County Population and Home Sales

In population Champaign was one of the few Illinois counties to make modest population gains. From the News-Gazette yesterday:

Census update: Pop. 209,399 ... and rising
Champaign County started this century with a population a smidge under 180,000. It's on track to surpass 210,000 by the time the decade is out. Here's more of what we learned from sifting through the U.S. Census Bureau's latest batch of population estimates, unveiled Thursday...

Nine of Illinois' 102 counties saw their populations swell by more than 100 between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017: Will (up 2,930), Kane (2,114), Kendall (1,645), McHenry (1,150), Grundy (317), DeKalb (226), Monroe (219), Champaign (132) and Bond (107).

Eighty-four have fewer residents than they did the year before, including Vermilion (down 651), Piatt (81), Ford (62) and Douglas (21).

In economic trends and another N-G article:

February home sales down over 2017, but median sale price up
Home sales dipped in February in Champaign County while home prices increased.

In February, 127 homes were sold, down nearly 17 percent from 153 a year ago, according to the Champaign County Association of Realtors.

Across the state, home sales were down 5.1 percent compared to a year ago.

Full articles here at population and home sales.