| Armour Square | |
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| — Community area — | |
| Community Area 34 - Armour Square | |
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| Coordinates: 41°50.0′N 87°38.0′W / 41.833°N 87.633°WCoordinates: 41°50.0′N 87°38.0′W / 41.833°N 87.633°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
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| Area | |
| - Total | 1 sq mi (2.56 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 12,032 |
| - Density | 12,172.9/sq mi (4,700/km2) |
| population up 11.40% from 1990 | |
| Demographics | |
| - White | 17.1% |
| - Black | 17.0% |
| - Hispanic | 3.72% |
| - Asian | 60.7% |
| - Other | 1.42% |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Codes | parts of 60609 and 60616 |
| Median income | $22,756 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Armour Square, located on the south side of Chicago, is one of the 77 officially defined Chicago community areas. Armour Square is also the name of one of three neighborhoods within the community area. The Armour Square neighborhood, located at the south end of the community area includes U.S. Cellular Field, the ex- Comiskey Park, is anchored by Armour Square Park.
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Places of interest
U.S. Cellular Field
U.S. Cellular Field is the home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Across the street from it is the former location of the Sox old park Comiskey Park, which stood from 1910-1990.
Chinatown
Chinatown is in the near South Side (located in the Armour Square community area), centered on and around Cermak and Wentworth Avenues, and is an example of an American Chinatown, or ethnic-Chinese neighborhood.
It is not to be confused with an area sometimes called "New Chinatown", which is on the North Side around Argyle Street, and which has a larger number of Southeast Asians.
The Armour Square neighborhood also has a large population of Italian-Americans and Croatian-Americans.
Mass transit stations
Armour Square is served by the Dan Ryan branch of the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, with stops at Cermak-Chinatown and Sox-35th.
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