Statewide, the population has dropped 0.9% since 2020, driven mainly by losses of 2% to 5% in a number of western and southern counties. Champaign County was an exception, with a significant ...

It’s not the first time that parts of the state have considered breaking off from the Chicago ... County is the first suburban county to join the movement and the largest so far, with a ...

This comprehensive study of the Jewish population of Metropolitan Chicago, sponsored by the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF), was conducted with NORC at the ...