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Living in Chicago. Chicago (or) is the third most populous city in the United States. Located in the State of Illinois, the city has approximately 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, also called Chicagoland, is the third-largest in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion of the city limits also extend into DuPage County.
Home D.O.C. Cook County was established on January 15, 1831 by the Illinois State Legislature. Chicago, then an unincorporated settlement with fewer than 60 residents, was designated the county seat.Due to a virtual absence of crime, a county courthouse and jail were not built until 1835.n 1969, the Illinois State Legislature finally acted. They voted into law a statute that created the Cook County Department of Corrections which combined the County Jail and the cityâs House of Corrections under one authority.