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Cicero, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Cicero Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60804. The Survey maps it on the Berwyn quadrangle. 85,268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Cicero within Cook County

On record in Cicero

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Cicero grew from 83,891 to 85,268 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201083,891
202085,268+1,377 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cicero: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chicago Union Lime Works QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grand and Campbell Ave QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Forest City Eng - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverside Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Summit Quarry Consumers CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cicero in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Flash FloodCicero$400,000Street and viaduct flooding were reported in numerous areas in central Chicago generally between Interstate 55 to the south, North Avenue to the north and Cicero Avenue to the west. Water rescues were reported at Western Avenue and Ogden Avenue and at Kinzie Street and Ashland Avenue. At least two viaducts were flooded in North Lawndale and a car was stalled in flood waters on Roosevelt Road just east of California Avenue. The local lanes of Interstate 90 were closed due to flooding between 18th Street and 31st Street. In Garfield Park, a car was submerged in flood waters on West Fulton Street; At least 3 garages were flooded with flood waters rushing like a river down an alley and multiple basements were flooded. Near the Chicago Loop, street flooding was reported along with a viaduct flooded and a photo showed a few inches of standing water at Hubbard's Cave on Interstate 90/94. An estimated 200 basements were flooded in the Near West Side. Street flooding was reported in West Town along with a few basements flooded. In Cicero, a few inches of standing water were reported on streets and sidewalks.||An automated rain gauge east of Garfield Park reported 5.12 inches of rain in 90 minutes from 19:55 CST to 21:25 CST with a storm total of 5.45 inches. A personal weather station west of the Loop reported 3.81 inches in about 2 hours at 21:43 CST.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCicero-A tree was blown down near 28th Street and Austin Blvd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCicero-A tree and a utility pole were blown down onto a car.
July 2023Heavy RainCicero-A USGS rain gauge at Cicero recorded 8.6 inches of storm total rainfall.
June 2021Flash FloodCicero-Several streets were flooded in Cicero.
July 2019FloodCicero-Up to one foot of water was covering all lanes of Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road.
July 2019FloodCicero-Up to one foot of water was covering all lanes of Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)Cicero-FAA contract observer for Midway Airport spotted a landspout tornado that formed on the lake breeze.
May 2013FloodCicero-High standing water was reported on southbound Interstate 55 at Pulaski Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCicero-Trees were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCicero-Wind gusts were estimated to 65 mph in Cicero.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCicero-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
March 2026HailCicero-no account filed
June 2008HailCicero-no account filed
August 2008HailCicero-no account filed
May 2006HailCicero-no account filed
June 2005HailCicero-no account filed
July 2003HailCicero-no account filed
July 2003HailCicero-no account filed
August 2003HailCicero-no account filed
August 1995HailCicero-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cook County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clyde1.1 miles24
Crawford1.3 miles26
Lavergne1.6 miles24
Mandell2.0 miles26
LeClaire Courts2.1 miles26
North Lawndale2.1 miles26
Berwyn2.1 miles24
South Lawndale2.2 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CiceroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q578221The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406120. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.