This office does not issue business licenses. To obtain a license, contact the City Hall in the city where the business will be conducted. (or click here for a listing). For a business to be conducted in an unincorporated area of the County, contact the Los Angeles County Business License office at (213) 974-0093.
Chicago is the largest city in the state and the third most populous city in the United States, with its 2010 population of 2,695,598. The U.S. Census Bureau currently lists seven other cities with populations of over 100,000 within Illinois.
More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago is one of the United States' most densely populated major cities, and the largest city in the Great Lakes Megalopolis. The racial composition of the city was: 45.0% White (31.7% non-Hispanic whites); 32.9% Black or African American;