The recent release of the 2020 decennial census data is receiving mixed reviews in northern Illinois.
During an Aurora City Council meeting, Mayor Richard Irvin challenged the latest figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
"We all know that regardless of what that census number says that those residents still live in the city of Aurora," said Irvin. "If 17,000 people just got up and left there'd be 17,000 empty houses and apartments all over the city which we do not see."
The 2020 Census reported that in the past 10 years, the population of Aurora dropped from nearly 200,000 inhabitants to just over 180,000 by 2021. Irvin added that some $30 million over 10 years is on the line and is therefore calling for a review of the 2020 count.