Whitmer’s Legacy: Michigan slides from 18th to 40th in per capita income since 2000 - The Midwesterner

Whitmer’s Legacy: Michigan slides from 18th to 40th in per capita income since 2000 - The Midwesterner

The state of the Detroit region is not good, with economic and population growth, education, personal income, and labor force participation lagging well behind comparable areas. “Voters and elected officials need to acknowledge the reality of where we stand and how precipitous the declines have been,” Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah wrote in the chamber’s new State of the Region 2026 report. “Reversing this trajectory will require shar…