VITAL STATISTICS:
...Births (Chicago residence-- provisional) (2000)..............50,240
...Deaths (Chicago residence) (1999)............................25,053
...Marriages (Cook County) (1999)...............................36,217
...Divorces filed (Cook County) (2000)..........................24,967

 

GEOGRAPHY: 2000
...Location....................Latitude, 41? 50'N, Longitude, 87? 37'W
...Area (square miles).........................................228.443
...Length (miles)...............................................26.049
...Breadth (miles)..............................................21.563
...Lake front (miles of shore line).................................29
...City block (average size)....................330' x 660' or 5 acres
...Altitude (feet above sea level)...............................578.5

 

WEATHER: 2000
...Average temperature (degrees Fahrenheit).......................49.8
...Warmest day (September 1, 2000)..................................93
...Coldest day (December 22, 2000)..................................-9
...Snowfall (inches)..............................................57.8
...Precipitation (inches)........................................33.18

 

GOVERNMENT
...Form .................................................Mayor/Council
...Council (non-partisan)..................................50 Aldermen
...Term of office..............................................4 years
...Registered voters (June 15, 2001) ........................1,514,175
...Precincts (June 15, 2001).....................................2,541
...City of Chicago incorporated..........................March 4, 1837
......Population.................................................4,170

 

BUDGET: 2000
...Total revenue.........................................4,501,686,336
...Total expenditures....................................4,501,686,336
 

POLICE DEPARTMENT: 2000
...Districts........................................................25
...Area headquarters.................................................5
...Total employed (approximate).................................16,733
......Police officers (approximate).............................13,669
.........Mounted police.............................................28
......Crossing guards (approximate)..............................1,096
......Civilians (approximate)....................................1,542
...Horses (average).................................................30
...Calls for service (dispatched)............................2,833,778

 

FIRE DEPARTMENT: 2000
...Districts.........................................................7
...Battalions.......................................................24
...Stations and buildings..........................................111
...Fire boat ........................................................1
...Helicopters.......................................................2
...Fire responses...............................................22,213
...Ambulance assisted fire responses ..........................125,984
...Emergency medical service responses.........................298,422
...Uniformed force (total).......................................4,817
......Firefighters...............................................4,205
......Paramedics...................................................612
...Civilian employees..............................................182

 

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT: 2000
...Primary care clinics..............................................7
...Mental health clinics............................................14
...Immunizations...............................................771,643
...Patients served.............................................220,900
...Food establishment inspections...............................30,967

 

PUBLIC LIBRARY: 2000
...Locations (including central and regional).......................78
...Total materials in system................................14,374,608
...Registered borrowers......................................2,583,692
...Circulation...............................................6,835,882

 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 2000
...Elementary......................................................491
...Secondary........................................................92
...Charter..........................................................13
...Enrollment (total)..........................................435,470

 

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: 2000/2001
...Elementary......................................................141
...Secondary........................................................27
...Enrollment (total)...........................................65,269

 

OTHER STATE-RECOGNIZED NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 2000
...Elementary.......................................................24
...Secondary........................................................19
...Kindergarten through Grade 12.....................................9

 

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO: FALL 2000
...Community colleges................................................7
...Enrollment...................................................76,859

 

HOUSING:
...Total occupied housing units?Chicago (2000 Census)........1,061,928
...Chicago Housing Authority (1999)
......Total dwelling units (includes Section 8 units)...........50,296
......Occupants (includes Section 8 participants)..............129,155

 

BUILDING STATISTICS: 2000
...Permits issued...............................................25,363
...New dwelling units authorized by building permit.............11,431
...Value of new dwelling units.......................$1,652,079,835.85
...Tallest buildings: 2000
......Sears Tower..........110 stories......................1,450 feet
......Aon Center............80 stories......................1,136 feet
......John Hancock Center..100 stories......................1,127 feet
......AT&T Corporation......60 stories......................1,007 feet
......Two Prudential Plaza..64 stories........................994 feet

 

TRANSPORTATION: 2000
...Motor vehicles:
...Total licenses and transactions...........................1,213,468
......Passenger cars (includes taxis)........................1,084,127
......Trucks, B Plates..........................................55,585
......Trucks, RV and buses......................................17,807
......Cycles....................................................15,518
......International Registration Plan...........................12,536
......Miscellaneous transactions.....................................6
...Chicago Transit Authority:
......CTA total passengers.................................450,530,411
......CTA buses..................................................1,872
.........Vehicle miles......................................62,758,674
.........Route miles (round trip)................................2,196
.........Passengers........................................302,089,554
......CTA rapid transit cars.....................................1,190
.........Vehicle miles......................................55,923,774
.........Route miles (round trip)................................273.5
.........Passengers........................................147,194,341
......CTA paratransit passengers.............................1,246,516
...Airports: 2000
......Airports.......................................................3
......Aircraft operations (total)............................1,244,883
.........O?Hare................................................908,989
.........Midway................................................298,115
.........Meigs..................................................37,779
......Passengers (total)....................................87,936,277
.........O?Hare.............................................72,145,489
.........Midway.............................................15,681,966
.........Meigs.................................................108,822
......Cargo tonnage (total, in metric tons)................1,663,784.5
.........O?Hare............................................1,640,524.1
.........Midway...............................................23,260.4

 

TRAFFIC FACILITIES: 2000
...City owned bridges:
......Movable.......................................................46
.........Operations.............................................29,981
......Fixed (over waterways)........................................40
......Viaducts.....................................................119
...Pedestrian overpasses............................................12
...Pedestrian underpasses...........................................19
...Expressways (miles)............................................63.7
...Streets (linear miles)........................................3,775
...One-way streets (approximate miles)...........................1,292
...Street lights (residential and arterial)....................173,761
...Alleys (miles) (1995)..........................................1900
...Alley lights.................................................69,019
...Traffic control:
......Signalized intersections (approximate).....................2,800
......Channelized intersections (total)..........................1,889
......Physically channelized.....................................1,290
......Paint channelized............................................599
...Railroad crossings (approximate)..............................2,100
...Tows:
......Immediate................................................139,073
......Abandoned vehicles........................................33,906
......Relocated vehicles........................................42,608

 

PARKING: 2000
... Parking facilities (total).......................................61
......City of Chicago...............................................30
......Chicago Park District.........................................31
...Capacity (total).............................................22,644
......City of Chicago............................................4,451
......Chicago Park District.....................................18,193
...Parking meters (total).......................................28,859
......City of Chicago...........................................28,156
.........In facilities...........................................4,451
.........On street..............................................23,705
......Chicago Park District........................................703
...Parking enforcement aides........................................79

 

PARKS: 2000
...Total area used for park purposes (acres)..................7,142.84
......Parks (acres)...........................................7,337.38
......Other park properties (acres)...............................1.02
......Other properties used for park purposes (acres)...........458.99
......Other properties maintained by Park District (acres).......31.91
...Parks...........................................................550
...Park facilities:
......Baseball/softball diamonds...................................791
......Basketball backboards........................................975
......Bathing beaches...............................................32
......Fieldhouses..................................................258
......Playgrounds..................................................506
......Athletic fields (football/soccer)............................210
......Golf courses...................................................6
......Driving ranges.................................................2
......Gymnasiums...................................................180
......Harbors:
.........Sail and power..............................................6
.........Power only..................................................3
......Harbor facilities (slips, docks, moorings, etc.)...........5,327
......Swimming lagoons...............................................2
......Swimming pools:
.........Outdoor....................................................56
.........Indoor.....................................................34
......Tennis courts:
.........Outdoor...................................................675
.........Indoor......................................................6
.........Zoos........................................................2

 

WATER: 2000
...Daily average pumpage(gallons)..........................969,225,000
......Annual pumpage (gallons).........................353,767,125,000
......Total current connections (metered and assessed).........488,482
......Fire hydrants.............................................47,449
......Water mains (miles)........................................4,232
......Water supply tunnels under lake and land (miles)............63.4

 

DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND SANITATION: 2000
...Residential solid waste collected (tons, approx.).......1.1 million
...Structures served (1-4 units) (approximate).................750,000
...Refuse collection vehicles......................................488

 

RECYCLING: 2000
...Total (tons).............................................296,425.14
......Glass...................................................4,524.64
......Paper..................................................57,863.23
......Aluminum................................................2,223.36
......Ferrous/misc. metal....................................29,591.34
......Yard waste............................................170,770.20
......Plastic...................................................785.64
......Batteries..................................................59.79
......Blue bags.................................................128.96
......Cement....................................................991.82
......Wood...................................................29,483.37

 

SEWERS: 2000
...Sewer mains (approximate miles)...............................4,300
...Catch basins (approximate)..................................230,000
...Manholes (approximate)......................................148,000

 

CONVENTIONS, TRADE SHOWS, OTHER GROUP MEETINGS 2000 (est.)
...Attendance................................................7,200,000
...Expenditures (Cook County)...............................$6 billion
...Total visitors...........................................32,390,000
...Total travel spending..................................$9.7 billion
...McCormick Place: 2000
......Exhibit space (square feet available)................2.2 million
......Attendance.............................................3,329,914