Illinois continues to lose residents to other states. Another Illinoisan left every 9 minutes and 21 seconds from July 2023 to June 2024.

Illinois loses a resident every 9 minutes and 21 seconds to another state, according to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Illinois lost a total of 56,235 residents to other states from July 2023 to June 2024. That’s more than the entire population of Oak Lawn.
There were 11,012 more births than deaths in Illinois, and the state got a massive boost of 112,955 from international migrants – nearly 10 times more than what the state received in 2021 and almost five times what the state gained on average from 2010-2020 before the pandemic.
While some, such as Gov. J.B. Pritzker, misconstrued this data to suggest Illinois had finally bucked its near decade-long trend of population decline, his interpretation ignores the fundamental realities of Illinois’ population trends. Illinois’ population is likely to resume declining because residents are fleeing to other states where they can better prosper.
The city has been the center of heated political debate between public leaders and residents over financial and other resources being used for newcomers after local minority and low-income residents have said their needs have been neglected for decades.
(ILLINOIS POLICY)