Crain's Chicago Business reports:
What today's data dump by the Census Bureau reveals most tellingly about Illinois is that it had the lowest growth population rate in the Midwest: Its 3.3% was well below the national average of 9.7%.
That was the slowest growth rate the state has seen since 1910 — except for the 1990 census, when there was no growth at all.
There's more:
Nationally, Illinois ranked 42nd in growth, below every other Midwest state except Michigan, which lost 0.6% — the only state to lose ground. Wisconsin grew 6.0%, Indiana 6.6% and Kentucky 7.4%, with all three bordering states keeping the same number of congressional seats.
Why didn't Barack Obama want to reform Illinois before running for President?
