People QuickFacts Detroit Michigan Population, 2011 estimate 706,585 9,876,801 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 713,777 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -1.0% -0.1% Population, 2010 713,777 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.0% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 26.7% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.5% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.7% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 10.6% 78.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 82.7% 14.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.1% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.2% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 6.8% 4.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 7.8% 76.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.6% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.1% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.3% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 77.1% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 12.2% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 39,265 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.6 23.9  Housing units, 2010 349,170 4,532,233 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 53.8% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.3% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $71,100 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 264,209 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.75 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $15,261 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $27,862 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 36.2% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Detroit Michigan Total number of firms, 2007 50,588 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 64.2% 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 49.7% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 20,216,107 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,112,126 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,271,837 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,567 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,253,917 14,536,648     Geography QuickFacts Detroit Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 138.75 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 5,144.3 174.8 FIPS Code 22000 26 Counties Wayne County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts