East Chicago, Indiana East Chicago, Indiana Official seal of East Chicago, Indiana Nickname(s): Indiana Harbor, The Harbor, E.C., The Twin City (East Chicago & Indiana Harbor neighborhoods used in the early 1900s).
East Chicago's locale in Lake County (left)and the state of Indiana (right).
East Chicago's locale in Lake County (left) and the state of Indiana (right).
Country United States United States State Indiana Indiana Indiana Toll Road logo 1968.svg I-90.svg US 12.svg US 20.svg Indiana 312.svg Indiana 912.svg East Chicago Public transit East Chicago Transit East Chicago is a town/city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.
A postal service called East Chicago has been in operation since 1889. The town/city was titled from its locale east of Chicago, Illinois. The Indiana Harbor Public Library and Marktown Historic District are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. For 105 years, East Chicago was home to the Inland Steel Company (1893-1998).
In 2009, parts of East Chicago were identified to have toxic lead and arsenic contamination, designated the USS Lead Superfund Site.
The Superfund site is divided into three zones, with enhance housing and residentiary properties. Residents' decades-long concerns about lead contamination were confirmed in 2016 via EPA testing, especially affecting over 270 families in the West Calumet Housing Complex. As Governor of Indiana, Vice-President Mike Pence declined to declare the Superfund site a state emergency; his successor Governor Eric Holcomb has issued Executive Order 17-13, declaring a disaster emergency in East Chicago. According to the 2010 census, East Chicago has a total region of 16.155 square miles (41.84 km2), of which 14.09 square miles (36.49 km2) (or 87.22%) is territory and 2.065 square miles (5.35 km2) (or 12.78%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 29,698 citizens , 10,724 homeholds, and 7,197 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 42.9% African American, 35.5% White, 0.6% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 18.1% from other competitions, and 2.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 10,724 homeholds of which 40.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 27.9% were married couples living together, 31.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 30.9 years.
31.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.4% were from 25 to 44; 22.2% were from 45 to 64; and 11.3% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,414 citizens , 11,707 homeholds, and 7,937 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 36.54% White, 36.08% African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 23.98% from other competitions, and 2.60% from two or more competitions.
There were 11,707 homeholds out of which 35.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 26.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The nearest commercial airport to East Chicago is the Gary/Chicago International Airport in neighboring Gary, but it does not have any scheduled passenger service.
The closest commercial airport with scheduled passenger service is Chicago Midway Airport.
The South Shore Line (NICTD) has a station in East Chicago.
US 12 and US 20 go through the Indiana Harbor and East Chicago sections of the city, in the order given, before joining up on both sides.
Indiana State Road 912, the Cline Avenue Expressway, joins East Chicago with the Indiana Toll Road and Borman Expressway, and serves the casino and steel mills on the lakefront.
The town/city operates a no-charge bus service known as East Chicago Transit.
GPRT Route 12 stops in East Chicago en route from Hammond to Gary.
PACE operates Route 892, a special work shuttle between Gary, East Chicago and UPS' Hodgkins facility.
Indiana Harbor East Chicago School City of East Chicago serves the city.
All inhabitants are zoned to East Chicago Central High School.
East Chicago Public Library System operates a chief library at 2401 East Columbus Drive and the Robert A.
Pastrick Branch Library at 1008 West Chicago Avenue at Baring Avenue. East Chicago also has two charter school options, East Chicago Urban Enterprise (K-8), and East Chicago Lighthouse Charter School (K-7).
Aerial view of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, bordered by Indiana Harbor Works East Chicago is home to the following company and industry: Arcelor - Mittal's Indiana Harbor Works, the biggest steel foundry in the USA.
Indiana Harbor Works comprises East mill, originally Inland Steel, and West mill, owned for most of its life by Youngstown Sheet and Tube. The Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal complex.
For 105 years, East Chicago was home to the Inland Steel Company (1893-1998).
Earl Harris - Indiana state legislator Tim Stoddard - Major League Baseball pitcher and college basketball player, forward for NC State's 1974 NCAA basketball champions Pete Trgovich played on 1971 Washington HS Indiana state championship team with Junior Bridgeman and Tim Stoddard, went on to play for legendary coach John Wooden at UCLA, where he collected 3 NCAA Championship rings a b "East Chicago, Indiana".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
...as the town/city is positioned east of Chicago...
"West Calumet Housing Complex East Chicago, Ind.".
"East Chicago Residents Scramble For Info After Lead Found In Soil".
"East Chicago Lead Crisis Declared Emergency by Indiana Governor".
East Chicago Public Library.
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