Chicago community areas

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The Chicago community areas are 77 officially defined, geographically distinct divisions of the city used for urban planning, statistical analysis, and neighborhood identification.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Chicago community areas system 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
statistical region
urban planning unit
areBasisFor many neighborhood-level datasets in Chicago
areMappedBy City of Chicago
surface form: City of Chicago GIS
areOfficiallyDefinedBy City of Chicago
areReferencedIn Chicago Department of Public Health reports
Chicago city planning documents
Chicago crime statistics reporting
Chicago school and education studies
areUsedSince 1930s
basedOn work of sociologists at the University of Chicago
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distinctFrom informal neighborhoods of Chicago
governingBody City of Chicago
haveCharacteristic geographically distinct divisions of the city
haveIdentifier community area number
haveProperty boundaries change infrequently
cover entire land area of Chicago
non-overlapping boundaries
includeExample Austin NERFINISHED
South Side, Chicago
surface form: Bronzeville

Chatham
Englewood
Humboldt Park, Chicago
surface form: Humboldt Park

Hyde Park
Lincoln Park
Loop
Near North Side
Rogers Park, Chicago
surface form: Rogers Park

South Shore
introducedInPeriod early 20th century
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Cook County, Illinois
surface form: Cook County

Illinois
numberOfParts 77
subdivisionTypeOf City of Chicago
use neighborhood identification
statistical analysis
urban planning
usedBy Government of Chicago
surface form: City of Chicago government

demographers
public health researchers
social scientists
urban planners
usedFor census data aggregation
longitudinal statistical comparisons
policy analysis
service delivery planning

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Clearing belongsTo Chicago community areas
this entity surface form: Chicago community areas system
Kenwood, Chicago partOf Chicago community areas
Near North Side partOf Chicago community areas
Pullman, Chicago partOf Chicago community areas