Has White Flight Reached Chicago’s Suburbs?
While Chicago’s white population has grown since 2010, it’s declined by more than 220,000 in the suburbs, new census data shows.
While Chicago’s white population has grown since 2010, it’s declined by more than 220,000 in the suburbs, new census data shows.
The U.S. Census Bureau began mailing test forms this week to 480,000 American households, half with a citizenship question and half without.
Chicago neighborhoods near downtown are booming while several South and West side communities continue to lose population.
The decline in Chicago’s immigrant population is steepest among Latino immigrants, especially Mexican-born residents.
The fastest-growing racial group in Chicago and Illinois is slowly beginning to chip away at barriers that have limited its political voice.
Chicago’s population declined again in 2018. But some parts of the city are growing while others are losing population rapidly.
Ameya Pawar, the first and only Asian American to serve on Chicago’s City Council, leaves office after eight years.
Households with immigrants that don’t participate in the census could include citizens who would also go uncounted.
A local Muslim civil rights group says that trend is mirrored in Chicago and its suburbs.
Experts cite a lack of federal funding, access to adequate health care and cultural sensitivity for the rising rates and wide disparities.