Head to head
Chicago vs Queens
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chicago is the larger of the two, with 2,664,452 people to 2,316,841 in Queens. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chicago is the larger of the two, with 2,664,452 people to 2,316,841 in Queens. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chicago nor Queens has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United States| Metric | Chicago | Queens |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,664,452 | 2,316,841 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | United States | United States |
| Region | Illinois | New York |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:51 PM · UTC-05:00 | 6:51 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
1,161 km apartChicago and Queens are 1,161 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United States. Queens keeps time 1 hour ahead of Chicago.
Chicago has 347,611 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chicago or Queens?
- Chicago is the larger city by population, with 2,664,452 people to 2,316,841 in Queens — a difference of 347,611. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chicago and Queens?
- 1,161 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United States. Queens keeps time 1 hour ahead of Chicago.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chicago or Queens?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chicago is the larger of the two, with 2,664,452 people to 2,316,841 in Queens. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Chicago and Queens both currently sit at $0.
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