census

Turns out people spent the last decade moving out of Illinois.

With a loss of over 100,000 residents in the last 9 years, and a steady population decrease over the last 5 years, 2020's census will probably cost us a seat.

New figures released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau show Rockford's population is declining at a rate surpassed by only a handful of cities across the country.
Officials estimate the number of people living in Rockford has fallen from 153,054 in 2010 to 149,123 in 2014...