By: Diane Benjamin
Wall Street 24/7 issued a report yesterday showing the top 43 cities losing the most population from 2017-2022. I don’t know why 2022 was used, it should have been a little more current. https://247wallst.com/population-and-social-characteristics/2026/04/27/the-u-s-cities-losing-residents-the-fastest/
The list includes Illinois cities: Champaign-Urbana, Kankakee, Danville, Decatur. All of them were behind this one:
I’m sure Normal was included with Bloomington. 43 cities and Bloomington-Normal is number 8?
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Of course government spending hasn’t decreased.
Bloomington ‘metro area’, so includes Normal and I’d expect either McLean Country or a similar area shifted west a bit so Bloomington’s more the center.
Unemployment rate is a very bad benchmark and lacks integrity and not a good real picture of the workforce as it excludes many scenarios, data and the real picture.