ok someone is either making up nonsensical data or there's some obscure census data however much some of us really want chicago to bloom i have found nothing so far demonstrating that it was estimated in that the population of chicago was slightly over million the latest census estimates put chicago on a consistent decline and even older illinois estimates which i had looked at before a long time ago and can't seem to find again which aren't put chicago projected in at less than million it doesn't even make sense on a theoretical level it took years to grow by like k people i highly doubt that all of a sudden chicago took that same level of growth in a little more than half that someone find some solid data backing up that statement within the next few days or so or i'll take it out