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.
The article doesn’t say where they got their numbers from, but they seem suspicious to me. While B-N’s growth numbers have been largely flat over the past decade, the 2020 census showed an increase over the 2010 census for both towns. The 2024 census estimates showed a very modest increase over the 2020 census. I am not aware of any population loss, let alone 15,000. My guess is that this was an AI generated article with some errors.
Illinois, one of the worst states to call home. Who would have guessed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-15-worst-states-to-call-home-according-to-americans/ss-AA1ZaNGC?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69f15e5490134492833805756d03b144&ei=28#image=17