New U-S Census Bureau data finds roughly half of the recent population growth in Michigan is due to immigration. The Census Bureau reports Michigan's overall population increased by about 20-thousand residents between July 2017 and July 2018…mainly because more people were born in the state than died here.
But immigration also played a significant role in that equation.
More than 21-thousand immigrants came to Michigan during that time period…while about 17-thousand residents left the state.
In Metro Detroit…both Oakland and Macomb Counties gained about three thousand residents…while Wayne County lost just over two thousand people.
Yet the vast majority of the population influx in Macomb came from international immigrants.
The U-S Supreme Court hears arguments this week on whether the Census should request that residents list their citizenship on surveys.
It’s a question the Justice Department says has been asked before and should not even be under judicial review…while critics counter it could result in under-reporting the population and cost minority communities funding.