May 05, 2011 • Page Image 55
…Global Detroit from page 42 Commentary for a low-immigration state. In Michigan, 64.4 percent of the for- eign born are working-age compared to 50.8 percent of the non-immigrant pop- ulation, a critical fact in a rapidly aging state that also is rapidly losing working- age residents due to out-migration. An example of immigrant industriousness can be found in the Hispanic popula- tion in Southeastern Michigan; they make up just 3.5 percent o...…

















































