2000 vs. 2015 Population Growth and Change
Michigan Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change
Michigan Population Growth by County
Livingston County 2000 vs. 2015
Net Percent Change = 18.76%
Rank = #1
Ontonagon County 2000 vs. 2015
Net Percent Change = -21.81%
Rank = #83
Manistee County 2000 vs. 2015
Net Percent Change = 0.08%
Rank = #37
With a spotlight on Manistee County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Michigan's 83 counties over the period 2000-2015.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2015 population grew in thirty-eight Michigan counties while declining in forty-five.
  • Population growth in thirty-five counties outpaced the statewide average (0.35%), while growth in forty-eight counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Livingston County posted the highest growth of population (18.76%), while Ontonagon County placed last by logging a -21.81% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Livingston County, 18.76%) and lowest (Ontonagon County, -21.81%) over 2000-2015 equated to 40.58% ( = 18.76%-21.81%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Michigan, Wayne County's net population growth over 2000-2015 of -266,629 made up -768.67% of the total net growth statewide (34,687):

Wayne County: Percent Share of Michigan's
Population Growth, 2000-2015:

-768.67% = (-266,629 / 34,687) x 100
Manistee County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2015, Manistee County posted a 0.08% net gain in population.
  • Manistee County was joined by forty-seven other counties whose population growth over 2000-2015 registered below the statewide average (0.35%).
  • Ranked #37 among Michigan's 83 counties, Manistee County's population growth (0.08%) trailed the statewide average of 0.35% by a 0.27% margin.
  • Manistee County's net population growth (0.08%, #37) over 2000-2015 registered just above that of Charlevoix County (0.01%, #38) and just below that of Lenawee County (0.10%, #36).

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2015
More
than
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
to
-5%
-5%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-15%
-15%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2015
4
3
8
23
20
16
8
1
83
 
     
Population by County, 2015
Population by County, 2015
Wayne County 2015
Population = 1,790,626
Percent of State = 17.93%
Rank = #1
Keweenaw County 2015
Population = 2,091
Percent of State = 0.02%
Rank = #83
Manistee County 2015
Population = 24,629
Percent of State = 0.25%
Rank = #57
Again highlighting Manistee County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2015 population statewide (9,987,137).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Wayne County's 2015 population totaled 1,790,626, equating to 17.93% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#83), Keweenaw County's population of 2,091 in 2015 comprised just 0.02% of the total statewide. Keweenaw County's population in 2015 equates to less than .01% to that of Wayne County's.
  • Wayne County's 2015 population (1,790,626) exceeded the combined population (1,745,522) of Michigan's fifty-eight smallest counties.
Manistee County Snippets:
  • Manistee County's population in 2015 ranked #57, amounting to 0.25% of the statewide total.
  • Manistee County's population of 24,629 placed below that of Gladwin County's (25,202, #56), and just above that of Otsego County's (24,379, #58).
  • Manistee County's population of 24,629 exceeds the combined total (22,283) of Michigan's four smallest counties.
Population by County, 2015
Population by County, 2015
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2015
More
than
500,000
500,000
to
400,000
400,000
to
300,000
300,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
100,000
100,000
or
Below
Total
2015
4
1
1
3
11
63
83
 
     

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Michigan by County:
2000 vs. 2015
 
2000
 
2015
 
2000 - 2015
 
 
 
 
11,677
0.12
 
10,152
0.10
 
-13.06
-1,525
-4.40
 
9,819
0.10
 
9,170
0.09
 
-6.61
-649
-1.87
 
105,904
1.06
 
114,951
1.15
 
8.54
9,047
26.08
 
31,269
0.31
 
29,062
0.29
 
-7.06
-2,207
-6.36
 
23,264
0.23
 
23,024
0.23
 
-1.03
-240
-0.69
 
17,278
0.17
 
15,325
0.15
 
-11.30
-1,953
-5.63
 
8,875
0.09
 
8,565
0.09
 
-3.49
-310
-0.89
 
56,931
0.57
 
59,678
0.60
 
4.83
2,747
7.92
 
110,192
1.11
 
105,916
1.06
 
-3.88
-4,276
-12.33
 
16,090
0.16
 
17,449
0.17
 
8.45
1,359
3.92
 
162,471
1.63
 
155,706
1.56
 
-4.16
-6,765
-19.50
 
45,875
0.46
 
44,348
0.44
 
-3.33
-1,527
-4.40
 
138,014
1.39
 
134,665
1.35
 
-2.43
-3,349
-9.65
 
51,146
0.51
 
51,364
0.51
 
0.43
218
0.63
 
26,171
0.26
 
26,174
0.26
 
0.01
3
0.01
 
26,530
0.27
 
25,522
0.26
 
-3.80
-1,008
-2.91
 
38,593
0.39
 
37,889
0.38
 
-1.82
-704
-2.03
 
31,398
0.32
 
30,640
0.31
 
-2.41
-758
-2.19
 
65,020
0.65
 
76,735
0.77
 
18.02
11,715
33.77
 
14,308
0.14
 
13,330
0.13
 
-6.84
-978
-2.82
 
38,542
0.39
 
37,074
0.37
 
-3.81
-1,468
-4.23
 
27,460
0.28
 
26,080
0.26
 
-5.03
-1,380
-3.98
 
104,000
1.04
 
108,184
1.08
 
4.02
4,184
12.06
 
31,517
0.32
 
33,310
0.33
 
5.69
1,793
5.17
 
436,965
4.39
 
411,060
4.12
 
-5.93
-25,905
-74.68
 
26,127
0.26
 
25,202
0.25
 
-3.54
-925
-2.67
 
17,219
0.17
 
15,809
0.16
 
-8.19
-1,410
-4.06
 
78,004
0.78
 
92,480
0.93
 
18.56
14,476
41.73
 
42,472
0.43
 
42,056
0.42
 
-0.98
-416
-1.20
 
46,698
0.47
 
45,909
0.46
 
-1.69
-789
-2.27
 
35,964
0.36
 
37,312
0.37
 
3.75
1,348
3.89
 
36,047
0.36
 
32,132
0.32
 
-10.86
-3,915
-11.29
 
279,715
2.81
 
284,186
2.85
 
1.60
4,471
12.89
 
61,712
0.62
 
65,243
0.65
 
5.72
3,531
10.18
 
27,334
0.27
 
25,389
0.25
 
-7.12
-1,945
-5.61
 
13,106
0.13
 
11,624
0.12
 
-11.31
-1,482
-4.27
 
63,444
0.64
 
68,141
0.68
 
7.40
4,697
13.54
 
158,679
1.59
 
161,039
1.61
 
1.49
2,360
6.80
 
239,008
2.40
 
257,654
2.58
 
7.80
18,646
53.76
 
16,640
0.17
 
17,218
0.17
 
3.47
578
1.67
 
576,178
5.79
 
637,068
6.38
 
10.57
60,890
175.54
 
2,274
0.02
 
2,091
0.02
 
-8.05
-183
-0.53
 
11,338
0.11
 
11,954
0.12
 
5.43
616
1.78
 
88,271
0.89
 
88,845
0.89
 
0.65
574
1.65
 
21,257
0.21
 
21,918
0.22
 
3.11
661
1.91
 
99,069
1.00
 
99,164
0.99
 
0.10
95
0.27
 
158,345
1.59
 
188,055
1.88
 
18.76
29,710
85.65
 
7,006
0.07
 
5,987
0.06
 
-14.54
-1,019
-2.94
 
11,938
0.12
 
10,810
0.11
 
-9.45
-1,128
-3.25
 
790,846
7.95
 
869,970
8.71
 
10.00
79,124
228.11
 
24,609
0.25
 
24,629
0.25
 
0.08
20
0.06
 
64,606
0.65
 
67,415
0.68
 
4.35
2,809
8.10
 
28,350
0.28
 
28,706
0.29
 
1.26
356
1.03
 
40,657
0.41
 
40,898
0.41
 
0.59
241
0.69
 
25,281
0.25
 
23,926
0.24
 
-5.36
-1,355
-3.91
 
82,913
0.83
 
83,733
0.84
 
0.99
820
2.36
 
14,536
0.15
 
14,842
0.15
 
2.11
306
0.88
 
146,364
1.47
 
151,589
1.52
 
3.57
5,225
15.06
 
61,484
0.62
 
64,306
0.64
 
4.59
2,822
8.14
 
10,364
0.10
 
9,200
0.09
 
-11.23
-1,164
-3.36
 
170,396
1.71
 
173,504
1.74
 
1.82
3,108
8.96
 
47,972
0.48
 
48,249
0.48
 
0.58
277
0.80
 
1,196,165
12.02
 
1,254,626
12.56
 
4.89
58,461
168.54
 
26,902
0.27
 
26,253
0.26
 
-2.41
-649
-1.87
 
21,710
0.22
 
20,784
0.21
 
-4.27
-926
-2.67
 
7,825
0.08
 
6,118
0.06
 
-21.81
-1,707
-4.92
 
23,248
0.23
 
22,887
0.23
 
-1.55
-361
-1.04
 
9,392
0.09
 
8,208
0.08
 
-12.61
-1,184
-3.41
 
23,443
0.24
 
24,379
0.24
 
3.99
936
2.70
 
239,559
2.41
 
281,985
2.82
 
17.71
42,426
122.31
 
14,378
0.14
 
12,963
0.13
 
-9.84
-1,415
-4.08
 
25,494
0.26
 
23,628
0.24
 
-7.32
-1,866
-5.38
 
209,899
2.11
 
193,385
1.94
 
-7.87
-16,514
-47.61
 
164,621
1.65
 
160,272
1.60
 
-2.64
-4,349
-12.54
 
62,480
0.63
 
60,843
0.61
 
-2.62
-1,637
-4.72
 
44,516
0.45
 
41,341
0.41
 
-7.13
-3,175
-9.15
 
8,915
0.09
 
8,087
0.08
 
-9.29
-828
-2.39
 
71,714
0.72
 
68,672
0.69
 
-4.24
-3,042
-8.77
 
58,251
0.59
 
54,245
0.54
 
-6.88
-4,006
-11.55
 
76,242
0.77
 
75,137
0.75
 
-1.45
-1,105
-3.19
 
324,372
3.26
 
366,217
3.67
 
12.90
41,845
120.64
 
2,057,255
20.67
 
1,790,626
17.93
 
-12.96
-266,629
-768.67
 
30,537
0.31
 
32,855
0.33
 
7.59
2,318
6.68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,952,450
100.00
 
9,987,137
100.00
 
0.35
34,687
100.00
 
8,145,304
81.84
 
8,184,605
81.95
 
0.48
39,301
113.30
 
1,807,146
18.16
 
1,802,532
18.05
 
-0.26
-4,614
-13.30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
321,829,327
 
14.06
39,666,916
 
237,948,237
 
276,425,937
 
16.17
38,477,700
 
44,214,174
 
45,403,390
 
2.69
1,189,216
Source: Calculations by the Michigan Regional Economic Analysis Project (MI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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