Rockford comes in at No. 15 on that list. The northern Illinois city, the fifth-largest in the state with an estimated 145,609 residents, has lost 5% of its population during that nine-year period.

From 2020 to 2024 overall, Illinois lost 88,930 residents statewide, but gained in 2023 and 2024. Only 15 of Illinois’ 102 counties saw net population gains from 2020 to 2024.

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3. Gallatin County Gallatin County, also located in southern Illinois, lost 255 residents, or 5.16% of its population. The Census Bureau estimates Gallatin had 4,690 residents in 2024.

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