Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri are attracting residents while Iowa and Michigan are the only neighbor states losing residents to other states

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

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

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

Illinois’ Census revisions, explained

By Bryce Hill

05/20/2022

Some Illinois politicians are using an estimate to revise the Census count and claim Illinois doesn't have a problem with its residents moving away. A closer look shows they are wrong, and the danger of denial.

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

Illinois loses resident every 4 minutes, 18 seconds: like Springfield vanishing each year

By Bryce Hill

12/23/2021

More Illinoisans fled for other states from July 2020-July 2021 than during any other year in recorded history, driving the state’s record population decline.

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

Illinois breaks record for population loss, outmigration in 2021

By Bryce Hill

12/21/2021

Despite a higher-than-expected 2020 population count, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates Illinoisans moving away was the sole reason for the state’s record loss of the equivalent of nearly everyone in Springfield.

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

Rural areas lose to cities amid Illinois’ historic population loss

By Bryce Hill

08/13/2021

Chicago and other urban areas in Illinois gained people compared to the rural areas, with 87 of 102 counties losing people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

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

Beyond degrees: Empowering Illinoisans through career-first education

Published June 3, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The best path to empowerment and success, especially for poor people, is work. Work allows us to prosper while providing dignity, upward mobility, the means to support ourselves and create value for others. It’s how we become thriving members of our community. Central to this process is our education...

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