Is the state losing population or are the numbers out of the US Census as unreliable as in the past?

The US Census released updated county population estimates weeks ago and those indicate population loss in 92 of 102 counties – showing the state lost more than 100,000 citizens.

The Census was wrong when it released estimates in 2020 that the state had lost 240,000 residents in the previous decade – the census count in 2021 indicated the state had only shrunk by 18,000 people and then Census came back in 2022 and did a final check of the numbers and said the state had in fact added 250,000 people. The continued miss counting by the Census Bureau has the attention of members of the Illinois Congressional delegation and has irked once again Governor JB Pritzker.

With 13 million people in the state – Illinois is at the largest it’s ever been.