Koreans in Chicago

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Ethnic groups in Chicago

As of the 2020 there were approximately 70,814 Korean-origin people in Illinois, with the vast majority (approximately 62,000) in the Chicago metropolitan area.[1] This makes Illinois the state with the eighth-largest Korean American population and the Chicago metropolitan area the fifth-largest, after Los Angeles, New York, Washington, and Seattle.[2] As of 2006 the largest groups of Koreans are in Albany Park, North Park, West Ridge, and other communities near Albany Park. Many Koreans have since moved to northern and northwestern Chicago suburbs, including Glenview, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, Schaumburg, and Skokie. A Koreatown, labeled "Seoul Drive", exists along Lawrence Avenue between Kedzie Avenue and Pulaski Road, albeit in diminished form. There were a number of Korean businesses on Clark Street in the 1970s, in Lakeview and Lincoln Park.[3]

  1. ^ "Korean American Population Data" (PDF). Korean American Grassroots Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas by Korean population, 2019". Pew Research Center. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  3. ^ Cutler, Irving. Chicago, Metropolis of the Mid-continent. SIU Press, 2006. ISBN 0809387956, 9780809387953. p. 193.