Newly released census data show more than 5,100 Lake County residents moved to other U.S. locales last year, causing the county’s population to shrink.

Newly released census data show more than 9,100 DuPage County residents moved to other U.S. locales last year, causing the county’s population to shrink.

There are 170,000 fewer people working in Illinois since before the Great Recession.

In February 2017 Illinois surpassed its previous jobs peak from September 2000. However, long-term problems could potentially hamstring further jobs growth if left unaddressed.

Newly released census data show 89 of Illinois’ 102 counties, and most of the state’s metro areas, have shrinking populations due to out-migration.

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

Misplaced priorities in education funding have driven students out of the state and skyrocketed tuition costs.

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.

Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.