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Chicago
Mayor Brandon Johnson · Democratic · in office since May 15, 2023
Brandon Johnson
Mayor of Chicago, IL · Democratic · since May 15, 2023
City No.
#3
by population
| Government form | Strong mayor |
| Performance scoring | In development |
| Population | 2,731,585 |
As a strong-mayor city, Chicago's mayor will receive a full performance score — city outcome trends vs. peer cities in the same population tier — once those metrics clear verification.
City outcome data (unemployment, crime, cost of living and more) is in the verification pipeline. We publish numbers only after they clear it. Methodology
Chicago sits in IL, whose governor JB Pritzker holds a scored statewide record (No. 18 of 29). State outcomes are not the mayor’s grade — a city is not a state — but they’re the nearest verified context today.