ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)— New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show Michigan's population growth is lagging behind other states.
According to the data, Michigan isn't attracting and retaining as many transplants as other states.
Reynolds Farley is a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center.
"It's problematic in that the population will get older, that is, a higher proportion of people will be beyond the working ages. So the fraction of the population working and paying taxes is likely to go down, but the cost of Medicare and so forth for the elderly population is going to go up," he says.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer created the Growing Michigan Together Council in June 2023 to try to address the problem.