Have you ever been to Chicago, Illinois?
No, never! Is it nice? What do you like about it?
It has a very large metropolitan area. An estimated 9.5-9.9 million people live there, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the US.
Dang.. kinda big. What do you think draws people to Illinois? Or what makes it unique?
I think people are drawn to it because there are a lot of employment opportunities. The region is home to more than 400 corporate headquarters.
Ahh... What do you wish more people knew about it?
(CMAP) (a metropolitan planning organization).
Definitions.
Definitions Metropolitan statistical area.
The Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area was originally designated by the United States Census Bureau in 1950. It comprised the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will, along with Lake County in Indiana. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Cook County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. The Chicago MSA, now defined as the Chicago
Chicago metropolitan area
The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the metropolitan area that includes the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. With an estimated CSA population of 9.9 million people and an MSA population of 9.5 million people, it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States.
The Chicago metropolitan area is one of the world's largest and most diversified economies, with more than four million employees and generating an annual gross regional product (GRP) of $680 billion in 2017. The