Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 51,077 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 55,461 as of 2005. The ZIP code is 60462 for most of the city, and 60467 for the outlying areas of town near the Will County border. In 2006, Orland Park was awarded the title of "45th Best Place to Live In America" by MONEY Magazine. It is home to Carl Sandburg High School.

Geography

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Orland Park is located in southwest Cook County in Orland Township at (41.611582, -87.854302).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 50.3 km² (19.4 mi²). 49.6 km² (19.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (1.49%) is water.

The main bodies of water in Orland are three lakes: Lake Sedgewick, McGinnis Slough (also referred to as 'Orland Lake' in maps), and Tampier Lake. The only thing in Orland close to a moving body of water would be the Calumet Sag Channel (also referred to as the 'Cal-Sag Channel'), which is one mile north of the town's northernmost limits.

Bordering communities of Orland Park include the newly formed Homer Glen to the west (in Will County), Orland Hills and Mokena (also in Will County) to the south, Tinley Park to the southeast, Oak Forest to the east, and Palos Park and Palos Heights to the north.

Orland Park has annexed land from its neighbors on a few occasions. The most recent and notable annexiations are from neighboring town Palos Park (the land was the Palos Country Club and is now the Southmore residential development) and southern neighbor, Orland Hills (the land was a large, vacant farm field and is now another residential development and an upscale commercial development).

Orland Park is also home to a large amount of commercial and retail development, and can be considered the major regional retail center of Chicago's Southland. Among these developments is Orland Square Mall, the largest most upscale shopping mall in Chicago's South Suburbs, as well as the recently rebuilt Orland Park Place. The north end of the village is the location of the new high-end Orland Park Crossing lifestyle center, home to P.F. Chang's China Bistro and many other specialty stores. In all, Orland Park has over 5 million square feet of retail area within its borders and is the 7th highest retail sales tax generator (in dollars) in the State of Illinois.

Demographics

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As of the census of 2000, there were 51,077 people, 18,675 households, and 14,361 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,030.4/km² (2,668.4/mi²). There were 19,045 housing units at an average density of 384.2/km² (995.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.53% White, 0.73% African American, 0.07% Native American, 3.47% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.04% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.67% of the population.

There were 18,675 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with...