# @metrotimes on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-05-16T17:57:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Detroit Metro Times (@metrotimes) — https://gondola.cc/metrotimes

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You may have woken up Thursday to the good news that Detroit’s population is rising for the first time since 1957, a time when white people began flocking to the suburbs.⁠
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Between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, Detroit gained 1,852 residents, putting the city’s population at 633,366, according to U.S. Census estimates released Monday morning.⁠
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Detroit is now ranked as the 26th most populated city in the U.S., leapfrogging Memphis, Louisville, and Portland.⁠
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While population gains are a positive sign for any city, the growth in Detroit is far more nuanced and complicated than a single estimate can reveal.⁠
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Between 2000 and 2020, Detroit lost about 295,000 Black residents, or 37.4% of its African American population. No other city has lost more Black residents.⁠
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Meanwhile, Detroit’s white population grew by more than 5,100 between 2010 and 2020.⁠
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Black people now account for 77.2% of the city’s overall population, compared to 82.2% in 2010, when Detroit had the highest percentage of Black residents in the country.⁠
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You can see the growth in the pricey lofts and condos that are cropping up in Midtown, downtown, Corktown, Brush Park, the Cass Corridor and the riverfront.⁠
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At the same time, a disproportionate number of Black residents are living in neighborhoods dominated by blight, abandonment, and crime. The number of middle-class neighborhoods in Detroit shrunk from 22 in 2010 to 11 in 2020, leaving longtime residents with fewer options to find a decent place to live.⁠
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See link in bio to read more. ⁠
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#detroit #metrodetroit #downtowndetroit #census #mayorduggan #michigan

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