Head to head
Los Angeles vs Chicago
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Los Angeles is the larger of the two, with 3,820,914 people to 2,664,452 in Chicago. 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 Los Angeles is the larger of the two, with 3,820,914 people to 2,664,452 in Chicago. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Los Angeles nor Chicago has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United States| Metric | Los Angeles | Chicago |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,820,914 | 2,664,452 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | United States | United States |
| Region | California | Illinois |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:56 PM · UTC-07:00 | 5:56 PM · UTC-05:00 |
| 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
2,802 km apartLos Angeles and Chicago are 2,802 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United States. Chicago keeps time 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has 1,156,462 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Los Angeles or Chicago?
- Los Angeles is the larger city by population, with 3,820,914 people to 2,664,452 in Chicago — a difference of 1,156,462. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Los Angeles and Chicago?
- 2,802 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United States. Chicago keeps time 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Los Angeles or Chicago?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Los Angeles is the larger of the two, with 3,820,914 people to 2,664,452 in Chicago. 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 Los Angeles and Chicago both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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