S&P: Growing debt, refusing reforms, population loss doom Illinois public pensions

By Noah Shaar

08/11/2021

S&P Global Ratings said Illinois’ public pension systems are in trouble, and will get worse thanks to the Illinois Exodus and because state leaders refuse to fix the problems.

TAGS: debt, Illinois, outmigration, pensions, population

90% of Illinois communities lost population in 2020

By Bryce Hill

05/27/2021

Census estimates predict nearly all Illinois municipalities shed population last year, with a greater share of large communities being affected.

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

All Illinois metro areas see populations drop in 2020

By Bryce Hill

05/20/2021

Each of Illinois’ metropolitan areas got smaller from July 2019-July 2020, census estimates showed.

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

Nearly all Illinois counties lost population in 2020

By Bryce Hill

05/17/2021

Census estimates tallied population decline in 98 of Illinois’ 102 counties. Only Los Angeles County lost more people than Cook County last year.

TAGS: Illinois, outmigration, population

Census estimates again confirm Illinois population loss driven by people leaving

By Bryce Hill

05/05/2021

New data showed domestic migration continued to be the only reason for Illinois’ population decline.

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

Pritzker fact check: Prime working-age Illinoisans leading exodus, not students

By Bryce Hill

04/30/2021

Gov. J.B. Pritzker inaccurately identified students leaving for college as the reason for Illinois’ population decline. Illinoisans between the ages of 26 and 54 made up 64.5% of the net decline in population from 2017-2018, the most recent year of available data.

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

Illinois population loss drops it to 6th-most populous state

By Bryce Hill

04/28/2021

Illinois was the nation’s fifth-largest state until 2020 census data was released. Now Pennsylvania’s population exceeds Illinois’ to take the No. 5 spot.

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

Illinois loses 1 seat in Congress after 2020 Census shows first population drop in 200 years

By Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

04/27/2021

Illinois will lose one representative in the U.S. House. The state’s population declined for the first time in over 200 years, the 10-year U.S. Census count showed.

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

Illinois to lose 1 seat in U.S. Congress, new Census shows

By Brad Weisenstein

04/26/2021

Illinois’ decade of population loss, with last year being the worst loss of people since World War II, will cost is one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some thought the new Census would cost Illinois two seats in Congress.

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

Study: Illinois among top states to see residents flee

By Brad Weisenstein

03/12/2021

A third moving company ranked Illinois as a prime place to abandon during 2020. State leaders can control the exodus if they reform spending.

TAGS: outmigration, population