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East Chicago
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city in Lake County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Lake
- Township
- North
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Anthony Copeland ( D )
- City council
- Members Richard Medina ( D , AL) Kenneth Monroe ( D , AL) Emiliano Peres ( D , AL) Myrna Maldonado ( D , 1st) Lenny Franciski ( D , 2nd) Brenda J. Walker ( D , 3rd) Christine Vasquez ( D , 4th) Robert Garcia ( D , 5th) Gilda Orange ( D , 6th)
- City clerk
- Adrian A. Santos ( D )
- City judge
- Sonya Morris ( D )
- Total
- 14.86 sq mi (38.50 km )
- Land
- 14.17 sq mi (36.71 km )
- Water
- 0.69 sq mi (1.78 km )
- Elevation
- 587 ft (179 m)
- Density
- 1,860.4/sq mi (718.29/km )
- Per capita income
- $13,457
- Median home value
- $86,800
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( Central )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
East Chicago, IN | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Part of
- Chicago metropolitan area
- Official name
- East Chicago
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lake County
- Population
- 26370
- Area
- 41.83415
- Elevation
- 180
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.eastchicago.com
- Image
- Indiana Harbor.jpg
- Households
- 10645
- Dialing code
- 219
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- postal code
- 46312
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in East Chicago, Indiana
- Commons category
- East Chicago, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:East Chicago, Indiana
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from East Chicago, Indiana
- P8168
- Sekir
- water as percent of area
- 12.7819
- per capita income
- 19127
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 26,370 at the 2020 census. Centered around heavy industry, the city is home to the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, an artificial freshwater harbor characterized by industrial and manufacturing activity.
Situated along Lake Michigan, East Chicago is about 18 miles (29 km) from downtown Chicago and is just west of Gary, Indiana.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “East Chicago” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.