CHICAGO — Why are people leaving Chicago?
The Census Bureau released data recently showing Cook County — the second-largest U.S. county — lost 10,488 residents in 2015.
The county's population now stands at 5,248,704, which is still a lot of people, though the city's ranking as third-largest faces a threat in Houston. Houston's Harris County grew by a whopping 90,451 people. (In sports terms, that's the United Center filled about 4½ times.)
We still don't have city-specific figures from the latest Census report, but Chicago itself grew by only 82 people from 2013 to 2014.
People have blamed weather, taxes, crime and the impasse in Springfield for choosing to leave the city behind. But we want to know what you think: Why are people leaving Chicago? Is there anything that can be done to help Chicago's population grow?
