North Chicago, Illinois

North Chicago population, 2020 to 2024

North Chicago lost 101 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +81. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 129th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so North Chicago is 2.1 times that size.

North Chicago covers 8.00 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,830 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so North Chicago is denser than the typical town.

What county North Chicago is in

All of North Chicago's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. North Chicago holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Chicago

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap North Chicago by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60064, 60088. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where North Chicago is

The Census internal point of North Chicago is at 42.316700, -87.859200. Springfield, the capital, is 198.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waukegan, IL (88,570 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 30.6 miles away.

Daylight in North Chicago

At 42.32° N, North Chicago gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Chicago

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Bluff, 2.4 miles away, with 5,600 people.