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- But the U.S. Census Bureau put 2020's population tally at 639,111, a drop of 10.5% or almost 75,000 residents from a decade ago, according to data it released Thursday. It's the seventh straight decade Detroit's population has declined since the census showed the city with nearly 1.85 million residents in 1950.
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Aug 12, 2021 · It's the seventh straight decade Detroit's population has declined since the census showed the city with nearly 1.85 million residents in 1950. But Detroit remained Michigan's largest...
Aug 12, 2021 · Detroit's persistent population decline continued through the last decade, with the city's tally of residents dropping to 639,111, a 10.5% decline, according to 2020 U.S. census data...
May 30, 2023 · Detroit’s population has dropped in every census since 1950 from a peak of 1.8 million people. However, census data shows the decline is slowing down; Detroit lost 74,666 residents from 2010 to 2020 after losing nearly 237,500 people the prior decade.
- Malachi Barrett
Detroit experienced a 61.4 percent decrease in population from 1950 to 2010, lowering its ranking from the fourth most populous city in the U.S. to the twenty-seventh. By 2012, Detroit had 40 square miles of vacant land out of a total of 139 square miles. This means that a third of the total land area of Detroit was vacant in 2012.
Aug 14, 2021 · According to the latest tally, the city's population dropped to 639,000, a more than 10% decline from the previous decade. This is the 7th straight decade the city has lost people. Meanwhile,...
Aug 13, 2021 · DETROIT – New census data shows the exodus from Detroit continuing -- the city losing 6% of its population. The number of people living in Wayne County also decreased. In a statement, Wayne...
