Michigan Population 2024 Forecast. By 2050, it is projected that the population of children and young adults will shrink by 6 percent and the working age population will be stagnant (falling over the next decade, then recovering to just above the current level),. Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the state of michigan from 1900 to 2023.

That growth will likely be concentrated in certain areas. Two potential population trajectories for the state were examined:.