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Detroit, MI
645,705 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2622000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Detroit ranked #340 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Detroit and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Cleveland OH, Baltimore MD, Milwaukee WI, St. Louis MO, Cincinnati OH, New Orleans LA, Memphis TN, Atlanta GA, Buffalo NY, Dallas TX, Pittsburgh PA, Toledo OH, Columbus OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #340 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #323 | #334 | #333 | #326 | #333 | #337 | #338 | #339 | #339 | #338 | #338 | #323 | #337 | #335 | #333 | #321 | #337 | #340 | #340 | #338 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 837,407 | 811,922 | 784,998 | 756,383 | 731,155 | 711,131 | 705,118 | 700,183 | 691,868 | 682,609 | 679,410 | 677,143 | 674,631 | 672,977 | 670,031 | 638,367 | 634,939 | 634,702 | 638,914 | 645,705 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #218 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -1.9 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -1.8 | — | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #139 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 8 in its peer group with data | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | — | — | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #334 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 28.9% | 30.1% | 30.1% | 30.5% | 34.4% | 34.1% | 35.3% | 36.9% | 35.1% | 34.3% | 34.5% | 32.9% | 30.9% | 32.1% | 30.6% | — | 30.7% | 32.6% | 32.9% | 33.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #300 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 44.5 | 51.9 | 49.9 | 42.7 | 49.6 | 43.6 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 45.7 | 43.7 | 42.2 | 44.6 | 39.7 | 38.8 | 41.9 | 50.3 | 48.2 | 48.4 | 39.1 | 31.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #294 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 456.2 | 491.8 | 445.2 | 431.0 | 455.4 | 438.9 | 439.6 | 424.7 | 407.3 | 383.5 | 367.2 | 430.6 | 429.3 | 450.5 | 472.1 | 675.9 | 689.7 | 603.3 | 582.1 | 492.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 264,584 | 258,463 | 258,659 | 257,263 | 246,482 | 242,274 | 243,991 | 246,521 | 245,055 | 246,400 | 247,316 | 253,541 | 237,922 | 243,556 | 249,864 | 227,684 | 228,761 | — | — | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #270 of 336 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2021 | +2.5 | -0.7 | +2.3 | +1.4 | +3.6 | -0.5 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -2.5 | -0.2 | -3.2 | +1.0 | -7.8 | +1.2 | +1.9 | +0.2 | -2.4 | — | — | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203,993 | 205,817 | 211,663 | 224,532 | 220,707 | 239,033 | 234,102 | 249,478 | 261,192 | — | 222,936 | 226,561 | 241,862 | 248,535 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #335 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.3% | 27.7% | 25.3% | 21.6% | 20.6% | 16.5% | 15.8% | 13.1% | 11.2% | — | 17.4% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 10.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 98% | 102% | 105% | 104% | 93% | 95% | 91% | 86% | 80% | 73% | 73% | 69% | 70% | 71% | 68% | 64% | 80% | 72% | 72% | 102% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #170 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 1% | 11% | -7% | 12% | 2% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 23% | 24% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 21% | 27% | 22% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #230 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $17,681 | $14,348 | $14,781 | $14,748 | $14,911 | $15,105 | $14,560 | $15,778 | $16,016 | $15,784 | $14,863 | $4,391 | $6,048 | $5,355 | $6,032 | $5,726 | $5,363 | $4,782 | $4,410 | $4,191 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Detroit. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.