

New York's population is larger by 309%. Its population has grown by 397,559 people (5.0%) since 2000. The population of Chicago has decreased by 177,234 people (6.1%) during that time.
Population | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Population | 2,718,782 ![]() |
8,405,837 ![]() |
Female / male percentage | 51.2% / 48.8%
|
52.3% / 47.7%
|
Urban / rural population | 100% / 0%
|
100% / 0%
|
Income | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Estimated median household income | $47,099 ![]() |
$52,223 ![]() |
Estimated per capita income | $28,548 ![]() |
$32,540 ![]() |
Cost of living index (U.S. average is 100) | 106.8 ![]() |
163.3 ![]() |
If you make $50,000 in Chicago, you will have to make $76,451 in New York to maintain the same standard of living.
Geographical information | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Land area | 227.1 sq. mile | 303.3 sq. mile |
Population density | 11,970 people per sq. mile | 27,714 people per sq. mile |
Elevation | 596 feet | 30 feet |
Education level (25-year-olds and older) | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Bachelor's degree or higher | 35.1% ![]() |
35.7% ![]() |
Graduate or professional degree | 14.3% ![]() |
14.6% ![]() |
High school or higher | 82.2% ![]() |
80.4% ![]() |
In Chicago (Cook County), 74.0% voted for Democrats and 24.6% for Republicans in 2012 Presidential Election. In New York (New York County), 84.2% voted for Democrats and 14.6% for Republicans.
Transport | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Amtrak stations | 1 ![]() |
1 ![]() |
Amtrak stations nearby | 3 ![]() |
3 ![]() |
FAA registered aircraft | 900 ![]() |
728 ![]() |
FAA registered aircraft manufacturers and dealers | 3 ![]() |
4 ![]() |
How many people usually rode to work in the car, truck or van.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
With mortgages | $$3,645 (1.7%) | $$3,666 (0.8%) |
With no mortgages | $$2,964 (1.6%) | $$4,164 (0.9%) |
Health (county statistics) | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Average weight of females (lbs) | 164.3 lbs | 150.1 lbs |
Average weight of males (lbs) | 191.3 lbs | 180.1 lbs |
Residents visited a dentist within the past year | 69.5% | 77.7% |
Residents exercised in the past month | 74.7% | 79% |
Residents keep firearms around their homes | 9.8% | 1.6% |
Adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days | 79.1% | 84% |
Residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives | 44.9% | 46.3% |
People in group quarters | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Agriculture workers' dormitories on farms | 280 (0%) | 50 (0%) |
College dormitories (includes college quarters off campus) | 15,887 (0.5%) | 37,861 (0.5%) |
Crews of maritime vessels | 0 (0%) | 18 (0%) |
Dormitories | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Federal prisons and detention centers | 473 (0%) | 2,560 (0%) |
Group homes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Halfway houses | 143 (0%) | 19 (0%) |
Homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children | 168 (0%) | 109 (0%) |
Homes for the mentally ill | 934 (0%) | 4,104 (0.1%) |
Homes for the mentally retarded | 151 (0%) | 4,417 (0.1%) |
Homes for the physically handicapped | 61 (0%) | 319 (0%) |
Homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse | 1,674 (0.1%) | 4,801 (0.1%) |
Hospices or homes for chronically ill | 0 (0%) | 418 (0%) |
Hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse | 364 (0%) | 1,736 (0%) |
Hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill | 368 (0%) | 2,884 (0%) |
Hospitals/wards, hospices, and schools for the handicapped | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Institutions for the blind | 0 (0%) | 75 (0%) |
Institutions for the deaf | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Job corps and vocational training facilities | 17 (0%) | 579 (0%) |
Juvenile institutions | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups) | 10,565 (0.4%) | 15,338 (0.2%) |
Long-term care | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards | 629 (0%) | 4,650 (0.1%) |
Military hospitals or wards for chronically ill | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Military transient quarters for temporary residents | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Military barracks, etc. | 0 (0%) | 230 (0%) |
Military disciplinary barracks | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Military quarters | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Military ships | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Noninstitutionalized settings | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Nursing homes | 13,839 (0.5%) | 42,480 (0.5%) |
On base quarters | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped | 0 (0%) | 72 (0%) |
Other group homes | 1,264 (0%) | 4,484 (0.1%) |
Other hospitals or wards for chronically ill | 368 (0%) | 2,466 (0%) |
Other nonhousehold living situations | 2,827 (0.1%) | 4,246 (0.1%) |
Other noninstitutional group quarters | 6,632 (0.2%) | 38,850 (0.5%) |
Other types of correctional institutions | 0 (0%) | 448 (0%) |
Other workers' dormitories | 12 (0%) | 115 (0%) |
Religious group quarters | 2,484 (0.1%) | 6,486 (0.1%) |
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children | 41 (0%) | 91 (0%) |
Schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded | 0 (0%) | 836 (0%) |
Schools, hospitals, or wards for the physically handicapped | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children | 13 (0%) | 52 (0%) |
State prisons | 477 (0%) | 3,037 (0%) |
Training schools for juvenile delinquents | 90 (0%) | 390 (0%) |
Unknown juvenile institutions | 56 (0%) | 268 (0%) |
Wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere | 96 (0%) | 825 (0%) |
Wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Government finances - Expenditure (per resident) | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Construction general public buildings | $1,218,000 ($0.45) | $189,087,000 ($22.50) |
Current operations police protection | $1,163,049,000 ($427.78) | $3,872,293,000 ($460.67) |
Current operations parks and recreation | $72,413,000 ($26.63) | $515,760,000 ($61.36) |
Current operations regular highways | $182,683,000 ($67.19) | $173,598,000 ($20.65) |
Current operations financial administration | $59,745,000 ($21.98) | $375,359,000 ($44.66) |
Current operations housing and community development | $106,617,000 ($39.22) | $2,902,621,000 ($345.31) |
Current operations judicial and legal services | $33,684,000 ($12.39) | $527,154,000 ($62.71) |
Current operations protective inspection and regulation NEC | $41,280,000 ($15.18) | $195,821,000 ($23.30) |
Current operations central staff services | $59,363,000 ($21.83) | $181,916,000 ($21.64) |
Current operations general public buildings | $37,697,000 ($13.87) | $106,551,000 ($12.68) |
Current operations sewerage | $61,988,000 ($22.80) | $288,030,000 ($34.27) |
Current operations solid waste management | $182,724,000 ($67.21) | $1,002,272,000 ($119.24) |
Current operations general other | $917,688,000 ($337.54) | $6,864,232,000 ($816.60) |
Current operations elementary and secondary education | $0 ($0) | $14,670,655,000 ($1,745) |
Employee retirement corporate bonds | $1,619,346,000 ($595.62) | $21,244,833,000 ($2,527) |
Employee retirement total cash and deposits | $503,545,000 ($185.21) | $2,538,707,000 ($302.02) |
Employee retirement benefit payments | $1,233,972,000 ($453.87) | $7,501,415,000 ($892.41) |
General interest on debt | $756,221,000 ($278.15) | $3,204,968,000 ($381.28) |
Other capital outlay general other | $69,058,000 ($25.40) | $70,119,000 ($8.34) |
Total salaries and wages | $2,488,691,000 ($915.37) | $25,012,586,000 ($2,976) |
Government finances - Revenue (per resident) | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Charges parks and recreation | $0 ($0) | $62,727,000 ($7.46) |
Charges all other | $80,439,000 ($29.59) | $512,597,000 ($60.98) |
Charges sewerage | 143,537,000 (52.80) | 1,143,424,000 (136.03) |
Miscellaneous general revenue NEC | $43,798,000 ($16.11) | $1,369,402,000 ($162.91) |
Miscellaneous interest earnings | $248,443,000 ($91.38) | $1,153,191,000 ($137.19) |
Miscellaneous rents | $4,138,000 ($1.52) | $80,537,000 ($9.58) |
State intergovernmental highways | $94,663,000 ($34.82) | $294,043,000 ($34.98) |
Tax property | $428,876,000 ($157.75) | $12,753,736,000 ($1,517) |
Tax NEC | $175,020,000 ($64.37) | $610,697,000 ($72.65) |
Government finances - Cash and securities (per resident) | ||
Type | Chicago | New York |
---|---|---|
Employee retirement total federal securities | $1,001,337,000 ($368.30) | $5,533,908,000 ($658.34) |
Employee retirement total other securities | $3,450,856,000 ($1,269) | $28,168,633,000 ($3,351) |
Sinking funds cash and securities | $5,022,795,000 ($1,847) | $16,405,045,000 ($1,952) |