By Alex Gary
According to census estimates, Winnebago County is believed to have lost 3,000 residents from 2010 to 2012, and Boone County has shrunk by 200. Chicago and its suburbs are growing. Cook County has gained more than 30,000 people the past two years; Kane and DuPage counties have added more than 16,000.
The fact that the Rockford area has lost population after an economic downturn is not unique. In the 1980s, when the local jobless rate reached 20 percent, the area’s population took a significant hit.
The Rockford School District closed 16 schools between 1981 and 1987, and the Harlem School District closed two.
Eventually, the population trends turned positive. Podemski believes that will happen this time, too.
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