More people died in Michigan in 2020 than were born. Impacts could be severe
More people died in Michigan in 2020 than were born, according to state records, the first time that has happened since at least 1900.
Michigan isn't the first state where that's happened, and it won't be the last. The national birth has been falling for years. But experts say that if Michigan can't start bringing in more immigrants and attracting residents from other states the way that places like Texas, Colorado and North Carolina have, it could spell serious problems for the economic future of the state.
Preliminary data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shows 104,166 people were born in 2020 while 117,087 people died.
In Michigan, COVID drove those death numbers up from years prior — MDHHS says there were 11,362 COVID deaths in the state in 2020, which doesn't cover the 12,921 difference between births and deaths two years ago. That number is also more than 6% higher than the around 99,000 people who died in the state for each of the few years prior.
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Births and deaths are only part of the picture. When factories close, people lose their jobs, some or many will leave the state. When factories and businesses open, new jobs are created and people move in.
The southern and western states have had a large influx of move-ins in the last 50 years, because of jobs or retirement or whatever. I don't know but I'm guessing that Michigan has been one of the "loser" states for factory closures and job losses. It's true for most of the midwestern rustbelt states.
