline, chicagoland s shrines: tour of discoveries , article reporter james o donnell bennett. stated chicagoland comprised in 200-mile (320 km) radius in every direction , reported on many different places in area. tribune dominant newspaper in vast area stretching west of city, , hinterland closely tied metropolis rail lines , commercial links.


today, chicago tribune s usage includes city of chicago, rest of cook county, 8 nearby illinois counties (lake, mchenry, dupage, kane, kendall, grundy, will, , kankakee), , 2 indiana counties of lake , porter. illinois department of tourism literature uses chicagoland suburbs in cook, lake, dupage, kane, , counties, treating city separately. chicagoland chamber of commerce defines of cook, dupage, kane, lake, mchenry, , counties.


differing viewpoints exist, of course. example, many residents live in of more distant satellite counties nonetheless refer being chicago or chicagoans . until recently, dekalb county not considered part of region proper, highly developed area has continued expand, commonly defined far suburbs of city.


in addition, company marketing programs such construction data company s chicago , vicinity region , chicago automobile trade association s chicagoland , northwest indiana advertising campaign directed @ msa itself, lasalle, winnebago (rockford), boone, , ogle counties in illinois, in addition jasper, newton, , la porte counties in indiana , kenosha, racine, , walworth counties in wisconsin, , far northeast berrien county, michigan. region part of great lakes megalopolis, containing estimated 54 million people.


chicago metropolitan agency planning

chicago metropolitan agency planning (cmap) illinois state agency responsible transportation infrastructure, land use, , long term economic development planning areas under jurisdiction within illinois. planning area has population of on 8 million, includes following locations in illinois:






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