Des Plaines, Illinois

:This article is about the suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois. You may be looking for the nearby Des Plaines River.

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Des Plaines (DEHS PLAYNZ, IPA /dɛzˈplejnz/) (formerly Rand, Illinois) is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,720. It is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, and is adjacent to O'Hare International Airport, one of the two largest airports in the world. The Des Plaines River separates Des Plaines from Park Ridge, Illinois to its east. Des Plaines is one of the most economically diverse towns of less than 100,000 persons in the United States, with home values ranging from $30,000 mobile home units to $1,000,000-plus estates. Because of Des Plaines close proximty to O'Hare International Airport, many older dilapidated homes are being purchased only to be torn down and replaced with extravagant abodes valued from $800,000 on up.

Related Topics:
IPA - Cook County, Illinois - 2000 - Suburb - Chicago, Illinois - O'Hare International Airport - Des Plaines River - Park Ridge, Illinois

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