Kurt Metzger, research director of Center for Urban Studies, comments extensively in a story about recent U.S. Census statistics revealing a continuing decline in Michigan's younger population. From 1995 to 2000, the state lost 10,697 residents with bachelor's degrees and an additional 7,687 with graduate degrees in the crucial 25-39 age group. However the census numbers do not necessarily tell the whole story according to Metzger. "While state leaders struggle to stem the exodus of homegrown young adults to the Sun Belt, the losses are partially offset by recently arrived immigrants - many with advance degrees and skills sought by high-tech companies," Metzger says.