Despite population gains, moving company says Michigan still a top 'outbound' state

Despite population gains, moving company says Michigan still a top 'outbound' state | MLive.com: "LANSING, MI — Michigan's population is growing again, but that's not necessarily because people are leaving other states for the Great Lakes.
In fact, more people packed up and left Michigan than moved here in 2014, according to an annual migration survey released by Allied Van Lines.
...Only New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois saw more outbound traffic.
U.S. Census estimates released last week showed that Michigan's population grew by about 11,500 people between July 2013 and July 2014.
That was the third straight year of growth, a positive sign for the only state in the country to lose population between 2000 and 2010.
But the census data was not all good news for Michigan: North Carolina saw larger growth and moved past Michigan to become the ninth-most populous state.
..."Michigan still is in a situation where we are not attracting as many people as are migrating out," said state demographer Eric Guthrie.
While full data is not available, Guthrie said that Michigan's recent population growth is likely a result of births outnumbering deaths — but not by a wide enough margin to offset outbound moves."