size of chicago, il, in square miles?

Question

Chicago proper, not the entire metro area

Answer 1

From University of Illinois at Chicago :

"Population and Square Mileage: The city of Chicago is roughly 2.8 million people over 259 square miles along Lake Michigan."

Also, from Wikipedia:

"- City 606.2 km² (234.0 sq mi)
- Land 588.3 km² (227.2 sq mi)
- Water 17.9 km² (6.9 sq mi) 3.0%
- Urban 5,498.1 km² (2,122.8 sq mi)
- Metro 28,163 km² (10,874 sq mi) "