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Welcome to Cook County ...

Time Zone: Cook County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Chicago is the Seat for Cook County.

Cook County was founded in 1831 and was created by taking area from Putnam County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Cook had a population of 5,150,233 people. This is a decrease of 0.94% since the last Census (which gave a population of 5,199,016 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cook represented 40.52% of the total population of Illinois.

Below are some of the communities located in Cook County:

  • Alsip
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Alsip is located in Cook County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,483 people
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  • Arlington Heights
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Barrington
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Barrington Hills
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
  • Bedford Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bellwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellwood is located in Cook County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,436 people
    • Bellwood has also been known as:
    • Bellwood village
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  • Berkeley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Berwyn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Berwyn is located in Cook County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,701 people
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    • Blue Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Blue Island is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
    • Bridgeview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Broadview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brookfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Burbank
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Burbank is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,933 people
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    • Burnham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnham is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
    • Burr Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Calumet City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Calumet Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chicago
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Chicago is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,677,643 people
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    • Chicago Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chicago Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cicero
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Cicero is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,727 people
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    • Country Club Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Countryside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Crestwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Des Plaines
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dixmoor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dixmoor is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,518 people
    • Dolton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dolton is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,033 people
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    • East Hazel Crest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • East Hazel Crest is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
    • Elk Grove Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmwood Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Evanston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Flossmoor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ford Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Franklin Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Glencoe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Glenview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Glenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Golf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Golf is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
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    • Hanover Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Harvey is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,109 people
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    • Harwood Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hazel Crest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hillside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hodgkins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoffman Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hometown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Homewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Indian Head Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Head Park is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
    • Inverness
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Justice
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Justice is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,456 people
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    • Kenilworth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • La Grange
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • La Grange Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lansing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lansing is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,059 people
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    • Lemont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lemont is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,338 people
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    • Lincolnwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lynwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyons
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,247 people
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    • Markham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Markham is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,165 people
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    • Matteson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Maywood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Maywood is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,868 people
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    • McCook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Merrionette Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Midlothian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Morton Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Prospect
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Niles
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Niles is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,615 people
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    • Norridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • North Riverside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • North Riverside is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,346 people
    • Northbrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Northfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Northlake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Forest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Lawn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oak Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Olympia Fields
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Orland Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Orland Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Palatine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Palos Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Palos Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Palos Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Park Forest
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Park Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Phoenix
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Phoenix is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
    • Posen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Posen is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,794 people
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    • Prospect Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Richton Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • River Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • River Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Robbins
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rolling Meadows
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sauk Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Schaumburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Schiller Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Skokie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Skokie is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,404 people
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    • South Barrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • South Chicago Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
    • South Holland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Stickney
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stone Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Streamwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit is located in Cook County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,977 people
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    • Thornton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tinley Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Westchester
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Western Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Wheeling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Willow Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Winnetka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Worth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Worth is located in Cook County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worth <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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