Reading the latest report for the U.S. Census Bureau as well as the Land Policy Institute’s report from MSU which highlights the following and doesnt not bode well for Michigan:
The Land Policy Institute’s researchers examined the economic impact population loss had on Michigan, and said it had worsened that state’s long economic crisis. They estimated the outflow caused Michigan to lose 15,855 jobs and $1.9 billion in economic output, as well as $2.49 billion in home equity value and hundreds of millions of dollars more in labor and property income.
Georgia’s population — growing at a steady clip for years — could pass Michigan as early as next year to become the eighth largest state in the country
The state (MI) has seen a net loss of more than a half-million people to other states since 2001 — a number that swamps the natural increase from a greater number of births than deaths.
Michigan’s migration trend could actually pick up after the nation recovers. He said the state has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs in the last few years that are unlikely to return. That will force people to find other work, become entrepreneurs or "go other places to find jobs."
The US Census Bureau and the Land Policy Instiute at Michigan State University are confirming population losses that the leadership of Michigan has been unable to stem the tide on. In an earlier post, this Centrist gives the Democratic Governor credit for at least trying to help those who remain in Michigan.
For Those Who Are Unemployed and Still Stuck In Michigan, Gov. Granholm Rolls Out ‘Helping Hand’ Website.
Posted By Centrist on August 27, 2009
The Centrist is reading where the Gov of Michigan which has the highest unemployment rate in the nation has rolled out ‘The so-called "helping hand" portal, at michigan.gov/helpinghand, will enable people to look into job training, unemployment benefits, health care and other services by clicking icons"
The state of Michigan is an economic abyss that is dependent on one industry of which is primarily (majority) owned by the Government. Will this helping hand portal do anything long term for those who are stuck and unemployed in Michigan?.
Maybe the helping hand portal should tell them how to move out of the state.
Maybe the helping hand portal could get the leadership of Michigan to honor their committments on why a Democratic Liberal was chosen to lead the state in 2006 instead of a Businessperson.
Committments Made By Granholm In 2006 Debate For Governor
Three years have passed since Governor Granholm told Michigan to re-elect her because ‘the transformation is beginning’. How is that transformation doing under her watch, her words, her committment? Lets review the committments of the Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor in their own words from October 2006.
Transcript of the Devos-Granholm Debate in Grand Rapids In October 2006
Note: The Centrist wants to point out a question that was asked of the candidates during the debates which fundamentally asked ‘Why should a professional family stay in Michigan’. Here are the responses from incumbent Granholm and challenger Devos in 2006:
SG: The next question comes from Devin (Scillian Of WDIV-Detroit), and that is directed to Governor Granholm.
DS: Governor I also brought an email with me. I received this last week after the last debate and I think it was particularly poignant, strikes to the heart of what is happening in our state. My wife and I are independent voters who live in Macomb Township. We are considering job offers to leave the state of Michigan. Last debate with its childish in-fighting is only reinforcing us to leave the state I’m hoping to hear about a vision that involves how Michigan will remain the mitten or succumb to being a global kitten? Governor, since most elections boil down to: Are you better off than you were four years ago? Well, I guess you’ve got 120 seconds to convince this family that they are.
JG: What I want to do is convince them that we’ve set in motion an aggressive economic plan. And you need to know, we all know Michigan’s economy is not where we’d like it to be because of our over-reliance on the auto industry. We love the auto sector. But we need to diversify our economy. It’s why no other state is doing what we are doing.
Staggering Population Loss
A Detroit News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service data reveals that every day, Michigan gets less populated, less educated, and poorer because of outmigration.
The state’s net loss to outmigration — the number of people leaving the state minus those moving in from other states — has skyrocketed since 2001. Although the Census Bureau does not report totals moving in and out each year, Internal Revenue Service records show that the population decline is a result of two disturbing trends: The number of Michigan residents leaving the state rose 25 percent between 2001 and 2007, while the number of new residents moving in plummeted by nearly one-third.
For those who are leaving Michigan after reading the latest US Census Bureau report then maybe the least Governor Granholm can do is give them a going away gift and wish them a safe journey…
Via Detnews.com
December 23, 2009
Economic woes continued to force thousands of Michiganians to leave the state, leading the overall population to drop below 10 million for the first time since 2000, according to population estimates released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The July 1, 2009, population estimate shows the state lost an estimated 32,759 people, the fourth consecutive year the population fell. Only Maine and Rhode Island saw their population go down in the last year.
Michigan has been bleeding people since 2005, and at the heart of the decline has been the growing exodus of people moving out looking for work. The current estimate puts Michigan’s population at 9,969,727, down from 10,002,486 in 2008. The state has seen a net loss of more than a half-million people to other states since 2001 — a number that swamps the natural increase from a greater number of births than deaths.
For a number of years, the relative vibrancy of the nation’s economy gave unemployed Michigan workers a chance to seek jobs in the Sun Belt and across the country. But with the rest of the nation fully consumed by the recession in 2008, some experts suspected there would be fewer opportunities for workers to flee Michigan.
But the estimates released Wednesday show that people still found ways to leave — either for another job, retirement or education. Although the outmigration slowed, from an estimated 103,637 from 2007 to 2008 to 87,339 from 2008 to 2009, it still pulled the state’s population into the negative.
At current trends, Georgia’s population — growing at a steady clip for years — could pass Michigan as early as next year to become the eighth largest state in the country. Florida was the last state to surpass Michigan, back in 1979.
Xuan Liu, manager of SEMCOG’s data center, said Michigan’s migration trend could actually pick up after the nation recovers. He said the state has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs in the last few years that are unlikely to return. That will force people to find other work, become entrepreneurs or "go other places to find jobs."
"I think it’s very likely we’re going to see more people leave," he said.
The impact from outmigration is marked: It lowers the state tax base and puts additional strain on state and local resources. And it puts additional pressure on an already soft housing market, he said.
The nation’s population rose roughly 2.6 million people over the year, an increase of 0.9 percent. Texas had the largest gain, adding another 466,000 people, or 2 percent.
The estimate is the last before next year’s official decennial census. The Census Bureau makes the estimates based on birth and death records, Medicare information and IRS tax filings.
Via Providence Business News
December 3, 2009
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Michigan were the only states whose populations shrank from 2006 to 2008, according to a study released this week by Michigan State University’s Land Policy Institute.
About 8,000 people moved out of Rhode Island during that time, while about 80,000 people left Michigan, the study said.
Rhode Island had about 1.05 million residents in 2008, a decrease of 20,500 since the state’s population decline began in 2004, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.
As a share of the peak population, Rhode Island actually lost more than double the amount of residents (1.9 percent) that Michigan did (0.9 percent), according to an analysis by Providence Business News.
From 2005 to 2008, the number of people living in Providence County fell by nearly 7,000. That was the 19th-largest loss among the 3,141 counties in the United States over the three-year period, the study found.
The Land Policy Institute’s researchers examined the economic impact population loss had on Michigan, and said it had worsened that state’s long economic crisis. They estimated the outflow caused Michigan to lose 15,855 jobs and $1.9 billion in economic output, as well as $2.49 billion in home equity value and hundreds of millions of dollars more in labor and property income.
“When people leave town, so does their economic activity,” Soji Adelaja, the institute’s director and the study’s lead author, said in a statement. “This is especially true in a service economy, which depends upon people providing and needing services. The impact of these departures cuts deeper into the economy.”
The unemployment rates in Michigan (15.1 percent) and Rhode Island (12.9 percent) were two of the three highest in the country in October, with Nevada second-highest at 13 percent, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
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