Place:Arlington Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States

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NameArlington Heights
TypeVillage
Coordinates42.095°N 87.981°W
Located inCook, Illinois, United States
Also located inElk Grove (township), Cook, Illinois, United States    
Palatine (township), Cook, Illinois, United States    
Wheeling (township), Cook, Illinois, United States    


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Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the 2010 Census, it is the most populous community in the United States that is incorporated as a "village", and is the 13th most populous municipality in Illinois, although it is not far ahead of its nearby Illinois neighboring villages of Schaumburg and adjacent Palatine.

Arlington Heights is known for the former Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in 2002. The village is also home to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections of books in the state.

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