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During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, increasing [[Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing|fuel costs]] and other factors made significantly more global competition and recession among families. Michigan lost a significant amount of [[population]] due to global competition and the dramatic unavailability of manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2001-2002/2001-mm-0003-0026-History.pdf</ref> Meanwhile, Michigan had increased use of technology, specifically when the [[IBM Personal Computer]] started selling in the state, in which became mostly used at work. | During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, increasing [[Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing|fuel costs]] and other factors made significantly more global competition and recession among families. Michigan lost a significant amount of [[population]] due to global competition and the dramatic unavailability of manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2001-2002/2001-mm-0003-0026-History.pdf</ref> Meanwhile, Michigan had increased use of technology, specifically when the [[IBM Personal Computer]] started selling in the state, in which became mostly used at work. | ||
Michigan became the leading auto-producing state in the U.S., with the industry primarily located throughout the [[Midwestern United States]]; Ontario, Canada; and the Southern United States.<ref name="NAM">{{cite web |publisher = National Association of Manufacturers |date = February 2008 |url = http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081023020928/http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 23, 2008 |title = Facts about Michigan Manufacturing |access-date = January 11, 2009}}</ref> With almost ten million residents in 2010, Michigan is a large and influential state, ranking tenth in population among the fifty states. Detroit is the centrally located metropolitan area of the [[Great Lakes megalopolis]] and the second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. (after | Michigan became the leading auto-producing state in the U.S., with the industry primarily located throughout the [[Midwestern United States]]; Ontario, Canada; and the Southern United States.<ref name="NAM">{{cite web |publisher = National Association of Manufacturers |date = February 2008 |url = http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081023020928/http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files/State_Data/Michigan.ashx |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 23, 2008 |title = Facts about Michigan Manufacturing |access-date = January 11, 2009}}</ref> With almost ten million residents in 2010, Michigan is a large and influential state, ranking tenth in population among the fifty states. Detroit is the centrally located metropolitan area of the [[Great Lakes megalopolis]] and the second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. (after Chicago) linking the [[Great Lakes]] system. | ||
The [[Metro Detroit]] area in [[Southeast Michigan]] is the state's largest metropolitan area (roughly 50% of the population resides there) and the eleventh largest in the United States. The [[Grand Rapids metropolitan area]] in Western Michigan is the state's fastest-growing metro area, with more than 1.3 million residents {{as of|2006|lc=y}}. | The [[Metro Detroit]] area in [[Southeast Michigan]] is the state's largest metropolitan area (roughly 50% of the population resides there) and the eleventh largest in the United States. The [[Grand Rapids metropolitan area]] in Western Michigan is the state's fastest-growing metro area, with more than 1.3 million residents {{as of|2006|lc=y}}. | ||