LANSING – Michigan’s population has fallen below 10 million, according to U.S. Census data released last week.

As of July 1, 2009, the state’s population is 9,969,727, down from 10,002,486 a year earlier. It’s the first time since the July 1, 2000, population estimate that the state’s population fell below 10 million.

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