MLive posted a good analysis about the
2016 Census and population changes in SW Michigan today. It covers some of the things that I observed in
Post #71 of this thread. One of the things that MLive explained is how many of the counties surrounding Kalamazoo County have experienced (slight) population decline since 2010. Kalamazoo County had the greatest growth in SW MI, followed by Allegan County, and then Barry County. All other SW MI counties had population loss. Branch County (home of Battle Creek) lost the most - 3.9%, since 2010. According to the article, the entire region defined as SW MI added 7,448 residents since 2010 (0.8% increase).
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