City & Local

CityofChicago.org: Official city of Chicago web site. Includes links to the Chicago Housing Authority, the City Clerk of Chicago, and City Council, and to the Department of Zoning and other city departments. Note "Online Services and "Top Requested" sections.

Chicago Community Area Demographics (CAGIS): Data made available by the Chicago Area Geographical Information Study at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Chicago Neighborhoods: Commercial real estate site but useful for brief descriptions of Chicago communities.

Chicago : Past and Present: Selection of interesting links from the Illinois State Historical Society.

ChicagoElections.com: Web site of the board of election commissioners for the city of chicago; contains aldermanic directory.

Communities (State of Illinois): Includes some school report cards, crime data, and links to many Illinois city and county web sites

Cook County Info Center: Cook County government web site.

Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website: Data and information about the housing environment in Chicago and other communities throughout the region.

Illinois Municipal League: Find web sites and other information for Illinois communities.

Map Collection, University of Chicago Library: Note Chicago maps based on data from Census 2000 and 1990.

Municipal Codes (Seattle Public Library): Links to city and county codes.

Municipal Reference Collection: Chicago documents at the Harold Washington Library

Municode.com: Online codes for local governments.

State and Local Documents (Northwestern University Library): Includes numerous Chicago and Cook County links.

State and Local Governments on the Net (Piper Resources): Includes regional, county, and municipal web pages.

Woodstock Institute: Not a government site but useful for detailed reports on Chicago housing and economic development in low-income communities.

World Business Chicago: Not a government site but useful for quick Chicago data and statistics.