New Report Shows Rapidly Aging Macomb County, Calls Education Key to 'New Economy'

Macomb County's demographics and economy have changed significantly in the past decade and a new report from Macomb Community College and Data Driven Detroit suggests this change is only the beginning.

By the year 2040, nearly 250,000 Macomb County residents are expected to be age 65 or older. Meanwhile, the population of children age 17 and younger will see little to no growth over the next 30 years. A Macomb County with less than 200,000 school-age children may be hard to imagine in 2012, but it is a future the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) expects and one for which Macomb Township schools and government need to prepare. Get more Macomb Township news and events in your inbox with the Patch e-newsletter. "Those of us who have lived and worked in Macomb County for a long time can 'feel' the change that the last decade has brought," writes Macomb Community College President James Jacobs in a recently released data-…

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