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Illinois, Raymond E. Hauser(
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) ...summer villages, or subtribes, but a devastating population decline left only a few of these groups...
...Moingwena, and Tamaroa. As the tribe lost population, it moved the center of its territory southwest...
...its confluence with the Missouri. Conservative population estimates count perhaps as many as 13,000...
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Niles, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...at the time of the village's incorporation, population was 500. The name of Niles was probably taken...
...immigrants from Chicago. In the 1930s Niles's population of 2,135 included 800 Polish orphans in St....
...generating over $7 million in taxes. Niles's population totaled 30,068 in 2000; 83 percent were...
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Northlake, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Northlake in 1949. In 1953 the estimated population was 9,000. The Tri-State Tollway at the city's...
...early 1970s, roughly equaling the city's population, but by the early 1990s, the company had reduced...
...sewers, and water lines were overhauled. Population in 1990 was at 12,505 with people of German ,...
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Phoenix, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...city with no saloons . By 1900 it boasted a population of 5,395 and industries employing 1,700. Many...
...of Phoenix. The growing African American population in Phoenix led to the community's second great...
...business. The remainder of the village's population was primarily African American. Since 1960 the...
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Food Processing: Local Market, Bruce Kraig(
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) ...number of Chicago's food producers grew with rising population, their character changed according to...
...a key to local food production. The Chinese population required more “ authentic” Chinese products....
...Chicago's Latino communities. The Mexican population grew rapidly after 1960. Pilsen soon sprouted...
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Willowbrook, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...ranch, and split-level homes. The 1980 population of 4,953 grew to 8,598 in 1990 but increased by...
...less than 400 in the 1990s. The 2000 population was 85 percent white, 10 percent Asian, 4 percent...
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Coal City, IL, Brandon Johnson(
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) ...in postwar Coal City. The village had a population of 4,797 in 2000. Much of the landscape around...
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Elmwood Park, IL, Tina Reithmaier(
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) ...village functions as well as retail space. Population expanded again after World War II, increasing...
...Elmwood Park experienced its greatest boom in population between 1920 and 1928. During this boom,...
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Mokena, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...When the village was incorporated in 1880, its population was 522; in 1940, it had increased to only...
...and, in 1968, by Interstate 80. Mokena's population grew from 903 in 1950, to 1,643 in 1970, to...
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Mexicans, Gabriela F. Arredondo and Derek Vaillant(
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) ...the Yards area. This largely male Mexican population lived amid several large Eastern and Southern...
...In the decade of the 1930s, the Mexican population in the Chicago area was cut nearly in half. By...
...Gary , and Blue Island expanded, and newer populations sprouted in Arlington Heights , Berwyn , and...
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River Forest, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...concentrated near Oak Park and the railroad fanned out north and west. From a population of 1,000 in...
...1894, River Forest's population exploded to 8,829 people in 1930. Reflecting the growth, Concordia...
...the subdivision of estates. River Forest's population hit its peak of 13,402 in1970 and has remained...
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Schiller Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...stood at 11,850 in 2000. The largely white population were of German, Irish , Italian , and Polish...
...for residential development in the 1950s. The population of Schiller Park peaked in 1970 at 12,712...
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Hermosa, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...and Fullerton Avenues. Polish , Irish , and Italian populations moved into the Swedish and German...
...community. The population stood at 15,152 in 1920, with construction booming in the vicinity of the...
...a neighborliness on the block. Hermosa's population fluctuated only slightly from 1970 to 1980 but...
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Jefferson Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...and built a depot near the town's center, population grew. The town of Jefferson was incorporated in...
...of Germans, Poles, and Italians. By 1930 the population stood at 20,532. As the neighborhoods grew,...
...of activity. In 1990 nearly half of the 23,649 population was of Polish descent. Many congregate at...
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Lockport, IL, John Lamb(
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) ...worked in factories in the area. The town's population remained stable until the late 1980s when new...
...in the historic district. In addition, population shifts in the metropolitan area drew residential...
...outlets and other elements of urban sprawl. Population grew from 9,401 in 1990 to 15,191 in 2000....
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Nicaraguans, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...from Nicaragua, however, community leaders estimated the population at anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000....
...and social events for the small Nicaraguan population scattered across the city. Small numbers of...
...poverty among much of the country's rising population. In 1979, the Marxist Sandinistas overthrew...
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Kildeer, IL, Clayton W. Brown(
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) ...and an industrial park for a projected population of 60,000. Local residents fought this development...
...style roads, and severely restricted commercial development. In 2000 Kildeer's population was 3,460....
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Unionization, James R. Barrett(
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) ...its progressive political heritage, and the striking diversity of its working- class population....
...shifting composition of its working-class population and the diversity of its metropolitan economy,...
...center, claimed an increasingly large population of white-collar and technical workers beginning in...
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Schools and Education, John L. Rury(
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) ...patchwork that mirrored the region's diverse population. The region's first schools were established...
...reached only a fraction of the school-age population. One teacher generally supervised classes...
...Between 1860 and 1870 the public school population more than quadrupled, to more than 27,000,...
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Business of Chicago, Peter A. Coclanis(
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) ...in the Midwest's regional economy. Chicago's population grew accordingly, from about 200 inhabitants...
...Historical Society. FIGURE 1 As the city's population grew, internal multiplier effects came into...
...iteration of the same process. Chicago's population grew from just under 30,000 in 1850 to about...
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