Young workers look outside state

Stagnant population provokes big concerns

BY MARK SANCHEZ

A stagnant and aging population threatens Michigan’s long-term prosperity, particularly as younger, well-educated residents leave and cause the state to fall further behind in the decades ahead, according to a new report.

e Citizens Research Council of e reports warn that “Michigan

Michigan and Ann Arbor-based Altarum on Tuesday issued a pair of research reports outlining the need to reverse the state’s steady ve-decade slide to return to the kind of prosperity that Michigan enjoyed for generations.

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Sluggish growth

Michigan’s population is projected to grow slowly in the decades ahead and begin shrinking starting after 2046, according to projections.

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