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Correction for the size of Chicago

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How big is 2,764,813 square perches?
It's about one-tenth as big as Chicago
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The size of Chicago is about 23,260,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. The Windy City, a.k.a. Chi-town, a.k.a. Second City, a.k.a. Chicagoland) (Illinois)
The largest city in Illinois and the twenty-third-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Chicago measures 23,260,000 square perches in total area. The city is known as a major Global Financial Center and as host to O'Hare International, the second busiest airport in the world.
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