| | People QuickFacts | Detroit | Michigan |
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Population, 2013 estimate | 688,701 | 9,895,622 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 713,862 | 9,883,701 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -3.5% | 0.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 713,777 | 9,883,640 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.0% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 26.7% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 11.5% | 13.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.7% | 50.9% |
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White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 10.6% | 78.9% |
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Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 82.7% | 14.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.6% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.1% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.2% | 2.3% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 6.8% | 4.4% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 7.8% | 76.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 83.9% | 85.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 5.1% | 6.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 9.6% | 9.1% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 77.6% | 88.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 12.7% | 25.9% |
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Veterans, 2009-2013 | 35,416 | 672,213 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 26.6 | 24.0 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 349,170 | 4,532,233 |
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Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 51.9% | 72.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 26.7% | 17.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $50,400 | $121,700 |
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Households, 2009-2013 | 256,599 | 3,823,280 |
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Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.71 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $14,870 | $25,681 |
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Median household income, 2009-2013 | $26,325 | $48,411 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 39.3% | 16.8% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Detroit | Michigan |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 50,588 | 816,972 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 64.2% | 8.9% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 2.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 1.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 49.7% | 30.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 20,216,107 | 234,455,768 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,112,126 | 107,109,349 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,271,837 | 109,102,594 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $3,567 | $10,855 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,253,917 | 14,536,648 |