So the census bureau released 2024 metro area estimates today, and they say Chicagoland reversed course last year and added ~71K people, with 40K of that in Cook County.
Which I guess is good from a PR and media narrative perspective, but we all know ridiculous CB estimates are.
But the best part is the Illinois Policy Institute's contortions to spin it negative, which basically boils down to:
"
Well, like, ok....... so Chicagoland actually grew by 71 thousand people according to the census bureau....... but, but, but........ it was like...... all brown people...... so, ya know....... that's still not like......... good......... man."
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chica...8k-since-2020/
What sad fucking clowns.
