[hudkina]

It sucks that the Census occured during the peak of the recession as it really took a toll on Michigan's population. While it recorded a 0.6% loss between 2000 and 2010, that didn't include the population gain that occured in the first five years of the decade. Michigan's population peaked at over 10 million during the decade, so that's a loss of 200,000 in barely five years. It will also probably cause the Census Bureau to underestimate the state's population growth over the next decade as it did throughout the 90's, meaning less money for the state as it continues to recover.