The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) determines local capacity and technical assistance needs through the Community Cohort Evaluation Tool. This robust, data-driven evaluation helps fulfill our agency’s commitment to making fair project selections and funding decisions. The Community Cohort Evaluation Tool assigns the region’s 284 municipalities and Chicago’s 77 community areas into one of four groups based on population, income, tax base per capita, and percent of population located in a disinvested area. The cohorts are re-evaluated every April to reflect changing conditions in communities. The community cohort tool is best viewed on desktop. View tool in new window ext-link Opens in a new tab Find your community fullwindow OPEN FULL WINDOW Resources Current and previous cohort lists Fiscal year 2025 cohorts ext-link Opens in a new tab Fiscal year 2024 cohorts ext-link Opens in a new tab Fiscal year 2023 cohorts ext-link Opens in a new tab Fiscal year 2022 cohorts ext-link Opens in a new tab Methodology Community Cohort Evaluation Tool whitepaper ext-link Opens in a new tab Cohort tool source code ext-link Opens in a new tab