Facts
- Population
- 1,296,888 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.8 %
- Net migration
- 5,698 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Michigan
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,274,371 (2020)
- Births
- 12,356 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.5
- Deaths
- 11,360 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 996
- International migration
- 15,000 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -9,302 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.4
- Postal code
- MI
- FIPS code
- 26125
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 9.2 % |
| 2019 | 3.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.2 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 6.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,296,888 |
| 2023 | 1,281,836 |
| 2022 | 1,275,098 |
| 2021 | 1,272,776 |
| 2020 | 1,272,526 |