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Detroit's population increased from under 500,000 in 1910 to over 1.8 million at the city's peak in 1950, making Detroit the fourth-most populous city in the United States at that time. [9] The population grew largely because of an influx of European immigrants, in addition to the migration of both black and white Americans to Detroit. [10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, as of July 2018, approximately 79.1% of those residing in the City of Detroit proper are African American. [2] Most but not all of the suburban cities are still predominantly white. In the 2000s, 115 of the 185 cities and townships in Metro Detroit were over 95% white.
Website. detroitmi.gov. Detroit (/ dɪˈtrɔɪt /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /, DEE-troyt) [ 8 ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [ 9 ] making it the 26th-most ...
Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had seen an exodus of people since the 1950s. Census Bureau estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South dominates growth Skip to main ...
In 2002 Detroit had 771,966 black residents, making up 81.2% of its population and making it the city with the largest African-American population in Michigan. [40] That year it was also, out of all of the U.S. cities with 100,000 or more people, the city with the second highest percentage of black people. [ 2 ]
The Detroit region is a ten-county Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with a population of 5,325,219—making it the 12th-largest CSA in the United States as enumerated by the 2020 Census. [ 53 ] The Detroit–Windsor area, a commercial link straddling the Canada-U.S. border , has a total population of about 5,700,000.
Detroit reached its population peak in the 1950 census at over 1.8 million people, and its population has decreased in each subsequent census. As of the 2010 census, the city has just over 700,000 residents, a total loss of 61% of its 1950 population.
Warrendale is one of Detroit's largest neighborhoods. Its approximate borders are Joy Road to the north, Greenfield road to the east, and the city limits in other directions. [22] Warrendale borders the communities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Rouge Park, located on each side of the Rouge River, joins Warrendale.