Cook County is divided into 20 subcircuits for the purpose of electing subcircuit judges. Six subcircuits are located entirely within the City of Chicago
(subcircuits 1, 5, 6, 8, 14, & 20) and five subcircuits are located entirely in the County outside of the corporate limits of the City of Chicago (4, 12, 13, 15, & 18).
Nine subcircuits have territory in both the City of Chicago and the outer County (2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, & 19).