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Interesting Michigan gained 193,691 more than 2x the estimate still slow growth at only 2% but a pretty big surprise considering 2020 was predicted to be nearly as bad of a year for population loss as 2010 was .18% vs .24% comparatively.

More intriguing is the question of what account for discrepancy. My first thoughts went to growth in GR and Kzoo but that would be a huge error in undercounting.

I’m interested to see the breakdown growth on the west side certainly has to play a part but it would be more understandable if we see a reduction in population loss or some growth eastern urban areas. For all of the improvements made in data collection perhaps this is a case of the ever hoped for undercounting in urban areas traditionally harder to nail down in the off years.

Edit; looks like there is a trend here, federal disinterest in its own bureaucracy over the past 4 years?