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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tracking the Great Escape from Cook County and Illinois

Courtesy of Mish.

Cook County Illinois has the largest population loss of any county in the nation. Chicago represents just over half of the population of Cook County.

Here is a graph I put together of the “Great Escape” from Illinois.

Highlights

  • Between 2013 and 2016 the population of Illinois fell by 77,966. The population of Cook County fell by 36,739.
  • Between 2001 and 2016 the population of Illinois rose by 313,084. The population of Cook County fell by 122,759.
  • Starting in 2013, the “great escape” is in roughly equal numbers from Cook County and the rest of the state.

Job Highlights

On July 23 I noted Eight States Including Illinois Have Not Recovered Jobs Lost in Prior Recessions. The states are Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wyoming.

Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan are still below employment levels set in 2000. Here is a new chart I created comparing Illinois to Michigan and Ohio.

At least Illinois is not last in every category.


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