More than 2.7 million people called Chicago home in 2024, according to the latest census numbers. That’s a decrease of 27,023 residents since April 1, 2020, but an increase of 22,164 people since 2023 ...

At one point, before the Great Recession, a noted Chicago regional planning organization projected southwest suburban New Lenox would have a population of 100,000 by 2030. While not that many years ...

Open semi-natural settings in urban areas—like parks and golf courses teeming with plants and small mammals—are possible ...