For more stories about the Census and other interesting numbers, visit the Data-Base Stories Archives on Oakland County Times. Thanks to Data Expert Kurt Metzger for this work!
In this article I look at two groupings: communities with populations greater than 50,000 population, and communities between 20,000 and 49,999 population.
Licensing is an important public safety issue as it ensures that the dogs residing in the community have current rabies vaccinations.
The July 1, 2021 estimates have only 11 Oakland County communities gaining population…
While my research on migration has depended heavily on Census and IRS data, I have found that data from major moving companies have both helped to support the trends reported by the government and to understand the reasons behind these trends.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released data on deaths that occurred during 2020.
In comparing federal tax returns from year to year, IRS can determine who moved and where.
The percent of voters who voted absentee showed a much greater degree of variance, ranging from 80.2 percent in Huntington Woods to 52.0 percent in Groveland township.
New data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) show that 12,899 babies were born to residents of Oakland County in 2019.
Oakland County had a slightly higher rejection rate of 1.7 percent of their total 261,890 absentee ballots.
Over two-thirds (77.0 percent) of the requested ballots were returned, and these returned ballots represented 70.8 percent of the total votes cast.
On Thursday of this week, the Census Bureau released its last set of population estimates until the 2020 Census results are released by July of 2021.
The perennial champ, Huntington Woods, did it once again with a 64.0 percent turnout. In fact, they had 5 of the top 7 performing precincts!
Newly released data from the Census Bureau allow us to gain an understanding of the job commuting characteristics for any community…
In spite of the fact that election discussions often focus on methods of increasing voter turnout, we continue to allow communities to conduct important elections in the middle of the summer
New Data Shows Education Levels, Income, & More by City (Kurt Metzger, Dec. 23, 2018) Oakland County, MI- Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau clearly demonstrate the wide social and economic diversity that exists across communities in Oakland County. Utilizing data collected by the American Community Survey over the 2013-2017 period, I have…
Voter Turnout by City/Twp in Oakland County 2018 Election (Kurt Metzger, Crystal Proxmire, Nov. 7, 2018) Oakland County, MI- Oakland County voters came out yesterday in record numbers for a Midterm Election. The overall turnout percentage of 64.2 percent of all registered voters, compares to 48.0 percent in 2014 and 51.4 percent in 2010. Turnout…
How’d Your Community Do? Voter Turnout Rates Throughout Oakland County (Kurt Metzger, Crystal Proxmire, Aug. 8, 2018) Oakland County, MI- The numbers are in for the Aug. 7, 2018 Primary Election, and data guru Kurt Metzger has compiled a list of communities ranked by voter turnout percentages. Huntington Woods took the top spot Tuesday, with…
Oakland County’s Silver Tsunami is Real: A Look at the Data (Kurt Metzger, April 18, 2018) Pontiac, MI- The Census Bureau recently forecast that the nation’s seniors (persons 65 years and over) would outnumber the nation’s children (persons under 18 years of age) for the first time in history by 2035. After recently reporting about…
Data Shows Population Shifts to and from Oakland County (Kurt Metzger, Dec. 27, 2017) Oakland County, MI – Population change in any geographic area, be it city, township, county or state, is comprised of four primary components – Births and Deaths (combining to create Natural Increase), Immigration and Domestic Migration (combining to create Net Migration).…