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Illinois lost population since 2020, but these 15 counties gained new residents

While Illinois lost population as a whole in recent years, 15 of its 102 counties gained residents from 2020 to 2024, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau's estimates of the ...
WGN-TV

These are the fastest-growing cities in Illinois, according to new report

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — While some 300,000 people moved ...
Washington Examiner

Latest census data shows over 80% of Illinois counties losing population

(The Center Square) – The exodus from Illinois continues. A new report by the Illinois Policy Institute shows Illinois suffered population loss among all eight Illinois-based metro areas and 87 of ...
BND

Here’s the 10 cities in IL that grew the most in 2021, and the 10 that shrunk fastest

The state of Illinois lost as much as 1.1% of its population from spring 2020 to summer 2021, though parts of the state have experienced differing fluctuations over the past year. Thousands moved to ...
The Economist

America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population

Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...