Michigan Population Shrinks Again

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Michigan Radio
Thursday, January 7, 2010

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by Rina Miller
Ann Arbor, MI — For the fourth consecutive year, many people who called Michigan home have called it quits.

Greg Harper is with the U.S. Census Bureau.

He says about 33,000 people left Michigan in the past year.

“We don’t really know exactly why the population went down between 2008 and 2009,” Harper says. “Obviously economy could be a factor, but there’s — we don’t really have the analysis to pinpoint it to a specific cause.”

Michigan does have the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

Only two other states, Maine and Rhode Island, also lost population.

The Census Bureau says Texas gained more people than any other state, followed by California, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

This story was originally aired on Michigan Radio on 12/13/09. View it on michiganradio.org.

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  • Michigan is losing people to fastly

  • Ntale derrick

    Its never the solution to quit a place you call home. The more people leave state, the more funds the state looses in bubget cuts from the natonal government. The state will also loose her electral vote incase people increasingly leave the state of michigan. People can only be attracted to stay in the state with creation of ne jobs and subsidizing companies that are employing Michigan people.

  • Michael

    The state of Michigan does not want people to stay, simple as that. Personally I would rather not be somewhere where I am not wanted. Just because you are from Michigan doesn't mean you have to identify with it, home is where you make it. I prefer, as most young people do, to make my home elsewhere.

  • C Burleigh

    there needs to be some kind of change. maybe we need a new governor with fresh ideas. we need less taxes and more jobs. I personally am one of those people who want to leave, because there is no change and a breath of fresh air... we as a state definitely need help and some kind of guidance.

  • michael

    C Burleigh: I agree with you completely, I would rather leave MI than have the state take my tax dollars and give me poor, complacent and lazy leadership. If that is what the people here want out of this state they can have it, stay aboard your sinking ship because I have escaped and I am not coming back.

  • Paris

    I was born and raised in Michigan, but I am attending school in Bowling Green, Ohio. Through doing so my childhood dream of leaving Michigan has only been strengthened. I'm not sure what it is about getting out of Michigan, but I know that I can't wait.

  • Adam Smith

    I lived in Michigan for 14 years untill my family and I decided to move to Florida. Honestly, Florida was alot better. Ironically the job that my father took in Florida turned out to be a dud, so we moved back to Michigan and it has been a little depressing since then. It's nice to live in a state where people actually want to live in and enjoy their lives not complaining. Michigan seems like it has been one bad news after ajnother one. Take a look at the Detroit Lions... I feel like they resembled Michigan in a whole, 0-16, the perfect losing season.

  • Michael

    I did the intelligent thing, I left. I chose to enjoy life.

  • Ntale derrick

    Are you really sure about what you did. Am sure michigan will raise up again

  • For all your enjoyment in CA, you're extremely active on this MI website.

  • Michael

    Born and raised in MI. Went to Michigan Tech for undergrad and CMU for my grad degree. My family still lives there and I still pay attention to how things are going. I personally think that it is sad the condition of Michigan. I believe that Michigan is very capable of doing much better, I just wish that there was better leadership. Michigan does deserve better.

  • Pat

    But I'm smarter than all those people leaving because I'm staying! Yay!

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