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Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is the sheriff.All Cook County Sheriff's Deputies have police powers regardless of their particular job function or title. Like other Sheriffs' departments in Illinois, the Sheriff can provide all traditional law-enforcement functions, including county-wide patrol and investigations irrespective of municipal boundaries, even in the city of Chicago, but has ...
The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859. Cook County, established in 1831 and named for the early Illinois Attorney General Daniel Pope Cook, contained the absolute majority of the state's population in the first half of the 20th century and retains more than 40% of it as of the 2020 census.
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Ohio townships for Ohio township guidelines that may be applicable to Illinois townships. Pages in category "Townships in Cook County, Illinois" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
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"Cicero Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior; United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles; United States National Atlas
A ballot question was created by a successful citizen initiative petition which asked Cook County voters whether they believed that Illinois should enact the Earned Sick Time for Employees Act, thus allowing Illinois workers to earn up to 40 hours of paid sick leave.
Maine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 140,600 at the 2020 census. [1] The township was founded in 1850. Maine Township is located in Cook County, directly north and east of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.