New census data shows Illinois ranked 48th in the U.S. for new single-family home permits during the past decade.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.