Shrinking States

-0.07%

MAINE

Even with the drop, Maine’s population of 1,329,328 is about a thousand more than it was five years ago.

-0.11%

CONNECTICUT

The Nutmeg State’s loss of 3,876 people was mostly a result of people moving away.

-0.17%

ILLINOIS

Illinois’s population shrank by more than 22,000 people, 10,488 from Cook County alone.

-0.25%

WEST VIRGINIA

As in Maine, more people are dying than being born in the Mountain State; its current population is 1,844,128.

-1.7%

PUERTO RICO

The island’s population shrank by 60,706 people amid its financial struggles, overwhelmingly from migration.

–Belinda Luscombe