1001. Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: The Future of Black Chicago?
- Author:
- Teresa Cordova, Eve L. Ewing, Lisa Yun Lee, Alden Loury, Mary Pattillo, Barbara Ransby, David Stovall, and Stacey Sutton
- Publication Date:
- 01-2021
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP), University of Illinois at Chicago
- Abstract:
- Starting in 1980, Chicago’s African American population growth not only halted, but reversed. By 2016, the population of black Chicagoans had decreased by 350,000 from its peak in 1980. These population trends have attracted significant media attention and speculation about why black Chicagoans are leaving the city. Given these trends, IRRPP set out to analyze what the data on population in Chicago can tell us about black migration into and out of the city. In this report, we assess the historical context of shifts taking place over the past 100 years, provide a more detailed analysis of population change across Chicago neighborhoods from 1990 to 2016, and examine where Chicagoans who are leaving the city are going.
- Topic:
- Migration, Minorities, Urban, and Community
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America