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Originally Posted by left of center
Wow, that's great! That will be a huge boost to downstate! With most Illinois counties losing population, here is to hoping we can keep these downstate cities alive. Bloomington-Normal and Champaign-Urbana seem to be the two that will fair the best in the coming decades with U of I and ISU anchoring them.
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I don't know if Illinois is looking into any creative ways to add population. But something it can consider, and somewhat topical at the moment, is more resettlement of refugees who have been a source of people for communities, including some that understood the economic benefit. From the lists I have seen, Illinois is not even a top-10 state for resettlement. Of course, we aren't talking massive numbers of people, but with an Administration looking to at least raise the ceiling (though not likely to the 200k annual number decades ago), there will be an influx into some parts of the country. Bloomberg article from 2.5 yrs ago talked about some examples of areas with population loss:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rinking-cities