City profile · Small City
Waukegan, Illinois
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Waukegan, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sam Cunningham
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 87,901
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewaukeganil.gov/187/Administrators ↗
- Official leadership pagewaukeganil.gov/187/Administrators ↗
- City websitewaukeganil.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sam Cunningham CurrentMayor · added Jul 3, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 87,901
- Median household income
- $66,077
- Median age
- 34.5
- Land area
- 24.26 sq mi
- Population density
- 3,623.3 per sq mi
- County
- Lake County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$308M
- City hall phone
- (847) 599-2500
- Official website
- waukeganil.gov ↗
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