North Chicago
| North Chicago, Illinois | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Lake |
| Coordinates | 42°19′20″N 87°51′16″W / 42.32222°N 87.85444°WCoordinates: 42°19′20″N 87°51′16″W / 42.32222°N 87.85444°W |
| Area | 7.91 sq mi (20 km2) |
| - land | 7.90 sq mi (20 km2) |
| - water | 0.02 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 32,574 (2010) |
| Density | 4,118/sq mi (1,590/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 60064, 60086, 60088 |
| Area code | 847 |
   Location of North Chicago within Illinois
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North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and an outer suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 32,574 at the 2010 census.
North Chicago hosts the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and the headquarters of Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie.
The city is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School, the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Health Professions, and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
North Chicago is located at 42°19′20″N 87°51′16″W / 42.322272°N 87.854470°W.
According to the 2010 census, North Chicago has a total area of 7.915 square miles (20.50 km2), of which 7.9 square miles (20.46 km2) (or 99.81%) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2) (or 0.19%) is water.
The city is situated on Lake Michigan. Most of its territory drains directly to the lake, but the western region drains to the North Branch of the Chicago River, and ultimately, since the engineering projects of the 19th century, to the Illinois and thence to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
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