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Lake County, Illinois
Lake County is located in the northeast corner of the US state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, making it the third most populous county in Illinois, after nearby Cook and DuPage counties. The county seat is the ninth largest city in Waukegan, Illinois. Due to its location immediately north of Cook County, Lake County is one of the largest counties in the Chicago metropolitan area.
According to the 2010 census, Lake County is, after DuPage County, the second most prosperous county in Illinois by income per capita. Additionally, Lake County ranks as the 27th richest county in the country. The lakeside communities of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff and Highland Park are part of the thriving North Shore area.
The Great Lakes Naval Station is located in the city of North Chicago. It is the training headquarters of the United States Navy and the Navy’s only recruiting training center.
Chicago metropolitan area
The Chicago Metropolitan Area, also known as Chicagoland, is an urban area in the US that includes the US Census Bureau Metropolitan Statistical Area (Population 9.4 million) or the Combined Statistical Area (CSA) a little bigger. The CSA includes the city of Chicago and its suburbs, which encompasses 14 counties in the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, and is estimated to have a population of 9.83 million people in 2019. The Chicago area is the third largest area largest metropolitan area in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
The Chicago metropolitan area has one of the largest and most diversified economies in the world, with more than six million full-time and part-time employees, generating an annual gross regional product (GRP) of $ 689 billion in 2018. The region is home to more than 400 corporate headquarters, including 31 on the Fortune 500. For six consecutive years, Chicagoland was ranked as the top metropolitan region in the country for corporate relocations. The Chicago area is home to some of the top universities in the country, including the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University, and Loyola University.
There are several definitions of the area, including those defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the slightly larger Combined Statistical Area , and area under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency (CMAP) (a metropolitan planning organization in Illinois).