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  2. Demographics of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Chicago. The demographics of Chicago show that it is a very large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of the population in the Chicago metropolitan ...

  3. Crime in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.

  4. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2), the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago, its ...

  5. Homework - Wikipedia

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    Homework. Homework is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed at home. Common homework assignments may include required reading, a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a test, or other skills to be practiced. The benefits of homework are debated.

  6. Protecting Or Policing? - The Huffington Post

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    physical attack or fight without a weapon 1.38. possession of a knife or sharp object 1.35 p < 0.01. robbery without a weapon 3.54. theft/larceny 1.83. threat of physical attack with a weapon 1.98. threat of physical attack without a weapon 1.41. vandalism 1.53.

  7. Remote work - Wikipedia

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    The abrupt transition to remote work during the pandemic led to an increase in both physical and mental health issues among workers; a lack of dedicated workspaces and distractions from others in the home were common negative influences on health and well-being, while effective communication with coworkers was supportive of health and well ...

  8. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Following ESEA approval, Charter I, also called Title I schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), received $6.4 billion in "Basic Grants," $1.3 billion in "Concentrated Grants," and $3.3 billion in "Targeted Grants" in 2015, in response to Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) being passed. [62]

  9. Economy of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading and services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy. The total economic output of Chicago in gross metropolitan product totaled US$770.7 billion in 2020, [1][2] surpassing the total economic output of Switzerland and making Chicago's ...