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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ A lot going on there.
Nearly all of the loss of Mexicans is being made up for from immigrants from Central and South America. I wonder if they are headed to Chicago or to suburbs like Cicero, etc?
Also, the loss in Indians is alarming. Is the decline also happening in Chicago or is it mostly occurring from Cook County suburbs?
Indians typically gravitate to the burbs but I’m still surprised that Cook County is seeing a decline since much of the County consists of suburbs. Are they simply moving further out to Lake, Dupage, Will County, etc or leaving the region altogether?
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Unfortunately a lot of data is not available. Cook County is really the only county in Illinois available that you can compare the same studies for 2019 and 2018.
For Indians there's probably a few explanations. One is that they could be moving into other suburbs outside of Cook County. No idea though because that data isn't available yet. Another reason has to do with many Indian IT consultants - I have worked with many of them who have worked/lived everywhere from the Bay Area to Chicago to NYC to Bentonville, AR. The third explanation is visa rules are causing many to go back to India as the percentage of visa rejections, even for a simple visa transfer, has gone way up in the last 2-3 years. And speaking from personal experience on this - it's hurt my company, which is one of the largest American companies (NOT a tech company - but many tech workers). Anyway, not to get too political..
Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose) lost even more India-born people than Cook County in the same time period. Harris County, TX (Houston) and Alameda County, CA (SF) lost over 5500 each. Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix) was the big winner at almost +9400. The Los Angeles area also gained nearly 5000.
Can't know for certain though with Chicago area until the other counties have data. That will come either next month or December.
In "honor" of the top group for Chicago (China), this is how it compares to some other counties in the country for 2018 to 2019:
Orange County, CA (LA): +8286 people
Fairfax County, VA (DC): +7171 people
Cook County, IL (Chicago): +7001 people
Brooklyn, NY (NYC): +6444 people
Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose): +6356 people
King County, WA (Seattle): +4768 people
Philadelphia County, PA (Philadelphia): +3658 people
Broward County, FL (Miami): +2878 people
Manhattan, NY (NYC): +1478 people
Dallas County, TX (Dallas): +1392 people
Clark County, NV (Las Vegas): +1280 people
Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix): +564 people
Alameda County, CA (SF): +528 people
Montgomery County, MD (DC): +132 people
Riverside County, CA (Riverside, CA): -38 people
San Diego County, CA (San Diego): -884 people
Bergen County, NJ (NYC): -947 people
Harris County, TX (Houston): -1176 people
Palm Beach County, FL (Miami): -1292 people
Nassau County, NY (NYC): -1421 people
Westchester County, NY (NYC): 1514 people
Queens, NY (NYC): -1745 people
Middlesex County, MA (Boston): -1922 people
Miami-Dade County, FL (Miami): -3518 people
Contra Costa County, CA (SF): -3727 people
San Mateo County, CA (SF): -7133 people
Los Angeles County, CA (LA): -13,816 people
The city of San Francisco lost 13,460 people born in China from 2017 to 2019.