Skokie, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Niles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60076. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle. 67,824 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
On record in Skokie
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 2 records
Dempster Street Stationlisted 1996
Harrer Buildinglisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresSkokie grew from 64,784 to 67,824 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64,784 | |
| 2020 | 67,824 | +3,040 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Skokie: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Niles City Dept of Public Works | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilmette City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winnetka City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skokie in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | $50,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown. Some trees and limbs fell on cars causing damage. A 40 foot tall tree was completely uprooted on Kolmar Street and fell onto a house. Twelve inch diameter tree limbs were blown down near Skokie Village Hall. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | $30,000 | Multiple reports of estimated wind gusts to around 70 mph came in from Skokie and Evanston. Three large trees were blown onto homes in Skokie. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Skokie | - | From the Chicago311 site, multiple reports were received of minor street flooding in the Garfield Park and West Ridge neighborhoods of Chicago. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | A large tree was blown down blocking Kilbourne Avenue. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | A tree was partially uprooted and fell onto power lines. A large part of another tree snapped off and crushed a car. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | A large tree was uprooted and fell onto a car. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in Evanston. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | Power lines were blown down in Skokie and in Evanston. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | A large tree limb was blown down onto a CTA rail line. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | Chicago Street and Sanitation Department received numerous reports of downed trees and limbs in the Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Andersonville neighborhoods. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Skokie | - | Up to six inches of flowing water was reported at Prospect Avenue and Harrison Street. A CoCoRaHS observer near Winnetka measured 2.19 inches of rain in 55 minutes while the ASOS at O'Hare measured 0.90 inches of rain in 20 minutes. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Skokie | - | The intersection of Howard Street and Western Avenue was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skokie | - | A 24-inch diameter tree was blown down at the intersection of Oakton Street and Wesley Avenue. Other trees were blown down in the area. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Skokie | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnwood | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Evanston | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Morton Grove | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wilmette | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| North Evanston | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| South Evanston | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sauganash | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Edgebrook | 3.0 miles | 26 |
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 Skokie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985536 | The 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 418578. 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.








