Michigan population forecasted to grow, but many rural areas will lose people
Economists forecast that Michigan's population will increase by about a half-million people over the next three decades. That growth will likely be...
Economists forecast that Michigan's population will increase by about a half-million people over the next three decades. That growth will likely be concentrated in certain areas.Growth is expected the suburban Detroit area and spreading west.'A band of counties kind of going across from suburban Detroit over to Lake Michigan, through Grand Rapids and the Lansing area,' explained Gabriel Ehrlich, Director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan.Ehrlich says the northwest corner of the lower peninsula –around the Traverse City region up to Petoskey- will also see population growth.