Tag Archives: depopulation

1/3 of the nation’s 24 most rapidly depopulating cities are in one state… Welcome to Michigan

By Mark | July 7, 2014

It’s not something you’re likely to hear mentioned in Governor Snyder’s reelection ads, but, according to census data shared today by Bloomberg News 8 of America’s 25 most drastically shrinking cities are in Michigan. I would have expected to see Detroit and Flint make the list of our nation’s most quickly depopulating cities, along with […]

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Detroit loses 25% of its population in ten short years

By Mark | March 22, 2011

I don’t have time to craft a good, comprehensive post about it right now, but I wanted to at least acknowledge that the results of the 2010 Michigan census were released today, and that, among other things, it shows a huge loss of population in Detroit. I don’t think anyone expected the news to be […]