Thursday, March 28, 2024

GUEST VIEW: It’s the economy, stupid! Immigration boosts Michigan prosperity


Recent Census data updates covering population growth and decline between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022 reveal that Michigan had more deaths (118,000) than births (105,000) for the second year in a row. But lest you think that COVID is the sole cause of our population decline, the 13,000 net population loss from deaths minus births was amplified by another 8,500 net population loss from domestic migration.

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