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|population_density_km2 = 643.30
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! Demographic
! Proportion
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| '''[[White American|White]]'''
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| '''[[African American|Black]]'''
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| '''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'''
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| '''[[Asian American|Asian]]'''
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▲| 67.6%
▲| 2.5%
▲| 51.1%
▲| 5.9%
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| '''[[Pacific Islander American|Islander]]'''
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| '''[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]]'''
| '''Other'''▼
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▲| 0.1%
▲| 0.6%
| 22.3%▼
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▲| '''Other'''
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'''West Chicago''' is a city in [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 27,086 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner, after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the [[Galena and Chicago Union Railroad]] (G&CU) in 1855.<ref>{{cite news|title=Several Towns Named After Founders and Heroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/872352/kanedupage_county_il_toponym_origins/|newspaper=The Daily Herald|date=December 28, 1999|page=220|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 17, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> The city was initially established around the first junction of railroad lines in Illinois,<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia
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