The U.S. Census Bureau has released profiles of demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for 39 counties and groups of counties in Michigan. These profiles are based on the American Community Survey. They are called "rural statistical areas" (RSA's) because their purpose is to make data available on an annual basis for non-metropolitan areas.  Despite their name, RSA's encompass the entire state, including metropolitan counties. 

These profiles are being released on an experimental basis, and the Census Bureau is seeking feedback on the following questions:

1. Are the RSA geographies useful in their current construction?
2. Would the RSA geographies be more useful if the counties were grouped differently?  What alternate groupings would be useful? [Note that, in order to publish data for individual calendar years, RSA's have a minimum size threshold of 65,000 persons.]
3. The RSAs are currently county-based geographies.  Would value be added to the RSA geography if it was a tract-based geography?  How would you group the tracts?
4. Do the RSA geographies provide you with information that you cannot otherwise access through the ACS?

• any comments in response to the four questions listed above; and
  
• a copy, link, or description of any table or analysis that was prepared from data in these profiles.
  

Information from Michigan data users will be combined and submitted to the Census Bureau.

Every county is included in an RSA, and Michigan's RSA's can generally be combined to produce data for the state's 14 Regional Planning Areas.  (The only exception is that Region 11 had to be combined with Region 12 because Region 11 has fewer than 65,000 people.)

Click here for a map of Michigan's regional planning areas from the Michigan Association of Regions.

Click here for footnotes that apply to all profiles.

• 2641 Wayne county
  
• 2642 Oakland county
  
• 2679 Macomb county
  
• 2643 Washtenaw county
  
• 2644 Saint Clair county
  
• 2645 Livingston county
  
• 2646 Monroe county 

• 2647 Jackson county
  
• 2648 Region 2 south (Hillsdale and Lenawee counties)

• 2649 Kalamazoo county
  
• 2650 Region 3 south (Branch and Saint Joseph counties)
  
• 2651 Region 3 northeast (Calhoun and Barry counties)

• 2652 Berrien county
  
• 2653 Region 4 east (Cass and Van Buren counties)

• 2654 Genesee county
  
• 2655 Lapeer county
  
• 2656 Shiawassee county 

• 2657 Ingham county
  
• 2658 Clinton county
  
• 2659 Eaton county 

• 2660 Saginaw county
  
• 2661 Bay county
  
• 2662 Midland county
  
• 2663 Thumb (Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola counties)
  
• 2664 Region 7 west (Gratiot, Isabella, and Clare counties)
  
• 2665 Region 7 north (Gladwin, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, and Arenac counties)

• 2666 Kent county
  
• 2667 Ottawa county
  
• 2668 Allegan county
  
• 2669 Region 8 northeast (Montcalm, Mecosta, and Osceola counties)

• 2670 Region 9 (Alcona, Oscoda, Crawford, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan counties)

• 2671 Grand Traverse county
  
• 2672 Region 10 west (Wexford, Manistee, Benzie, and Leelanau counties)
  
• 2673 Region 10 east (Missaukee, Kalkaska, Antrim, Charlevoix, and Emmet counties)

• 2674 Eastern Upper Peninsula (Chippewa, Macinac, Luce, Schoolcraft, and Alger counties)
  
• 2675 Central Upper Peninsula (Delta, Menominee, Dickinson, and Marquette counties)

• 2676 Western Upper Peninsula (Baraga, Iron, Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties)

• 2677 Muskegon county
  
• 2678 Region 14 north (Newaygo, Oceana, Mason, and Lake counties)

Updated 2/4/2008

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