More than 87,000 people fled Illinois between 2021 and 2022, causing the state to lose nearly $10 billion in income, according to the most recent IRS data. Governor J.B. Pritzker (D.) denies that Illinois is suffering from population loss.
Between 2021 and 2022, over 264,000 people left Illinois and 177,000 moved in—a net loss of over 87,000 people, IRS records show. When a May census report showed similar results, Pritzker doubted the data, accusing the census of being inaccurate. “You should take what I’m saying as truth that actually, when we count people, it turns out we’re gaining,” the governor said in May.
Pritzker said the census missed certain people because “sometimes people are homeless and don’t get counted, or some people are just hidden and hard to get to, and they didn’t get counted. Illinois gained population.” […]
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