Who's moving to and from Cook County, Illinois?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 119,132 people in, 159,992 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−40,860 people
−13,448 households
Arrivals' income
$85.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$117.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Cook County went in Illinois

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Illinois counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Lake County, IN, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. DuPage County12,399
  2. Will County7,548
  3. Lake County7,323
  4. Lake County, IN4,730
  5. Kane County4,235
  6. Los Angeles County, CA2,059
  7. McHenry County1,846
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)8,487

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. DuPage County19,059
  2. Will County12,890
  3. Lake County11,713
  4. Lake County, IN8,061
  5. Kane County7,041
  6. McHenry County4,112
  7. Maricopa County, AZ2,643
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)10,393

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
1,255 people
Left for abroad
2,659 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cook usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−13,44822–23††‡†
Net migration of Cook County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−18,311
2014–15 †−10,899
2015–16−21,820
2016–17 †−37,380
2017–18−22,665
2018–19 ‡−19,805
2019–20−32,902
2020–21−41,504
2021–22−29,463
2022–23 †−13,448

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Cook County, Illinois?” movedwhere.com/county/cook-county-il. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.