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Chicago, IL MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 7,099,321-- ----
1971 7,162,4000.963,079 ----
1972 7,182,1000.319,700 ----
1973 7,168,600-0.2-13,500 ----
1974 7,176,4000.17,800 ----
1975 7,189,6000.213,200 ----
1976 7,213,4000.323,800 ----
1977 7,245,2000.431,800 ----
1978 7,262,0000.216,800 ----
1979 7,245,700-0.2-16,300 ----
1980 7,246,0650.0365 ----
1981 7,238,953-0.1-7,112 153,20076,930--
1982 7,253,4860.214,533 120,68460,932--
1983 7,260,2580.16,772 119,29961,048--
1984 7,289,9360.429,678 118,69461,200--
1985 7,301,0850.211,149 120,62361,138--
1986 7,319,2240.218,139 121,24062,086--
1987 7,343,8450.324,621 122,65362,310--
1988 7,357,6780.213,833 126,75162,835--
1989 7,387,4810.429,803 131,13663,229--
1990 7,410,8580.323,377 100,03247,043--
1991 7,522,5731.5111,715 172,42477,66635,891-64,493
1992 7,623,8521.3101,279 136,87362,29638,133-52,706
1993 7,717,7911.293,939 137,08763,56242,275-60,331
1994 7,805,3071.187,516 135,03564,75740,846-60,557
1995 7,886,8201.081,513 135,17864,76535,351-59,407
1996 7,970,7801.183,960 131,26564,23238,696-59,424
1997 8,046,7191.075,939 130,72162,98245,989-60,185
1998 8,129,6631.082,944 129,02862,62244,405-56,777
1999 8,212,5231.082,860 130,73063,70745,021-53,913
2000 8,272,7680.760,245 ----
2001 8,371,6231.298,855 165,56379,11977,900-66,891
2002 8,431,0310.759,408 130,01563,25259,755-67,709
2003 8,474,8600.543,829 129,49762,38250,450-77,557
2004 8,523,3260.648,466 131,25461,66149,454-70,316
2005 8,558,2210.434,895 127,36261,35249,403-80,853
2006 8,603,2270.545,006 127,79861,10651,293-73,743
2007 8,662,7810.759,554 130,39561,56150,340-58,589
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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