New Census data: 75% of Illinois cities shrank last year, Chicago population drop nation’s 3rd-worst – Wirepoints
It was another year of population losses for Chicago and the overwhelming majority of Illinois cities in 2023. Chicago’s population loss of 8,208 was the nation’s third-largest in the country, behind only New York and Philadelphia’s.
This is going on all over the state to varying degrees. Home are nothing but ATM machines for all the taxing bodies regardless if you are underwater or paid off entirely.