Though the city of Chicago has lost residents in recent years, the suburbs in Cook County have lost more, while suburbs far from the city are booming, new U.S. census estimates show. Chicago lost ...

More than 2.7 million people called Chicago home in 2024, according to the latest census numbers. That’s a decrease of 27,023 residents since April 1, 2020, but an increase of 22,164 people since 2023 ...

Chicago retained its longstanding position as the country's third-largest city despite experiencing a decline in population for yet another year, new U.S. Census Bureau data revealed. Updated numbers ...

NOTE: The video in the player above is a report from 2023. The battle over the title of third-largest city in the U.S. continues as new estimates from the Census Bureau shows a change in numbers that ...

As the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement blitz in the Chicago area, new census data show the city’s immigrant population is at its highest point in nearly two decades. An ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago’s population continued to shrink last year, but ...

While metro Chicago’s overall population has remained relatively stagnant over the last few years, it’s been a much different picture for some racial or ethnic groups, according to new population ...

Last month at the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker painted a rosy picture of Chicago and the state of Illinois. Unfortunately, data on Chicago’s population ...

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