Kurt on Youth Migration in Michigan

Check out D3 Director Kurt Metzger’s analysis of Michigan’s youth attraction and retention in Bridge Magazine: More than three quarters (76.2 percent) of Michigan’s contingent was born in Michigan.  While we can assume that some of them spent some time away from the...
Kurt on Michigan Moving Data

Kurt on Michigan Moving Data

If you enjoyed Rob’s analysis of Michigan moving data, be sure to check out Kurt’s article on that data in Bridge Magazine. Kurt fact-checks statements that Governor Snyder made during his 2012 State of the State Address.  Snyder claimed that Michigan’s net migration...
Immigration hero

Immigration hero

The following appeared as a Letter to the Editor in the January 24, 2012 issue of the Detroit Free Press. Immigration hero I wanted to express my congratulations, as well as those of the staff of Data Driven Detroit (D3), to State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, who...

The Importance of Migration in Michigan

D3 Director Kurt Metzger is in the news again, this time featured in a Macomb Daily article covering his analysis of migration patterns in Macomb County. In the report, Kurt examines the counties of origin for new Macomb residents and the counties of destination for...

Michigan Movers and Migrants

Earlier this month, three of the nation’s largest moving companies – United Van Lines, Allied Van Lines, and Atlas Van Lines – released their annual migration pattern studies. These studies, each based upon the origins and destinations of their respective...