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Originally Posted by moorhosj1
2020 Census had Chicago at: 2,746,352
2020 Census correction had Illinois under-counted by 250,000. Let's say 50% of this is in Chicago (likely more due to who was under-counted), so we add 125k.
2020 UPDATED Census has Chicago at roughly: 2,871,352
Add 30,000 Ukrainian refugees to the area. Let's just assume 25k are in Chicago.
Post-Ukrainian War refugees Chicago population: 2,896,352
Now we add in the 25,000 Venezuelan refugees to the area. Let's say 20k are in Chicago.
Current Chicago population: 2,916,352.
This doesn't include the upwardly mobile professionals the discussion started with, but gives a rough view. Could we hit 3 million by 2030?
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This is absolutely not unreasonable. As an immigrant myself, I was fortunate enough to have a family+community that earnestly embraced assimilation because they knew that what was possible in the US was far and away better than what they left...and even though the culture and history they left behind never went away, they always looked forward, not back. Immigrants made America and will continue to do so in the future, but it will only be successful if clear, concise, easy and efficient methods of assimilation into US society are available.