Ted joined Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur to talk about Illinois’ dismal 2022 Census results, why residents are fleeing this state, why Florida and Texas gained hundreds of thousands of people, and the worries that migrants might bring their politics to the states they are moving to.
To listen, click on Thursday, December 29, 2022 Podcast Hour 2
Read more from Wirepoints:
- The Great Re-Sort: New, National Survey Indicates Political Migration Will Soar
- Thirty years of pain: Illinoisans suffer as property tax bills grow far faster than household incomes, home values
- Red states Texas, Florida crush blue New York, California and Illinois when it comes to 2022 population growth – A Wirepoints 50-state survey
- New 2022 Census data: Illinois’ population down another 104,000, nation’s 3rd-worst drop
- DeSantis’s Florida blows away entire country in competition for people and their wealth
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Will the many illegal immigrants ending up in IL be counted for future counts of IL’s population? If so, that’s another way to downplay IL’s population loss.
yes, they are counted. This was something trump tried to stop during his presidency, but was unsuccessful. So places with lots of Illegal immigrants get more representation in congress than states with fewer illegal immigrants.
Many people fleeing Illinois are ashamed to tell anyone where they are from. Can you blame them?