2000 vs. 2017 Population Growth and Change
Michigan Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Michigan Population Growth by County
Livingston County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 20.68%
Rank = #1
Ontonagon County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -23.35%
Rank = #83
Antrim County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -0.06%
Rank = #37
With a spotlight on Antrim County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Michigan's 83 counties over the period 2000-2017.
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 2000-2017 population grew in thirty-six Michigan counties while declining in forty-seven.
  • Population growth in thirty-one counties outpaced the statewide average (0.98%), while growth in fifty-two counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Livingston County posted the highest growth of population (20.68%), while Ontonagon County placed last by logging a -23.35% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Livingston County, 20.68%) and lowest (Ontonagon County, -23.35%) over 2000-2017 equated to 44.03% ( = 20.68%-23.35%).
  • 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 2000-2017 of -263,818 made up -270.81% of the total net growth statewide (97,418):

Wayne County: Percent Share of Michigan's
Population Growth, 2000-2017:

-270.81% = (-263,818 / 97,418) x 100
Antrim County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, Antrim County posted a -0.06% net decline in population.
  • Antrim County was joined by fifty-one other counties whose population growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (0.98%).
  • Ranked #37 among Michigan's 83 counties, Antrim County's population growth (-0.06%) trailed the statewide average of 0.98% by a 1.03% margin.
  • Antrim County's net population growth (-0.06%, #37) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Charlevoix County (-0.06%, #38) and just below that of Manistee County (0.11%, #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. 2017, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
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. 2017
5
4
11
16
21
15
9
2
83
 
     
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
Wayne County 2017
Population = 1,793,437
Percent of State = 17.85%
Rank = #1
Keweenaw County 2017
Population = 2,042
Percent of State = 0.02%
Rank = #83
Antrim County 2017
Population = 23,251
Percent of State = 0.23%
Rank = #61
Again highlighting Antrim County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 population statewide (10,049,868).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Wayne County's 2017 population totaled 1,793,437, equating to 17.85% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#83), Keweenaw County's population of 2,042 in 2017 comprised just 0.02% of the total statewide. Keweenaw County's population in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Wayne County's.
  • Wayne County's 2017 population (1,793,437) exceeded the combined population (1,746,062) of Michigan's fifty-eight smallest counties.
Antrim County Snippets:
  • Antrim County's population in 2017 ranked #61, amounting to 0.23% of the statewide total.
  • Antrim County's population of 23,251 placed below that of Roscommon County's (23,353, #60), and just above that of Osceola County's (22,863, #62).
  • Antrim County's population of 23,251 exceeds the combined total (21,779) of Michigan's four smallest counties.
Population by County, 2017
Population by County, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2017
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
2017
4
1
1
3
11
63
83
 
     

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Michigan by County:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
11,677
0.12
 
10,065
0.10
 
-13.80
-1,612
-1.65
 
9,819
0.10
 
9,023
0.09
 
-8.11
-796
-0.82
 
105,904
1.06
 
117,564
1.17
 
11.01
11,660
11.97
 
31,269
0.31
 
28,892
0.29
 
-7.60
-2,377
-2.44
 
23,264
0.23
 
23,251
0.23
 
-0.06
-13
-0.01
 
17,278
0.17
 
15,037
0.15
 
-12.97
-2,241
-2.30
 
8,875
0.09
 
8,408
0.08
 
-5.26
-467
-0.48
 
56,931
0.57
 
61,035
0.61
 
7.21
4,104
4.21
 
110,192
1.11
 
104,967
1.04
 
-4.74
-5,225
-5.36
 
16,090
0.16
 
17,713
0.18
 
10.09
1,623
1.67
 
162,471
1.63
 
155,050
1.54
 
-4.57
-7,421
-7.62
 
45,875
0.46
 
44,326
0.44
 
-3.38
-1,549
-1.59
 
138,014
1.39
 
134,526
1.34
 
-2.53
-3,488
-3.58
 
51,146
0.51
 
51,527
0.51
 
0.74
381
0.39
 
26,171
0.26
 
26,156
0.26
 
-0.06
-15
-0.02
 
26,530
0.27
 
25,618
0.25
 
-3.44
-912
-0.94
 
38,593
0.39
 
37,550
0.37
 
-2.70
-1,043
-1.07
 
31,398
0.32
 
30,594
0.30
 
-2.56
-804
-0.83
 
65,020
0.65
 
78,126
0.78
 
20.16
13,106
13.45
 
14,308
0.14
 
13,174
0.13
 
-7.93
-1,134
-1.16
 
38,542
0.39
 
36,790
0.37
 
-4.55
-1,752
-1.80
 
27,460
0.28
 
26,009
0.26
 
-5.28
-1,451
-1.49
 
104,000
1.04
 
108,762
1.08
 
4.58
4,762
4.89
 
31,517
0.32
 
33,631
0.33
 
6.71
2,114
2.17
 
436,965
4.39
 
408,345
4.06
 
-6.55
-28,620
-29.38
 
26,127
0.26
 
25,201
0.25
 
-3.54
-926
-0.95
 
17,219
0.17
 
15,708
0.16
 
-8.78
-1,511
-1.55
 
78,004
0.78
 
93,123
0.93
 
19.38
15,119
15.52
 
42,472
0.43
 
41,972
0.42
 
-1.18
-500
-0.51
 
46,698
0.47
 
45,851
0.46
 
-1.81
-847
-0.87
 
35,964
0.36
 
37,749
0.38
 
4.96
1,785
1.83
 
36,047
0.36
 
31,811
0.32
 
-11.75
-4,236
-4.35
 
279,715
2.81
 
287,387
2.86
 
2.74
7,672
7.88
 
61,712
0.62
 
65,920
0.66
 
6.82
4,208
4.32
 
27,334
0.27
 
25,220
0.25
 
-7.73
-2,114
-2.17
 
13,106
0.13
 
11,517
0.11
 
-12.12
-1,589
-1.63
 
63,444
0.64
 
67,380
0.67
 
6.20
3,936
4.04
 
158,679
1.59
 
161,016
1.60
 
1.47
2,337
2.40
 
239,008
2.40
 
260,368
2.59
 
8.94
21,360
21.93
 
16,640
0.17
 
17,531
0.17
 
5.35
891
0.91
 
576,178
5.79
 
649,357
6.46
 
12.70
73,179
75.12
 
2,274
0.02
 
2,042
0.02
 
-10.20
-232
-0.24
 
11,338
0.11
 
12,351
0.12
 
8.93
1,013
1.04
 
88,271
0.89
 
88,867
0.88
 
0.68
596
0.61
 
21,257
0.21
 
22,033
0.22
 
3.65
776
0.80
 
99,069
1.00
 
99,526
0.99
 
0.46
457
0.47
 
158,345
1.59
 
191,096
1.90
 
20.68
32,751
33.62
 
7,006
0.07
 
5,772
0.06
 
-17.61
-1,234
-1.27
 
11,938
0.12
 
10,754
0.11
 
-9.92
-1,184
-1.22
 
790,846
7.95
 
877,754
8.73
 
10.99
86,908
89.21
 
24,609
0.25
 
24,636
0.25
 
0.11
27
0.03
 
64,606
0.65
 
66,603
0.66
 
3.09
1,997
2.05
 
28,350
0.28
 
28,960
0.29
 
2.15
610
0.63
 
40,657
0.41
 
40,360
0.40
 
-0.73
-297
-0.30
 
25,281
0.25
 
23,590
0.23
 
-6.69
-1,691
-1.74
 
82,913
0.83
 
83,480
0.83
 
0.68
567
0.58
 
14,536
0.15
 
14,962
0.15
 
2.93
426
0.44
 
146,364
1.47
 
152,505
1.52
 
4.20
6,141
6.30
 
61,484
0.62
 
65,700
0.65
 
6.86
4,216
4.33
 
10,364
0.10
 
9,110
0.09
 
-12.10
-1,254
-1.29
 
170,396
1.71
 
175,196
1.74
 
2.82
4,800
4.93
 
47,972
0.48
 
48,820
0.49
 
1.77
848
0.87
 
1,196,165
12.02
 
1,270,081
12.64
 
6.18
73,916
75.88
 
26,902
0.27
 
26,351
0.26
 
-2.05
-551
-0.57
 
21,710
0.22
 
20,761
0.21
 
-4.37
-949
-0.97
 
7,825
0.08
 
5,998
0.06
 
-23.35
-1,827
-1.88
 
23,248
0.23
 
22,863
0.23
 
-1.66
-385
-0.40
 
9,392
0.09
 
8,144
0.08
 
-13.29
-1,248
-1.28
 
23,443
0.24
 
24,780
0.25
 
5.70
1,337
1.37
 
239,559
2.41
 
287,975
2.87
 
20.21
48,416
49.70
 
14,378
0.14
 
12,965
0.13
 
-9.83
-1,413
-1.45
 
25,494
0.26
 
23,353
0.23
 
-8.40
-2,141
-2.20
 
209,899
2.11
 
192,006
1.91
 
-8.52
-17,893
-18.37
 
164,621
1.65
 
159,841
1.59
 
-2.90
-4,780
-4.91
 
62,480
0.63
 
60,750
0.60
 
-2.77
-1,730
-1.78
 
44,516
0.45
 
41,090
0.41
 
-7.70
-3,426
-3.52
 
8,915
0.09
 
7,967
0.08
 
-10.63
-948
-0.97
 
71,714
0.72
 
68,608
0.68
 
-4.33
-3,106
-3.19
 
58,251
0.59
 
53,527
0.53
 
-8.11
-4,724
-4.85
 
76,242
0.77
 
75,366
0.75
 
-1.15
-876
-0.90
 
324,372
3.26
 
373,451
3.72
 
15.13
49,079
50.38
 
2,057,255
20.67
 
1,793,437
17.85
 
-12.82
-263,818
-270.81
 
30,537
0.31
 
33,187
0.33
 
8.68
2,650
2.72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,952,450
100.00
 
10,049,868
100.00
 
0.98
97,418
100.00
 
8,145,304
81.84
 
8,245,348
82.04
 
1.23
100,044
102.70
 
1,807,146
18.16
 
1,804,520
17.96
 
-0.15
-2,626
-2.70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
326,623,063
 
15.76
44,460,652
 
237,948,237
 
281,262,885
 
18.20
43,314,648
 
44,214,174
 
45,360,178
 
2.59
1,146,004
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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