Here's what to know about the Illinois counties with the greatest percentage loss of residents, as well as population trends ...

Two metro-east counties were among the 15 in the state to gain population from 2020 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census ...

Efforts to overhaul Cook County’s property tax system largely fizzled out in the Illinois state legislature this session.

Cook County as a whole from 2020-2023 lost ... “For the last decade, the narrative that Illinois is losing population was fed, by what turned out to be, inaccurate annual preliminary estimates ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cook County’s population loss is second only ... During the pandemic, it jumped to over 1%. Illinois as a whole experienced a 0.8% population decline ...

“When people want to lay the uptick in the jail population ... Cook County Jail in Chicago on April 16, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Matthew McLoughlin, campaign coordinator for the ...

Cook County added 40,095 residents, also an increase of 0.8%, to almost 5.2 million. Census data shows Illinois population is growing again Who's moving in and out of Chicago? Fed trackers reveal ...

Illinois sets the 2024 property tax equalization factor for Cook County at 3.0355 to ensure equitable tax assessment.

ILLINOIS – Should Cook County, home to Chicago and sprawling ... Some claim that Chicago’s dense population drives the state’s politics, clashing with the priorities downstate voters.

The counties, which are largely in central and southern Illinois, have expressed frustration by the “dominance” of Chicago in Cook County, a Democrat stronghold. The population of Illinois is ...

with a population of 265,000. An organization called New Illinois has been pursuing the formation of a new state, “separate from the current State of Illinois, Urban Cook County and Chicago ...