WASHINGTON, D.C. – The good news: the Census Bureau says the national population made a slight tick upward in 2022.
The bad news: not in Illinois.
Statistics released last week by the Census Bureau has the national population estimated to be 333,287,557 — an increase of four tenths of one percent, after what they say was a historically low rate of change between 2020 and 2021.
In Illinois, the population is estimated to be 12,582,032 — a drop of approximately 230,000 from April of 2020, and of 104,000 from last year.
No reason is given, and the Census Bureau says Illinois is still the sixth most populous state in the union.
More specific local population data has not been released.
(U.S. Census Bureau)
