West Garfield Park
—  Community area  —
Community Area 26 - West Garfield Park
Location within the city of Chicago
Coordinates: 41°52.8′N 87°43.8′W / 41.88°N 87.73°W / 41.88; -87.73Coordinates: 41°52.8′N 87°43.8′W / 41.88°N 87.73°W / 41.88; -87.73
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Neighborhoods	list West Garfield Park
Area
- Total	1.3 sq mi (3.32 km2)
Population (2000)
- Total	23,019
- Density	17,957.5/sq mi (6,933.4/km2)
	population down 4.47% from 1990
Demographics
- White	3.58%
- Black	96.02%
- Hispanic	0.87%
- Asian	0.08%
- Other	0.45%
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Codes	parts of 60624
Median income	$23,121
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

West Garfield Park located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas.

West Garfield Park had 86 foreclosures in 2006 and 87 foreclosures in 2007, resulting in 67.7 foreclosures per square mile in 2006 and 70.1 foreclosures per square mile in 2007.^[1]

[edit] Government and infrastructure

The United States Postal Service operates the Mary Alice Henry Post Office at 4222 West Madison Street.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ "2007 Chicago Foreclosures". Chicago Sun Times. http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/chicagoforeclosures.pdf_20071204_02_26_57_3.imageContent. Retrieved April 17, 2009. 
2. ^ "Post Office Location - MARY ALICE HENRY". United States Postal Service. http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/68970?p=1&s=IL&service_name=post_office&z=Cicero. Retrieved April 17, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• Official City of Chicago West Garfield Park Community Map

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