Skokie, village, Cook County, northeastern Illinois, near Chicago; settled 1851, incorporated 1888. Industries include printing and mapmaking, pharmaceuticals, and electronics. Hebrew Theological College (1922) and a community college are here. The village was known as Niles Center from 1888 to 1940, when it was renamed Skokie (“big swamp”), the Potawatomi name for the area. Population 60,278 (1980); 59,432 (1990); 63,348 (2000).
