Waukegan, Illinois
# Employer # of Employees
1 Lake County 1,718
2 Vista Medical Center East 838
3 Jewel-Osco 515
4 Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 500
5 Bel Resources 450
6 Kiley Developmental Center 423
7 Cornfields Inc 400
8 Visual Pak 400
9 Walmart Supercenter 350
10 Cardinal Health 340
Economy -- Top employers
According to Waukegan 's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , [ 36 ] the top employers in the city were :
Waukegan (/wɔːˈkiːɡən/) is the largest city in and the county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States. An industrial suburb of Chicago, the city is located in the northern sector of the Chicago metropolitan area, situated approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of Downtown Chicago and 23 miles (37 km) northeast of O'Hare Airport. As of the 2010 census, the population of Waukegan was 89,078, and in 2018 the estimated population was 86,792, which makes it the ninth most populous city in Illinois. Waukegan is a predominantly working-class community, with a sizeable middle-class population.