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Chicago's Population Decreased Significantly in 2015
About 800,000 people left the region in 2015, U.S. Census Bureau data shows.
CHICAGO, IL - Population declined in Chicagoland last year for the first time in a quarter-century.
U.S. Census Bureau data indicates the region lost 6,263 people from the end of 2014 to the end of 2015, according to the Chicago Tribune. The loss was the highest among large regions nationwide, with San Diego suffering the second biggest decline.
The last time the yearly total had declined from the year before in Chicago was 1990.
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Taking away those who moved to the “Chicago-Naperville-Elgin” region and births, a total of 80,000 residents moved out of the region, which includes some towns in Indiana and Wisconsin.
The total population in the state of Illinois also declined for the second year in a row.
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