Decline and fall: Chicago loses population for third year in row

West Englewood, South Side

Decades of corruption, malfeasance, and crime have taken their well-deserved toll on Chicago.

And people are voting with their feet.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

The nation’s third-largest city lost residents for the third year in a row in 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday.

Chicago’s population stood at an estimated 2,716,450 as of July 1 last year, compared with 2,720,275 the same day in 2016. The drop in residents represents a 0.14 percent decrease over the year.

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Among cities nationwide, Chicago lost the third-most number of residents in 2017, behind only Baltimore (a loss of 5,310) and St. Louis (a loss of 4,518).

Most Cook County towns lost population too.