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U.S. gift, novelty and souvenir stores report $522 million in sales for May
The estimated sales for gift, novelty and souvenir stores for May 2020 was $522 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.
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Illinois among 3 states that lost population in past decade, census figures show
Illinois’ population dropped by 18,124 from 2010 to 2020, a reduction of 0.1 percent, according to new data released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Illinois homeschooling rate more than doubled during coronavirus crisis in 2020
The share of Illinois households involved in homeschooling went from 2.1 percent as the pandemic ramped up at the end of April 2020 to 5.4 percent at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, the Census Bureau reported.
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Monroe, McHenry, Kendall counties tops in Illinois for self-reporting census data, study finds
The percentage of households in Monroe County that self-responded in the Census Bureau’s 2020 count of the U.S. population hit 82.9 percent, the highest rate among the 102 Illinois counties, the federal agency reported.
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New Illinois business filings highest in Pope, Pulaski and Menard counties, Census Bureau finds
Pope, Pulaski and Menard counties posted the highest percentage increases in Illinois business applications last year when compared with 2018, according to data released this month from the Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics (BFS).
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Residents and visitors to Illinois paid $39.9 billion in taxes in 2018
Illinois collected $39.9 billion in taxes in 2018, a 4.9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Breen: Who will be left to pay off state's historic 'spending spree?'
Illinois House candidate Peter Breen (R-Lombard) fears that new data from the U.S. Census Bureau tying a $32 billion loss to outmigration over the past decade may be only part of a script that is becoming more tragic every day.
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Illinois’ recent rate of population loss was 3rd highest in U.S.
Illinois’ rate of population decline between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, was the third highest among the 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.