[SeekAndFind]

Two Illinois cities, Rockford and Decatur, are among the fastest-shrinking cities in the country, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, part of an ongoing trend of Midwestern cities losing residents while cities across the Southwest and West continue to grow.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Midwestern cities [Under Socialist Democrat Rule] continue to lose population. Two of the fastest-shrinking are in Illinois."

Fixed! I fled Dane County, WI and 'The People's Republik of Madistan' five years ago. Should've left Dane County MUCH sooner!

[2banana]

Headline should be “Long term controlled democrat cities losing population...”

[allendale]

Chinese refugees from Hong Kong could save Chicago. That would be Mayor Daley’s legacy for subverting the 1960 election.

[Maudeen]

Probably most are taking with them their liberal values that will change the face of more conservative areas.

[EVO X]

Decatur, in central Illinois about 40 miles east of Springfield, has lost 7.1% of its population since the 2010 census,

I suspect most of that is related to reductions of workforce and plant closings by CAT....

[rhinohunter]

Want to fix Illinois?
Just remove Chicago and East St. Louis and you’ll have an economic powerhouse red state...

[sheehan]

NAFTA and China’s entry into the WTO (supported by Sleepy Joe) devastated much of the midwest

[Jim Noble]

The correct comparison is not “run by libs” or “democrats”, the correct metric is “increase in minority population”.

Whites everywhere are moving away from blacks and Hispanics. And when the blacks and Hispanics follow them, they move again.

In 2000, Rockford was 17.29% black and 10% Hispanic (27.29%). In 2020, Rockford is 21.2% black and 18.4% Hispanic (39.6%).

Ovder the same time, the population of Burlington VT has increased by >10% - and so has the population of Portland OR - and there are no more wretched hives of leftist scum and villany that those two Whitopias.

[desertfreedom765]

In the era of mass immigration it takes a real (negative) talent to lose that much population.