By: Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner | Wirepoints
Fresh estimate data released by the Census Bureau Thursday shows the continued loss of Illinoisans due to domestic out-migration: Illinois netted a loss of 93,247 residents to other states in 2023. Those losses are on top of the net 116,000 and 141,000 Illinoisans who fled in 2022 and 2021, respectively.
203,758 residents moved into Illinois from other states, while 297,005 Illinoisans left for other states, resulting in the net loss of the 93,247 residents.
Illinois’ losses were the nation’s third-worst, only behind California and New York with net losses of 268,052 and 178,709, respectively.
Unsurprisingly, Texas and Florida were the two big net winners, gaining 133,372 and 126,008, respectively.
Illinois’ out-migration numbers compare poorly to its neighbors. Indiana had a net gain of nearly 30,000 residents in 2023, the 7th-best intake in the country. Wisconsin and Kentucky both had a net intake of about 14,000 residents. Missouri gained 8,100 net domestic migrants, while Iowa ended up with a net decline of about 1,900 people.
The only neighbor to suffer major losses was Michigan, with net out-migration totaling over 20,000 in 2023.
The new Census data also shows which states Illinoisans moved to, and from, across the country.
Illinois was a net loser of residents to 36 different states in 2023, resulting in a net out-migration of 103,000 residents. On the flip side, Illinois was a net winner of residents from just 13 states, with a net in-migration totaling just 8,600 residents.
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