While the U.S. population returned to a pre-pandemic growth trajectory this year, Illinois was one of eight states to see its numbers decline, a new 2023 census report showed. Illinois lost 32,826 ...

Illinois saw a decrease in new residents between July 2020 and July 2023, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau recently released its vintage population totals ...

Illinois officials say that the state actually gained residents between 2010 and 2020 after the U.S. Census Bureau undertook a review of data in recent months. According to a press release from ...

CHICAGO — According to U.S. Census Bureau data, Illinois’ population dropped for the ninth year in a row. Data from a recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows Illinois is the sixth most populous state ...

A number of Illinois communities shrank in population throughout a recent one-year period, while some saw little to no change and others experienced sizable growth. U.S. Census Bureau 2023 population ...

Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire ...

Illinois’ population of young people is dwindling, an editorial from the Chicago Tribune warned. "A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential — not just economically, but in civic energy, ...