Detroit’s population is 620,376, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 estimate. That’s an incredibly precise number. But the bureau’s methods for determining it are actually rather ...

Detroit's population was likely undercounted by 8.1% in certain neighborhoods during the 2020 Census, new research from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University showed, ...

Detroit's population grew for the second year in a row, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Detroit’s population grew to reach 645,705 residents in 2024 compared with 638,914 in ...

Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had seen an exodus of people since the 1950s. Yet the estimates released Thursday show the population of Michigan’s largest city rose by just 1,852 people ...

Detroit reached its highest population point of nearly 2 million in 1950. Amid the lawsuits, the city dived into ways to understand how the bureau arrives at its estimates.

After decades of population decline, attracting immigrants has been key to growing and maintaining a more resilient economy ...

Detroit’s population declines were born out of white flight, a loaded term in this region, that has led to one of the most fractured and segregated regions in the U.S.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing the population of adults 65 and older is increasing, while the population of ...

Detroit's population peaked at 1.8 million in 1950, when it ranked fifth nationally. But the new numbers reflect a steady downsizing of the auto industry — the city's economic lifeblood for a ...

Detroit’s population was at 680,281 in 2014, down an estimated 8,459 residents from 2013, according to the data. That’s a smaller loss than the previous year’s drop of 12,784.

Finally, the view from outside the city is enticing enough that Detroit's population is growing, even if by a sliver, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released this week.

It's been such a precipitous decline that between 1950 and 2010, Detroit's population shrank by a staggering 61%, dropping it from fourth to 27th largest city in the nation.