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A P P E N D I X 1The Six Cook County RegionsChicago and Suburban Cook RegionsChicago and Suburban Cook RegionsNorth & Northwest Suburban CookNorth & Northwest ChicagoCentral & West ChicagoWest Suburban CookSouth & Southwest ChicagoSouth & Southwest Suburban CookThroughout this Report we divideCook County into six geographicalregions: three in Chicago andthree in suburban Cook County.The map and tables on the next twopages of this Appendix define thesix regions.The most recognizable form ofChicago geographical units arethe Chicago Community Areas,which correspond to city neighborhoods.This Appendix places the77 Chicago Community Areas intothree Chicago regions: North andNorthwest Chicago; Central andWest Chicago; and South andSouthwest Chicago.The most recognizable Cook Countygeographical units are municipalities.The Appendix identifies the threesuburban Cook County regionsaccording to the Cook Countymunicipalities belonging to eachregion: North and NorthwestSuburban Cook County; WestSuburban Cook County; and Southand Southwest Suburban CookCounty.When presenting census datafor Chicago and Cook County inthis report, we built our aggregateunits from data for the individualChicago Community Areas andmunicipalities. Our aggregate data,therefore, may deviate somewhatfrom aggregate data provided bythe U.S. Census.35