Not so much a development, as simple news, but here he is the Census numbers for the region:
Metropolitan Area
2000: 447,734
2010: 464,036
+16,302 (+3.6%)
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Municipalities (+25,000)
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Lansing:
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2000: 119,128
2010: 114,297
-4,831 (-4.1%)
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East Lansing:
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2000: 46,525
2010: 48,579
+2,054 (+4.4%)
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Meridian Township:
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2000: 39,116
2010: 39,688
+572 (+1.5%)
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Delta Township:
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2000: 29,614
2010: 32,408
+2,794 (+9.4%)
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The metro area grew nearly twice as quickly as what the last estimates had predicted, Lansing declined slightly less than predicted, East Lansing posted a significant gain having been predicted to have posted a slight decline. Meridian Township, which has been known for being anti-development, also posted a slight gain having been estimated to have lost a slight bit of its population. The fastest growing community in the metro was the sprawlburb of Bath Township, which posted nearly a 54% growth.
Also of note on the county level is that every county in the MSA grew, with Clinton County being the fastest growing county in the state over the decade. The Census had predicted a slight loss for Ingham County, which posted a very slight gain.
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