Cook County, the second largest county in the U.S., experienced a population decline of over 24,000 residents last year, despite an increase in international immigrants. The census data also reveals that Chicago's home county has lost over 188,000 residents since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
Despite an influx of international immigrants, Cook County bucked a broader post-pandemic trend and continued to lose population last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday. The Vintage 2023 estimates show Cook County remains the second largest county in the U.S. at nearly 5.1 million residents, but its population fell by more than 24,000 last year, the fourth largest decline among all counties.
Los Angeles County, the nation’s largest, lost more than 56,000 residents, followed by Kings, Queens and Bronx counties in New York. Chicago’s home county has lost more than 188,000 residents since the start of the pandemic in 2020, according to the census population estimates. Led by continued domestic migration in the South, more counties saw population increases than losses across the U.S. in 2023, with Midwest counties tipping to positive growth for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020, the survey showe
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