Expect Kentucky to gain even more Illinoisans in coming years.

Illinois’ weak economic growth and population loss may signal the beginning of a financial death spiral.

Half of Midwest out-migration losses are coming from Illinois, making it the only shrinking state in the region.

Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new migration data Dec. 20, and it’s frightening. Illinois has a massive people problem. From July 2015 to July 2016, the state’s population declined by more than 37,000 people. That’s the worst population loss in the nation, and will likely mean the loss of a seat in the U.S. House...

Illinois has record loss of 114,000 residents to other states in 2016 as population shrinks by 37,500.

The Land of Lincoln’s out-migration crisis is the most severe in the region and worsening over time.

An increasing number of younger adults are making up the exodus of taxpayers from the state.

BLS data show that Illinois had a net loss of 354,000 adults over the last decade from its prime working-age adult population (ages 25 to 54), with 290,000 of that loss attributable to migration rather than mortality. This is a troubling sign that indicates a weak economy – and the loss of adult taxpayers and their children.

In the majority of Illinois’ large cities, the number of people moving to another part of the country is greater than the combined gains from more births than deaths and international immigration.