Englewood, Chicago (usa)

Englewood, Chicago

Englewood, Chicago ranks 17,187th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ermelo, South Africa, Volksrust, and Sassoferrato. The most famous people from Englewood, Chicago are Ralph Lewis. Englewood, Chicago has been the birth place of many actors. Englewood, Chicago is located in United States.

Englewood is a neighborhood and community area located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is also the 68th of the 77 community areas in the city. At its peak population in 1960, over 97,000 people lived in its approximately 3 square miles (7.8 km2), but the neighborhood's population has since dropped dramatically. In 2000, it had a population of approximately 40,000 inhabitants, and the 2010 census indicated that its population has further declined to approximately 30,000. Englewood is bordered by Garfield Boulevard to the north, 75th Street to the south, Racine Avenue to the west, and an irregular border that bends along the Metra Railroad Tracks to the east. On the southwest side of Chicago lies West Englewood, which is generally lumped in with Englewood by Chicagoans. Englewood, a low-income African-American community, has a high rate of foreclosed properties due to the area's population drop. Read more on Wikipedia