Illinois Still Shrinking

Kind of like Porkulous, but without the GLP-1 assistance:

• Illinois is on pace to lose its second congressional seat because of population loss under Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

  Since Pritzker was elected in 2018, Illinois has lost more than 168,000 residents. In a recent poll of Illinois voters, more than half said they would leave the state if given the opportunity.

  Of those who would leave, almost 69% cited taxes as a top one or two issue facing Illinois. In 2024, 95% of those leaving Illinois fled to states with lower tax burdens.

  Pritzker entered office as Illinois was already struggling with outmigration. He identified reversing it as a goal in his 2019 economic plan. Nearly eight years later, that has not happened.

It might have something to do with the 61 or 63 separate tax increases signed by Fata$$ over the past couple of years.

Every single state that borders Illinois (Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana), not to mention Michigan has experienced population growth. 

The ONLY state in the entire Midwest that is shrinking is Illinois. It ain't the weather. It certainly isn't the sports teams. And it isn't just democrats - Minnesota gained as much population as Illinois lost. It's taxes and business-unfriendly environs.