Official US 2010 Census Results

[ill ind]

  So I take a look at the data for Illinois released today:

  Big shocker:  Non Hispanic population -.8%
                       Hispanic population +32.5%

  If it weren't for Hispanics, our state's population wuold have been sunk.

Ill Ind

[ill ind]

Chicago demolished a ton of its public housing---50,000 units or something---so that probably played a large role in this... Still, 17% is hard to comprehend. Maybe Muon2 will give us an answer


  Chicago esentially demolished all of its high-rise public housing.  Some low-rise row house type remains, although alot of that has been or is being demolished as well.
  The residents are given vouchers to use wherever they want--places that will take them anyways.  Yes, a portion of the public housing population has left Chicago for the suburbs including the one in which I reside.

Ill_Ind