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New Honorary Sign Counts by Ward

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New Honorary Sign Counts by Ward

Linda Zabors

70% of wards (35 out of 50) designated between 0 to 2 honorary signs
15 wards had 3 or more new honorary signs in 2016

 

scroll over segments for the number of wards that granted from 0 to 7 new honorary signs in 2016

 

Sources: City of Chicago data, Honorary Chicago analysis

7 signs   -  1 Ward
5 signs   -  2 Wards
4 signs   -   6 Wards
3 signs   -   6 Wards
2 signs   -   7 Wards
1 Sign    -   12 Wards

16 wards issued zero new honorary signs

 
 

However, the 15 wards (30%) which issued 3 or more signs, accounted for 70% of the new honorary signs in 2016. (59 of 85 new signs)

Where as the number of wards that designate zero signs from year to year is very consistent, the quantities of signs issued by the top 30% has been increasing.  A few wards issue a lot more signs.

These numbers do not account for ward geographic size nor the population of the ward.