Hundreds of thousands of people haven’t been leaving Illinois over the past few years. 

The population loss that was being talked about in the state really wasn’t all that bad. US Census data shows the state has less than 20,000 fewer people today than 10 years ago. Governor JB Pritzker says too many were listening to the drumbeat of a few who wanted to constantly drag down the state.

Illinois is now the sixth-largest state, Pennsylvania moved past Illinois to become the fifth-largest state.