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Metro Chicago Facts OnLine provides data and information for geographic areas you define. Use a map to identify standard or custom-defined boundaries within the 6-county metropolitan Chicago region and then apply a variety of information tools to produce reports and maps for your area of choice.

U.S. Census Reports

U.S. Census data for standard and custom-defined areas within the six county metropolitan Chicago region, including:

  • U.S. Census: 1990 / 2000 comparisons
  • 2005 Estimates and 2010 Projections

MCIC Community Vitality Index

The MCIC Community Vitality Index (CVI) uses multidimensional indicators to quantify the relative potential of neighborhoods and geographic communities in the Chicago metropolitan region. CVI produces percentile scores (1-100) for Social Capital, Economic Potential, and Community Amenities, indexed at the census tract level, for all tracts in the six-county region. City of Chicago and County benchmarks allow comparisons to the region as a whole.

City of Chicago Building Permit Data

City of Chicago building permit data is provided by the City of Chicago and NIPC through the Chicago Open Data Exchange.




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