Originally Posted by marothisu
The 2015 5 Year American Community Survey data is out from the US Census, which means being able to estimate some things by Community Area. I did some of the population changes from 2014 to 2015 by Community Area.
Here's some highlights:
* The greater downtown area is estimated to have grown 7455 people between 2014 and 2015 (Near North, Near South, Near West, and Loop) or a growth of 3.8% in 1 year. If you compare it to 2010, then it's estimated to have grown 17,284 people, or 9.3% growth in 5 years.
* 13 community areas that lost population between 2010 and 2014 gained population between 2014 and 2015. Those were Uptown, South Lawndale, Washington Park, Hermosa, Avondale, Humboldt Park, Mount Greenwood, East Garfield Park, Edison Park, South Shore, Calumet Heights, Montclare, Brighton Park. 5 of those community areas have gained enough between 2014 and 2015 to now have a net gain between 2010 and 2015.
* Austin lost enough people where Lakeview is now the most populous community area of town.
* 23 community areas that gained population between 2010 and 2014 lost population between 2014 and 2015. Those were Dunning, Oakland, Ashburn, Riverdale, McKinley Park, Chatham, Beverly, Morgan Park, North Center, O'Hare, South Deering, Norwood Park, West Pullman, Greater Grand Crossing, Kenwood, Rogers Park, Archer Heights, West Lawn, Chicago Lawn, West Ridge, Albany Park, West Garfield Park, and Austin. HOWEVER, 14 of those areas still have populations that are greater than 2010, even with a loss between 2014 and 2015.
Sorted by the change in population descending. The total people column is the 2015 population. The population change figure is from 2014 to 2015.
1. Near West Side | 61768 total people | 2869 pop. change (people) | 4.87% change
2. The Loop | 33442 | 2800 | 9.14%
3. Bridgeport | 33939 | 2000 | 6.26%
4. Near North Side | 85711 | 1406 | 1.67%
5. West Town | 85582 | 1263 | 1.5%
6. Lincoln Square | 40671 | 1124 | 2.84%
7. Uptown | 55137 | 1075 | 1.99%
8. Lincoln Park | 66959 | 1008 | 1.53%
9. Woodlawn | 26446 | 995 | 3.91%
10. South Lawndale | 73826 | 945 | 1.3%
11. Douglas | 20323 | 893 | 4.6%
12. Garfield Ridge | 35632 | 889 | 2.56%
13. Gage Park | 41202 | 821 | 2.03%
14. Washington Heights | 27116 | 681 | 2.58%
15. Hermosa | 25489 | 653 | 2.63%
16. Avondale | 39721 | 604 | 1.54%
17. Clearing | 24962 | 510 | 2.09%
18. Humboldt Park | 55011 | 496 | 0.91%
19. Logan Square | 74549 | 494 | 0.67%
20. Washington Park | 12081 | 434 | 3.73%
21. Mount Greenwood | 18783 | 426 | 2.32%
22. Portage Park | 64846 | 419 | 0.65%
23. East Garfield Park | 20665 | 394 | 1.94%
24. North Park | 18442 | 384 | 2.13%
25. Near South Side | 22401 | 380 | 1.73%
26. Edison Park | 11356 | 363 | 3.3%
27. South Shore | 49155 | 339 | 0.69%
28. Calumet Heights | 13732 | 332 | 2.48%
29. Jefferson Park | 27264 | 289 | 1.07%
30. Lake View | 98212 | 244 | 0.25%
31. Grand Boulevard | 22750 | 219 | 0.97%
32. Hyde Park | 26893 | 188 | 0.7%
33. Armour Square | 14007 | 157 | 1.13%
34. Belmont Cragin | 79210 | 141 | 0.18%
35. Montclare | 12973 | 133 | 1.04%
36. East Side | 23817 | 78 | 0.33%
37. Brighton Park | 44202 | 72 | 0.16%
38. Irving Park | 56520 | 30 | 0.05%
39. West Elsdon | 19192 | 27 | 0.14%
40. Burnside | 2601 | -17 | -0.65%
41. Dunning | 43025 | -28 | -0.07%
42. Forest Glen | 18437 | -41 | -0.22%
43. Oakland | 6422 | -51 | -0.79%
44. Ashburn | 42752 | -57 | -0.13%
45. Fuller Park | 2457 | -86 | -3.38%
46. Riverdale | 7090 | -100 | -1.39%
47. McKinley Park | 16336 | -113 | -0.69%
48. Chatham | 31359 | -134 | -0.43%
49. Beverly | 20815 | -187 | -0.89%
50. Morgan Park | 29113 | -187 | -0.64%
51. North Center | 34623 | -192 | -0.55%
52. O'Hare | 22015 | -224 | -1.01%
53. South Deering | 15305 | -265 | -1.7%
54. Avalon Park | 9813 | -285 | -2.82%
55. North Lawndale | 35276 | -347 | -0.97%
56. Hegewisch | 8952 | -386 | -4.13%
57. Norwood Park | 41479 | -388 | -0.93%
58. West Pullman | 31490 | -388 | -1.22%
59. Edgewater | 54873 | -403 | -0.73%
60. South Chicago | 28095 | -455 | -1.59%
61. Pullman | 6501 | -469 | -6.73%
62. Greater Grand Crossing | 32346 | -503 | -1.53%
63. New City | 41083 | -515 | -1.24%
64. Lower West Side | 34410 | -569 | -1.63%
65. Kenwood | 17601 | -616 | -3.38%
66. Rogers Park | 54402 | -651 | -1.18%
67. Archer Heights | 13293 | -705 | -5.04%
68. West Lawn | 32749 | -728 | -2.17%
69. Chicago Lawn | 55551 | -742 | -1.32%
70. West Ridge | 72211 | -808 | -1.11%
71. Albany Park | 52079 | -851 | -1.61%
72. West Garfield Park | 17733 | -1152 | -6.1%
73. Englewood | 26121 | -1176 | -4.31%
74. Roseland | 42505 | -1762 | -3.98%
75. Auburn Gresham | 45842 | -1769 | -3.72%
76. Austin | 97643 | -2068 | -2.07%
77. West Englewood | 32156 | -2116 | -6.17%
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