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America/Chicago Time Zone

America/Chicago is Central Time, UTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July. The clock below shows the time there now.

Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in JulyLocal time nowAmerica/Chicago
America/Ciudad_JuarezAmerica/DenverAmerica/DetroitAmerica/Indiana/IndianapolisAmerica/Indiana/KnoxAmerica/Indiana/PetersburgAmerica/Indiana/VincennesAmerica/Indiana/WinamacAmerica/Kentucky/MonticelloAmerica/MatamorosAmerica/MenomineeAmerica/North_Dakota/BeulahAmerica/Ojinaga
America/Chicago and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
America/Chicago
Coordinates (central point)
37.621324, -94.149681
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These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. United States327,167,434 people

Counties and equivalents, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Cook County, Illinois5,194,625 people
  2. Harris County, Texas5,045,026 people
  3. Dallas County, Texas2,661,397 people
  4. Tarrant County, Texas2,248,466 people
  5. Bexar County, Texas2,160,088 people
  6. Travis County, Texas1,389,670 people
  7. Collin County, Texas1,297,179 people
  8. Hennepin County, Minnesota1,284,784 people
  9. Denton County, Texas1,069,346 people
  10. St. Louis County, Missouri990,911 people
  11. Fort Bend County, Texas975,191 people
  12. DuPage County, Illinois934,298 people
All 1,489
  1. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin924,216 people
  2. Hidalgo County, Texas921,549 people
  3. Shelby County, Tennessee910,226 people
  4. Oklahoma County, Oklahoma822,125 people
  5. Montgomery County, Texas781,194 people
  6. Williamson County, Texas752,827 people
  7. Davidson County, Tennessee745,904 people
  8. Jackson County, Missouri732,994 people
  9. Lake County, Illinois719,339 people
  10. Will County, Illinois712,253 people
  11. Tulsa County, Oklahoma698,782 people
  12. Jefferson County, Alabama665,742 people
  13. Johnson County, Kansas636,906 people
  14. Douglas County, Nebraska606,460 people
  15. Dane County, Wisconsin590,375 people
  16. Ramsey County, Minnesota541,623 people
  17. Sedgwick County, Kansas538,433 people
  18. Kane County, Illinois525,757 people

See all 1,489 counties and equivalents in Central Time (America/Chicago), largest first

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Chicago, Illinois (city)2,711,226 people
  2. Houston, Texas (city)2,328,253 people
  3. San Antonio, Texas (city)1,479,835 people
  4. Dallas, Texas (city)1,307,930 people
  5. Austin, Texas (city)979,539 people
  6. Fort Worth, Texas (city)963,194 people
  7. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (city)697,125 people
  8. Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee (metropolitan government)690,130 people
  9. Memphis, Tennessee (city)618,980 people
  10. Milwaukee, Wisconsin (city)566,973 people
  11. Kansas City, Missouri (city)510,612 people
  12. Omaha, Nebraska (city)488,837 people
All 12,848
  1. Minneapolis, Minnesota (city)427,246 people
  2. Tulsa, Oklahoma (city)413,794 people
  3. Wichita, Kansas (city)397,945 people
  4. Arlington, Texas (city)397,742 people
  5. New Orleans, Louisiana (city)371,853 people
  6. Corpus Christi, Texas (city)317,419 people
  7. St. Paul, Minnesota (city)307,284 people
  8. Lincoln, Nebraska (city)294,856 people
  9. Plano, Texas (city)290,594 people
  10. St. Louis, Missouri (city)288,512 people
  11. Madison, Wisconsin (city)278,001 people
  12. Lubbock, Texas (city)264,814 people
  13. Laredo, Texas (city)257,619 people
  14. Irving, Texas (city)256,492 people
  15. Garland, Texas (city)246,844 people
  16. Huntsville, Alabama (city)222,791 people
  17. Baton Rouge, Louisiana (city)222,771 people
  18. Frisco, Texas (city)219,304 people

See all 12,848 cities, towns and communities in Central Time (America/Chicago), largest first

ZIP Code areas, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. ZIP 77494140,157 people
  2. ZIP 77449130,028 people
  3. ZIP 78660124,834 people
  4. ZIP 77433116,550 people
  5. ZIP 77084110,217 people
  6. ZIP 60629108,324 people
  7. ZIP 37013105,212 people
  8. ZIP 78130104,009 people
  9. ZIP 7864199,865 people
  10. ZIP 7757398,109 people
  11. ZIP 7505297,278 people
  12. ZIP 7742996,334 people
All 12,653
  1. ZIP 7824596,015 people
  2. ZIP 7747992,221 people
  3. ZIP 6061891,901 people
  4. ZIP 7758491,065 people
  5. ZIP 7309991,014 people
  6. ZIP 7861389,956 people
  7. ZIP 7503589,682 people
  8. ZIP 7854289,401 people
  9. ZIP 6063289,107 people
  10. ZIP 7866688,583 people
  11. ZIP 7740788,319 people
  12. ZIP 3704287,652 people
  13. ZIP 7852187,380 people
  14. ZIP 7737985,190 people
  15. ZIP 7521785,028 people
  16. ZIP 7512684,799 people
  17. ZIP 6064784,749 people
  18. ZIP 6063984,240 people

See all 12,653 ZIP Code areas in Central Time (America/Chicago), largest first

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. America/Indiana/Petersburg380 mi east
  2. America/Indiana/Vincennes385 mi east
  3. America/Indiana/Tell_City412 mi east
  4. America/Indiana/Indianapolis462 mi northeast
  5. America/Indiana/Winamac463 mi northeast
  6. America/Indiana/Knox475 mi northeast
  7. America/Kentucky/Monticello517 mi east
  8. America/Menominee661 mi northeast
  9. America/North_Dakota/New_Salem713 mi northwest
  10. America/Detroit716 mi northeast
  11. America/North_Dakota/Center753 mi northwest
  12. America/Denver763 mi west
All 22
  1. America/North_Dakota/Beulah770 mi northwest
  2. America/New_York791 mi east
  3. America/Ojinaga837 mi southwest
  4. America/Matamoros862 mi southwest
  5. America/Ciudad_Juarez909 mi southwest
  6. America/Winnipeg1,148 mi north
  7. America/Regina1,278 mi north
  8. America/Toronto1,455 mi northeast
  9. America/Atikokan1,822 mi north
  10. Etc/GMT+6sea area

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Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

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