Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted ...

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 ...

ROBERT MCCOPPIN, JAKE SHERIDAN, KORI RUMORE and MOLLY MORROW Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth ...

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.