Chicago’s population has decreased to 1920s levels, with residents leaving the city for surrounding suburbs. Despite this, it remains the third largest city in the US, with a majority of minorities and a history of immigration.
Chicago’s population has declined to what it was in the 1920s. Although Cook County, where Chicago is located, remains the most populous county in Illinois, Chicagoans appear to be leaving the city itself and moving to the surrounding suburbs. Despite the population decline, Chicago remains the third largest city in the United States, behind New York and Los Angeles.
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Chicago remains largely dominated by minorities, with African Americans and Hispanics making up more than half of the population. Demographically, more than half of the people who said African Americans are the ones moving out of town in the greatest numbers.
Chicago has been known as a city for immigrants since the 1920s and it continues to live up to that reputation: More than a fifth of Chicago residents were born in another country.
In the second half of the 1800s, Chicago’s population grew faster than almost any other city in the world, growing from about 4,000 people in 1840 to more than a million in 1890.
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