# Cell Towers in Chicago, IL

## Summary

- **Location**: Chicago, Illinois 60647
- **Population**: 85,564
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 222
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 52
- **FCC records grouped**: 333
- **Area**: 0.77 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 13.9 sites per square mile

- **County**: Cook

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.919756
- **Longitude**: -87.697904

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **City of Chicago - Office of Public Safety Administration**: 20 towers

2. **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 18 towers

3. **NEXTEL LICENSE HOLDINGS 4, INC.**: 12 towers

4. **TowerStream Corp**: 9 towers

5. **Everywhere Wireless, LLC**: 8 towers


## Major Carriers

- **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 18 towers

- **T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC**: 3 towers

- **Galapagos Charter School**: 1 towers

- **T-Mobile License LLC**: 1 towers

- **AMS Spectrum Holdings, LLC**: 1 towers

## Related Links

- [View the interactive map](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/near/city-state/chicago/il): Human-readable map for this location.
- [State directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/illinois/index.md): Text-first list of locations in Illinois.
- [United States directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/index.md): Browse all states.

## Data Source

Tower data is sourced from U.S. Federal Communications Commission licensing records. See [llms.txt](https://www.celltowermaps.com/llms.txt) for methodology and access guidance.