Study Warns Michigan on Track to Join Mississippi, Alabama as Poorest States in per Capita Income

Published on April 21, 2024

If present trends continue and no changes are made, Michigan is two decades away from becoming the 48th poorest state in the Union in per capita income, ranked just ahead of Mississippi and Alabama. That is the warning from researchers Lou Glazer of the think tank Michigan Future Inc. and Donald Grimes, a University of Michigan economist. The two scholars published the projection in a report called “A New Path to Prosperity?” released in late January—a follow-up to an earlier report that was issued in 2004. Included in per capita income are things like wages, salaries, self-employment earnings, dividends, and interest....

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