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The metro area population of Detroit in 2021 was 3,530,000, a 0.51% decline from 2020. Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Detroit metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
Census data for Detroit, MI (pop. 620,410), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
May 16, 2024 · Census Bureau estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South dominates growth. Associated Press May 16, 2024. Estimates released Thursday show the population of Michigan’s largest city rose by just 1,852 people from 2022 to 2023.
May 30, 2023 · New U.S. Census Bureau data is calling attention to challenges holding back Detroit’s growth ahead of an annual gathering of business and political leaders where population decline is expected to be a major theme. Estimates released in May show Detroit lost 7,791 residents from 2021 to 2022, dropping to 620,373 total.
- Malachi Barrett
Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.
Metro Detroit is the most populated area of the state, home to close to 4 million people and one of largest metropolitan economies in the United States. The region is home to Oakland County, which has the second highest median income in the state, and the region is seen as one of the wealthiest areas in Michigan.
The largest city in Michigan, Detroit is home 3.5 million people in the Detroit Metropolitan Area and 668,000 in the city area. This makes it the second largest city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and the fourteenth largest in the United States.
