New Census release: 2023 data shows counties across Illinois still losing population – Wirepoints
We reported recently how Chicago’s metro area lost population again for the third year in a row. Those same U.S. Census estimates show that population losses across the state remain widespread: 93 of Illinois’ 102 counties have experienced population loss since 2020.
Chicago area loses population for third year in a row, third-worst loss among big metros – Wirepoints
The latest 2023 Census population estimates show migration and population changes have largely returned to their pre-pandemic patterns across the country. Metro Chicago’s loss of 16,600 people is the 3rd-highest decline among the nation’s metropolitan areas. Only the Los Angeles area (down 71,000) and the New York City area (down 65,000) lost more people than Chicagoland.
The well-educated are fleeing Illinois, too – Wirepoints
Illinois’ population woes continue. Not only is Illinois’ population shrinking overall, it’s also experiencing a consistent brain-drain of well-educated adults. In 2022, Illinois experienced a net loss of 54,000 educated residents age 25 and older to other states.
Loss of 225,000 students since 2010 helps confirm Illinois is losing people – Wirepoints
Data overwhelming shows Illinois is losing population and people to other states. The Census, the IRS and several moving companies have published migration and population figures that show Illinois is shrinking. Now we can add the National Center for Education Statistics data to the pile. Their latest data shows Illinois lost nearly 225,000 public K-12 students between 2010 and 2021 – the nation’s 2nd-most behind only California.
As population woes continue, Illinois’ loss of congressional seats could accelerate – Wirepoints
Illinois’ leaders can deny the state’s population problems all they want, but a collapse in the state’s number of congressional seats is proof enough of the state’s population woes. The Brennan Center calculates the state will lose another two seats by 2030 if current trends continue.
Big red states gain, big blue states drain when it comes to 2023 population growth – A Wirepoints 50-state survey
The multi-year pattern of population growth among the nation’s big red states – and shrinkage among the big blue – continued in 2023. Texas and Florida remain a magnet for both Americans and foreigners alike. Deep-blue New York, California and Illinois, meanwhile, only drive more Americans away.
New 2023 Census estimate: Illinois’ population drops again, losses now total a quarter-million since 2020 – Wirepoints
It’s another year of population shrinkage for Illinois, the third year in a row. The latest state population estimates for 2023 were released by the US Census and Illinois’ population dropped by 32,000 between July of 2022 and June 2023.
Wirepoints featured in BBC report on political refugees moving between Illinois and Florida
After several days in Florida interviewing folks there and in Illinois, the BBC sat down with Wirepoints to complete their report. Wirepoints added some important perspective on the impact political migration has on Illinois. While some Americans may move to Illinois for its progressive policies, far more end up leaving every year due to Illinois’ poor economic competitiveness.
New 2022 Census data: Check out where Illinoisans are moving to – Wirepoints
Fresh data from the U.S. Census continues to point to the loss of Illinoisans to domestic outmigration: Illinois netted a loss of 116,000 residents to other states in 2022. Those losses are on top of the 141,000 Illinoisans that fled in 2021.
‘Illinois is growing,’ claims yet another group of political elites. It’s not true. – Wirepoints
Wirepoints has highlighted for years how Illinois’ failed public policies are driving residents out of the state. Now, in the latest attempt by Illinois’ political class to dismiss all that evidence and claim Illinois is growing, the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (IEPI) has released a new study.
It’s not just people. Illinois suffered the nation’s 3rd-worst loss of businesses in 2021. – Wirepoints
Illinois’ constant bleed of residents to other states has been well documented. Now the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data that shows businesses are leaving Illinois, too.
New Census data: Illinoisans continue to flee, but not only to Florida. Many are moving just over the border – Wirepoints
Gov. J.B. Pritzker continuously denies Illinois is losing population, but sources all keep pointing in the same direction – people are leaving Illinois for other states in record numbers. More than 146,000 net Illinoisans left for other states in 2021 and now we now know where they moved to.
No, it’s not just retirees leaving Illinois. Residents in every age and income group are fleeing. – Wirepoints
There’s no indicator quite as damning of a state’s failure to govern than the flight of its residents to other states. In Illinois’ case, the state is doubly damned, as IRS migration data shows there’s not a single group of people that the state attracts more than it repels.
State of denial: Gov. Pritzker says IRS migration data isn’t ‘migration data’ – Wirepoints
Gov. J.B. Pritzker remains in complete denial about Illinois’ population losses. This time, he’s pushing back – poorly – against data just released by the Internal Revenue Service that shows Illinois keeps losing in the battle between the states for people and their wealth.
Alternate Reality: CTBA wants Illinois estate tax expanded even as taxpayers flee – Wirepoints
Last week the progressive, public union-friendly CTBA released a detailed proposal to expand Illinois’ estate tax by lowering the “exclusion amount” thereby subjecting more Illinois estates to the tax.
New IRS migration data: New York, California, Illinois are the nation’s big losers of people and their wealth, Florida, Texas the big winners – A Wirepoints 50-state survey
Illinois, New York and California continued their streak as the nation’s biggest losers of residents and their wealth to other states, according to a Wirepoints analysis of newly-released Internal Revenue Service migration data. Texas and Florida continued to be the nation’s big winners.
The Illinois exodus continues. New IRS data shows the Prairie State is nation’s 3rd-biggest loser of people and wealth to other states – Wirepoints
A Wirepoints analysis of the Internal Revenue Service’s just-released 2020-2021 taxpayer migration data shows Illinois lost, on net, 105,000 residents and $10.9 billion in income to other states in 2020. The state ranked third-worst nationally for net resident losses.
Walmart’s flight from Chicago: ‘Corporate racism?’ Or crime, taxes and dysfunction? – Wirepoints
“Corporate racism.” “Disinvestment.” ”A broken promise.” That’s the criticism Walmart is getting from activists and politicians for its abrupt decision to close half of its Chicago stores. Perhaps Walmart would have stayed if it saw any chance of improvement in the city’s trajectory.
‘Why are so many people leaving Illinois?’ – A Sun-Times column illustrates so much that’s wrong in journalism – Wirepoints
Crime, taxes, corruption, the economy? Sorry, those words don’t even appear in the article.
The Great Re-Sort: New, National Survey Indicates Political Migration Will Soar – Wirepoints
Call it what you want – the U-Haul Revolution, the Great Re-Sort or the National Divorce – it’s underway and it’s hugely important.
Red states Texas, Florida crush blue New York, California and Illinois when it comes to 2022 population growth – A Wirepoints 50-state survey
The red states of Texas and Florida grew their populations by more than 400,000 in 2022. Their pro-growth, pro-business, pro-taxpayer policies remain a magnet for both Americans and foreigners alike. In contrast, blue states New York, California and Illinois each had their populations fall by 100,000 or more in 2022. Americans continue to flee those same three states, year after year.