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.
What’s really concerning in that article is the report that documents can now be notarized remotely, thru the Secretary of State’s office. I guess that’s because computers aren’t sophisticated enough to fake images and voices, and there are never any scandals involving the Secretary of State.