Check it out: This is Chicago's population density, or persons per square mile, according to 2020 Census data. Chicago's overall density of just under 12,000 people per square mile is high by American standards, but not especially so. Chicago's overall density of just under 12,000 people per square mile is high by American standards, but not especially so. They're regaining the densities they once had in the mid-20th century, and could soon catch up with the very dense north lakefront. The south lakefront is in the middle of a remarkable rebound, and beginning to mirror the density of the north lakefront.

Source: Forbes June 23, 2022 00:47 UTC