• Our Story
  • Your Story
  • Policy Research
  • Take Action
Donate

Illinois’
comeback
story
starts here.

  • Home

  • Our Story

    • Leadership
    • Staff
    • Senior Fellows
    • Jobs
    • Annual Reports
  • Your story

  • Take action

    • Lawmakers
    • Contact Your Rep
    • Join The Fight
  • Policy research

    • Budget + Tax
    • Criminal Justice
    • Good Government
    • Jobs + Growth
    • Labor
    • Pensions
  • Reports

  • Cartoons

  • Press Releases

  • Policy Shop

  • FAQs

  • Contact

  • Newsletter signup

  • Search

  • Donate

    • Illinois Policy Institute
  • Privacy Policy

Survey: Illinois 2nd in U.S. for residents leaving

By Dylan Sharkey
01/18/2023
Illinois is the second-most popular state to leave based on a survey of movers by United Van Lines. Illinois has also experienced nine straight years of population loss.

TAGS: Illinois, outmigration

Illinois loses a resident every 3 minutes, 43 seconds

By Bryce Hill
12/22/2022
More Illinoisans fled for other states from July 2021-July 2022 than during any other year in recorded history, driving the state’s record population decline.

TAGS: Illinois, outmigration, population

Outmigration caused Illinois’ population to decline again in 2022

By Bryce Hill
12/22/2022
New Census Bureau data shows people moving out of Illinois continues to drive the state’s population decline. So many moved away in the year before July 2022, it was almost like Rockford disappearing.

TAGS: Illinois, outmigration, population

Illinois population drops by record 104,437 in 2022

By Bryce Hill
12/22/2022
People moving out of Illinois drove the highest population loss on record in 2022, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows.

TAGS: outmigration, population, U.S. Census Bureau

Forbes: Illinois 3rd in nation for people leaving

By Dylan Sharkey
11/17/2022
Forbes magazine highlighted Illinois as one of the top states residents are fleeing for more tax-friendly climates.

TAGS: outmigration, population

Citadel 3rd major company to leave Illinois in 2 months

By Dylan Sharkey
06/23/2022
Hedge-fund firm Citadel is moving its headquarters to Miami. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said many employees have asked to move out of Illinois.

TAGS: Chicago, Citadel, corporate income tax, crime, Ken Griffin, outmigration

Caterpillar HQ leaving for Texas, decade after CEO warned Illinois

By Dylan Sharkey
06/15/2022
One of the state’s biggest employers is relocating their headquarters to Irving, Texas. A decade ago Caterpillar’s CEO warned state leaders of business losses unless they balanced the budget, controlled workers’ comp costs and cut taxes. He was ignored.

TAGS: Caterpillar, jobs, outmigration, taxes

IRS data confirms Illinois is losing residents, wealth flight at record pace

By Bryce Hill
05/26/2022
Illinois lost more than 100,000 residents and $8.5 billion on net in adjusted gross income to other states from 2019-2020, according to new federal tax return data. Those leaving earned $31K more than those coming in.

TAGS: Illinois, IRS: Internal Revenue Service, outmigration, population

79% of Illinois communities lose people in 2021; Chicago loses 45K

By Bryce Hill
05/25/2022
1,019 Illinois communities of all sizes shared in the loss of 114,000 residents in 2021, new census data shows. Chicago lost 40% of the total.

TAGS: Chicago, Illinois, outmigration, population

Pritzker fact check: Illinois population isn’t ‘booming’

By Dylan Sharkey
05/24/2022
A Census survey intended to estimate the accuracy of the 2020 Census is being used to project an Illinois population increase. While there may be more Illinoisans than originally thought, that does not mean they aren’t leaving at an accelerating pace.

TAGS: JB Pritzker, outmigration, population, U.S. Census Bureau

Load More
Budget + Tax / Research Report

Illinois Forward 2024: A sustainable state budget plan


After years of enhanced revenue from federal aid, a return to the basic principles of budgeting can put Illinois on the path to long-term financial stability

View Report

Report Archive

Education / Your Story

John Jacob

Labor / Policy Point

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014
Illinois Policy In the News

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016

Chicago Office | Illinois Policy
300 S. Riverside Plaza | 1650 |
Chicago, IL 60606
t 312.346.5700  f 312.896.2500

Springfield Office | Illinois Policy
802 South 2nd Street |
Springfield, IL 62704
t 217.528.8800  f 312.212.5277  
e info@illinoispolicy.org

Copyright © 2023 Illinois Policy |
Illinois' comeback story starts here

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

results for
Sort by: |