Illinois’ rich millennials are moving to other states

06/23/2019

Youthful wealth, energy and talent that could help Illinois recover is leaving the state at the nation’s second-highest rate. State leaders’ thirst for new taxes will make the problem worse.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, jobs, millennials, outmigration, progressive income tax, property taxes, taxes

Prime working-age Illinoisans leading the state’s population decline

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Suman Chattopadhyay

06/21/2018

The current and future workforce is shrinking in Illinois, but growing across the U.S. Making the Prairie State more attractive for families seeking to work and invest is key to fixing this problem.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, population, U.S. Census Bureau, unemployment

Wisconsin badgers Illinois millennials to hop the state border

By Vincent Caruso

01/12/2018

A new ad campaign by the Badger State digs into millennials’ growing disillusion with the Land of Lincoln.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, population, Wisconsin

It’s Illinois’ birthday! Hey, wait … come back

By Austin Berg

12/07/2017

Illinois’ exodus of people and money is the state’s most pressing policy problem. Until lawmakers get serious about addressing its causes, there’s little reason to think the trend will change.

TAGS: income tax, IRS: Internal Revenue Service, millennials, outmigration, population, property taxes, taxes

The march of the millennials – out of Illinois

By Austin Berg

09/07/2017

Illinois lost as many as 37,000 millennials on net every year from 2011 through 2014 for a total net loss of as many as 148,000 millennials.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, population

Millennials could be key to Illinois’ housing recovery – but they are fleeing the state

By Madelyn Harwood

07/11/2017

Illinois loses more millennial taxpayers and dependents to other states than any state except New York.

TAGS: housing, millennials, outmigration, population, property taxes

College students were fleeing Illinois long before the budget impasse

By Michael Lucci

05/25/2017

Illinois lost 195,000 more college-bound students than it gained from 2000-2014.

TAGS: higher education, millennials, outmigration

Illinois has lost 195,000 millennial college students since 2000

By Madelyn Harwood

05/23/2017

Illinois lost more millennial college students than any other state except New Jersey between 2000 and 2014, and Illinois’ loss of young people appears to be accelerating.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, population

Illinois lost 80,000 millennials between 2011-2015

By Madelyn Harwood

11/22/2016

Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, U.S. Census Bureau

Illinois lost more than 30,000 millennials on net in 2014

By Madelyn Harwood

11/06/2016

Illinois’ out-migration of younger workers should concern lawmakers and urge them to pass pro-growth reforms.

TAGS: jobs, millennials, outmigration