Views of downtown Los Angeles and downtown Chicago. (halbergman / Getty Images; Ihongfoto / Getty Images)
By The Washington Stand April 25, 2026 at 11:22am
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Cook County, Illinois – home to Chicago and numerous suburbs – is losing population as individuals and families seek safer, more prosperous locales, and in the process, take with them billions of dollars in taxable income, according to IRS data analyzed by Open the Books (OTB).
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