Michigan population ticks upward in 2013

In a reversal of a years-long slow burn, the U.S. Census Bureau reports Michigan's population grew for the second-straight year. 

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According to the data, the state's population increased between July 1, 2012 and 2013. Since the state population dropped by 1,560 between 2010 and 2011, Michigan's added 7,930 and 13,103 residents in the last two years.

The overall U.S. population grew by just over 0.5 percent.

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