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Chicago, IL 60612
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The 60612 ZIP Code is centered1 in Cook County at latitude 41.881 and longitude -87.687 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Cook County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 60612 was 37,990 with 14,447 housing units; a land area land area of 3.74 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 10,167.94 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Chicago, IL (2.7 miles SE)
Cicero, IL (4.3 miles SW)
Oak Park, IL (4.9 miles W)
Berwyn, IL (5.8 miles WSW)
Elsdon, IL (6.3 miles SSW)
Stickney, IL (6.4 miles SW)
River Forest, IL (6.6 miles W)
Forest Park, IL (6.6 miles W)
Elmwood Park, IL (6.8 miles WNW)
Glenn, IL (7 miles SW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Claremont Cottages, IL (< 0.1 mile)
East Garfield Park, IL (< 0.1 mile)
Maplewood Courts, IL (< 0.1 mile)
Nearwest Side, IL (1.4 miles E)
West Town, IL (1.4 miles N)
Garibaldi Square, IL (1.4 miles ESE)
Jane Addams Homes, IL (1.4 miles ESE)
Robert Brooks Homes, IL (1.9 miles SE)
Grace Abbott Homes, IL (1.9 miles SE)
Bohemian California, IL (1.9 miles SSW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.