More and more people are leaving Illinois.
In fact, Illinois had the sharpest population decline in the nation this decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The state lost about 51,000 residents last year and more than 159,000 over the past 10 years.
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This is the sixth consecutive year of population decline, and only two states, California and New York, lost more people to other states over this past year.