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Waukegan
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county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States
Waukegan is a city in Illinois that serves as the county seat of Lake County, meaning it's the main city where the county government is based. As the administrative center for its county, Waukegan handles important local government functions and services for the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Waukegan
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lake County
- Population
- 89321
- Area
- 61.855175
- Elevation
- 199
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Lake County
- Official website
- www.waukeganil.gov
- Image
- Waukegan Downtown During the Holidays.jpg
- Households
- 29822
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- topic's main category
- Category:Waukegan, Illinois
- Commons category
- Waukegan, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Waukegan, Illinois
- category for people born here
- Q8076731
- inception
- 1859-00-00
- postal code
- 60087
- native label
- Waukegan
- P8168
- Champniers
- water as percent of area
- 0.8753
- per capita income
- 24827
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Rick Kavanian
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Encyclopedic overview
Waukegan (/wəˈkiːɡən/ wə-KEE-ghən) is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located 36 miles (58 km) north of Chicago, Waukegan is a satellite city within the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 89,321, making it the most populous city in Lake County, the seventh-most populous city within the Chicago metropolitan area and the 10th-most populous city in Illinois. However, unlike nearby wealthy North Shore suburbs, Waukegan has long been classified by the Illinois state government as overall "socioeconomically distressed" despite having some middle class inhabitants.
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