What is Chicago?
A: Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of
Illinois.
With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it
is also the most populous city in what area?
A: The Midwestern United States and the fifth most populous city in North
America.
Chicago is the county seat of what county?
A: Cook County, the second most populous county in the U.S.
A small portion of the city's O'Hare International
Airport also extends into what?
A: DuPage County.
Chicago is located on the shores of what freshwater
Lake?
A: Lake Michigan.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in what year?
A: 1837.
By 1860, Chicago was the youngest U.S. city to exceed a
population of what?
A: 100,000.
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed several square
miles and left how many homeless?
A: Over 100,000.
Chicago's population grew to 503,000 by when?
A: 1880 — and then doubled to more than a million within the decade.
Chicago is an international hub for what?
A: Finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology,
telecommunications, and transportation.
It is the site of the creation of the first
standardized what?
A: Futures contracts, issued by the Chicago Board of Trade.
O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among
the world's what?
A: Top six busiest airports according to tracked data by the Airports
Council International.
The region also has the largest number of federal what?
A: Highways and is the nation's railroad hub.
The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic
products (GDP) in the world, generating how much in
2018?
A: $689 billion.
The economy of Chicago is diverse, with no single
industry employing more than what percentage of the workforce?
A: 14%.
The city has had several nicknames throughout its
history, such as what?
A: The Windy City, Chi-Town, Second City, and City of the Big Shoulders.
The city lies within the typical hot-summer humid
continental climate, and experiences four distinct what?
A: Seasons.
Summers are hot and humid, with frequent what?
A: Heat waves.
What is the July daily average temperature?
A: 75.9 °F (24.4 °C).
In a normal summer, temperatures reach at least 90 °F
(32 °C) on how many days?
A: As many as 23 days.
In 2014, Chicago attracted how many domestic leisure
travelers?
A: 50.17 million.
How many domestic business travelers?
A: 11.09 million.
Chicago is the United States' third largest what?
A: Convention destination.