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Edison Park, Ann Durkin Keating(
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) ...or Lutheran, moved into the area as the population grew over 400 percent to 5,370 in 1930. Little...
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Elgin, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...shoe factory and a number of grain mills. The population of Elgin grew from 5,441 in 1870 to 17,823...
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Elk Grove Village, IL, David Buisseret(
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) ...when Elk Grove Village was incorporated, the population numbered only 125. After that development...
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Eritreans, Tricia Redeker Hepner(
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) ...Africa—roughly one-quarter of the country's population—in the wake of war, famine, political unrest,...
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Folk and Traditional Dance, Susan K. Eleuterio and Paul Tyler(
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) ...others continue to serve a small local population and provide entertainment for festivals, cultural...
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Geneva, IL, Sherry Meyer(
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) ...and teachers. Swedes were the first immigrant population and their cultural impact continues to this...
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Ghanaians, Amy Settergren(
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) ...the 1980s continued this trend, and the Ghanaian population in Chicago grew to approximately 5,000–...
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| 508 |
Hillside, IL, Patricia Krone Rose(
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) ...construction after World War II as Hillside's population doubled (from 1,080 to 2,131) from 1940 to...
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| 509 |
Iraqis, Asad Husain and Khoshaba Jasim(
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) ...making Chicago home to the largest Assyrian population in the United States. Assyrians are an ethnic...
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Justice, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...continued slowly in this area of farmlands. The population was supplemented by the arrival of German...
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| 511 |
Kenilworth, IL, Jan Olive Nash(
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) ...which parallels the railroad. In 2000, Kenilworth's population was 2,494, small in comparison to its...
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Latvians, Andris Straumanis(
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) ...For the relatively small Latvian population in the United States, Chicago has always been an...
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| 513 |
Malaysians, Tracy Steffes(
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) ...Community leaders estimated the Malaysian population of metropolitan Chicago in 2001 at 600–700....
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Mapping Chicago, Robert W. Karrow, Jr.(
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) ...the city and additions, fueled by rapid population growth. Henry Hart's City of Chicago, published...
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Michigan City, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...arrived the following year. By 1836, the town's population had swelled to nearly 3,000. Between 1837...
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Midlothian, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...and incorporation in 1927. With the growth of population came the founding of the community's major...
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| 517 |
Mongolians, Tracy Steffes(
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) ...Mongolian community leaders estimated a Chicago population between 500 and 700. Many of Chicago's...
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Morton Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...biggest growth spurt occurred in the 1950s, when population rose by over 15,000 after the opening of...
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Northbrook, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...by changing its name to Northbrook. In 1950 the population was 3,348; within a decade it more than...
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Norwood Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Resurrection Retirement Community in 1977. The population of 41,827 in 1970 declined to 37,669 by...
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