For decades, Little Village has been one of the first places people name when describing Latino Chicago. Its businesses, institutions and cultural identity remain central to the city. Yet a new University of Illinois Chicago study identifies Belmont Cragin, on the Northwest Side, as Chicago’s largest Latino neighborhood. The finding captures a shift that has been taking shape for years: Latino Chicago is spread across more of the city than its best-known enclaves suggest.
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