This is The Fastest Shrinking City in Michigan!

We are all aware that Michigan has been loosing population. With the shrinking of the automobile industry, lack of affordable housing in many parts of the state, jobs disappearing, folks have been packing up the moving vans and shipping out.

Cities like Detroit, Flint and others have seen a big shake up-loss of residents, However, one city in the state has seen the steepest decline of population than any other in Michigan, according to the latest available statistics. Because of a large number of people moving, it is now the fastest shrinking city in America.

Surprise! The Kalamazoo/Portage metro area is the fastest shrinking city in Michigan and the nation.

WHERE DID THIS INFORMATION COME FROM?

According the the Midwesterner News website:

"Kalamazoo’s distinction as “the fastest shrinking city in the nation” stems from a 24/7 Wall Street analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey for 43 metropolitan statistical areas with at least a 3% population decline from 2017 to 2022."

The article reported that Kalamazoo lost over 77,000 residents over the measured period.

WHAT ABOUT GRAND RAPIDS AND WEST MICHIGAN?

The Right Place, the economic and development engine of Grand Rapids and West Michigan, reported that the 2019 census showed the Grand Rapids population continued to grow, especially West Michigan as a whole.

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The Grand Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area was over one million people, 1,086,987, and the whole of West Michigan was 1,626,529 people.

A lot to be proud of in the Greater Grand Rapids Area. And, fortunately, the folks in Kalamazoo, community organizations and all local governments along with the public, are addressing their situation to find solutions to rebuild their fine area.