Is Michigan's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 27,900 between 2024 and 2025. That’s more than the population of the city of Allen Park. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Michigan’s 0.28% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Michigan’s population grew by 1.4%.
+27.9K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.28%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Michigan's population increased in 17 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2000 and 2001, when it gained 38,700 residents. The state's largest decline during the 21st century occurred between 2007 and 2008 when it lost 54,400 residents.
Michigan gained 27,900 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Michigan?
A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was negative in Michigan, with deaths exceeding births by 5,000.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Michigan’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 30,700 more people coming from another country to Michigan than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Michigan’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 1,800 more people moving to Michigan from other states than leaving.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Michigan.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Michigan are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 83 county equivalents, Oakland County had the largest population growth in Michigan, welcoming 5,788 new residents. Bay County lost the most, with a loss of 309 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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Lake County led Michigan in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 1.3 percent. Menominee County ranked last with a 0.78 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, Lake County gained 1.3% in population, the largest increase in Michigan.
Population change
How does population change in Michigan compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Michigan’s population has increased by 1.4%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Michigan ranks 38th among states in population growth over that decade.
Michigan ranked 38th in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Michigan
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lake County, MI | +1.3% |
| 2. | Mackinac County, MI | +1.2% |
| 3. | Oscoda County, MI | +1.1% |
| 4. | Antrim County, MI | +1.1% |
| 5. | Keweenaw County, MI | +0.97% |
| 6. | Mecosta County, MI | +0.92% |
| 7. | Crawford County, MI | +0.85% |
| 8. | Oceana County, MI | +0.82% |
| 9. | Ingham County, MI | +0.81% |
| 10. | Ottawa County, MI | +0.74% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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