The exodus from Illinois continues. A new report by the Illinois Policy Institute shows Illinois suffered population loss among all eight Illinois-based metro areas and 87 of Illinois’ 102 counties from July 2022 to July 2023. Bryce Hill is the director of Fiscal and Economic Research for IPI.
Hill says the latest numbers are not an abomination.
Cook County experienced the nation’s second-largest county population drop, with more than 58-thousand residents moving out of the county. According to the data, of Illinoisans who leave the state, 97 percent moved to lower-tax states in 2022.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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