Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois.

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.

IRS data show the average income of taxpayers leaving Illinois surpassed the average income of taxpayers entering the state by $20,000 in 2014, a record loss for Illinois in the wake of the 2011 income-tax hike.

Illinois’ out-migration of younger workers should concern lawmakers and urge them to pass pro-growth reforms.

Illinois’ 2011 income-tax hike caused out-migration that cost the state high-earning taxpayers. New IRS data show taxpayers who left had an average income of $77,000 per year, compared with taxpayers who entered Illinois, who had an average income of $57,000 per year.

The divergence between professional and blue-collar work continued in September, and a shrinking workforce coincided with steady seasonal out-migration.

Chicagoans’ strong demand for one-way moves to Houston, Texas, and to Naples, Fla., is driving up moving-truck rental costs.