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Originally Posted by PKDickman
What data did you use, and did it account for natural increase?
Typically we see 20,000-21,000 more births than deaths in the city.
Depending on how it is factored in, we either hung on to 1000 of them of actually lost 40,000 native Illinoisans.
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It's from the 1 year ACS. It accounts for anything. It just means for example there were 15,000+ more foreign born people in Chicago in 2015 versus 2014.
There's also mobility data for people 1+ years old taking into their home a year prior. Of course in every city, the vast majority of people did not move compared to a year prior. Funny thing about Chicago is that there were slightly more people living abroad a year prior who moved to Chicago in 2015 than the amount of people who lived in Illinois but outside of Cook County a year prior and moved to Chicago.
People often, even here, talk about how much Chicago is a draw for people to move to from the Midwest. This is pretty much true of any city - it's always going to be a draw for people inside of that region. I wanted to find out how Chicago stacks up against the other 9 largest US cities in drawing people from OUTSIDE of its region. I.e. For Chicago, what percentage of people were living outside of the midwest a year prior who then moved to Chicago? Here you go:
1. San Diego (West): 3.69%
2. Houston (South): 3.2%
3. San Jose (West): 2.58%
4. Dallas (South): 2.25%
5. Chicago (Midwest): 2.14%
6. Philadelphia (Northeast): 2.07%
7. San Antonio (South): 1.96%
8. NYC (Northeast): 1.92%
9. Los Angeles (West): 1.89%
10. Phoenix (West): 1.80%
As a percentage of only people who moved anywhere (including in own city):
1. San Diego: 21.84%
2. San Jose: 20.44%
3. NYC: 19.20%
4. Houston: 16.69%
5. Los Angeles: 15.08%
6. Philadelphia: 14.75%
7. Chicago: 14%
8. Dallas: 12.78%
9. Phoenix: 10.44%
10. San Antonio: 10.03%
Percentage of people who moved from another country (from total number of people):
1. Houston: 3.20%
2. San Diego: 1.78%
3. San Jose: 1.65%
4. NYC: 1.06%
5. Dallas: 1.03%
6. Chicago: 0.90%
7. Los Angeles: 0.83%
8. Philadelphia: 0.79%
9. San Antonio: 0.57%
10. Phoenix: 0.47%