[LMich]

It seems like only a matter of time (and short time, at that) before Georgia, and maybe even North Carolina passes up Michigan. I do question this particular loss number for Michigan, though. Just a few weeks ago the city of Detroit was found by the Census to have been undercounted nearly 50,000 people. I think the situation, population-wise, is much closer to Ohio with maybe a loss or gain of a few thousand. A UofM economist, here, also predicts that this 06-07 loss may be a blurb in this decade when we look at 2010 because of the massive buyouts in the auto industry that gave people the means to look elsewere. Michigan is no doubt stagnant, but it may very well still place a very small growth when the numbers come out in 2010, as its still 1.3% over its 2000 count. This decade will be very similar to the 80's when Michigan posted 0.4% 'growth'.