Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Chicago Heights is a municipality in Cook County, Illinois. The 2020–2024 ACS five-year estimate records 26,736 residents, with a margin of error of 40. That population figure is useful for identifying the place under review; it does not establish legal demand, search volume, competition, calls, signed matters or revenue. A dashboard should therefore keep Chicago Heights distinct from Cook County and from any other location your firm chooses to evaluate. The question is not simply whether a city appears in a report. It is whether the location attached to a ranking, page, call or lead matches the geographic scope your partners intended to measure.
Recommended approach
Before a review, list the exact places that matter to your firm: Chicago Heights, Cook County or other service areas. Ask how those labels will appear in rankings, lead records and trend views. Do not treat the city’s population as a forecast. Treat it as a boundary for defining the review.
