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Des Plaines
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city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
Des Plaines is a city located in Cook County, Illinois, near Chicago. It is a suburban community in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Cook
- Township
- Maine
- Settled
- early 1800s
- Named after
- Des Plaines River
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Andrew Goczkowski ( D )
- Total
- 14.39 sq mi (37.26 km )
- Land
- 14.24 sq mi (36.88 km )
- Water
- 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km )
- Elevation
- 642 ft (196 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 58,832
- Rank
- 20th in Illinois
- Density
- 4,261.5/sq mi (1,645.36/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−05:00 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 60016–60019
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Des Plaines
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cook County
- Population
- 60675
- Area
- 37.342293
- Elevation
- 642
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Glenview
- Official website
- www.desplaines.org
- Image
- Des Plaines, IL.jpg
- Households
- 21849
- Licence plate code
- 19642
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- Commons category
- Des Plaines, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Des Plaines, Illinois
- postal code
- 60019
- inception
- 1852-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Des Plaines, Illinois
- native label
- Des Plaines
- P8168
- Virginia Ruzici
- water as percent of area
- 0.9342
- per capita income
- 37220
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Chicago metropolitan area
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Encyclopedic overview
Des Plaines (/dɪs ˈpleɪnz/ dis PLAYNZ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 60,675. The city is a suburb of Chicago and is located just north of O'Hare International Airport. It is situated on and is named after the Des Plaines River, which runs through the city just east of its downtown area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Des Plaines” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.