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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago community areas system | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chicago community areas system