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Back to: IL, United States.
County Population: 5,376,741
County Houses: 2,096,121
Land area: 945.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 689.4 sq. mi.
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.8%), Manufacturing (14.1%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.7%), Retail trade (10.1%).
Races in Cook County:
- White Non-Hispanic (47.6%)
- Black (26.1%)
- Hispanic (19.9%)
- Other race (9.9%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
- Filipino (1.0%)
- Chinese (0.9%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
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