SOCDS Census Data: Output for Detroit city, MI

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NOTE: Racial and Ethnic Characterizations in the 1970 Census do not match those in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. Therefore, Race/Ethnicity data are only reported for 1980,1990, and 2000. For 2000 data, "White, Non-Hispanic" and "Black, Non-Hispanic" include only persons identifying themselves as "White alone" and "Black or African American alone" respectively. "Other Races, Non-Hispanic" includes those identifying themselves as "American Indian and Alaska Native alone", "Asian alone","Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone","some other race alone", or of more than one race.


Population by Race/Ethnicity

Detroit, MI PMSA Central city of:
Detroit city, MI		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 3,367,014 402,077 2,804,374
1990 3,176,158 212,804 2,813,742
2000 3,096,900 99,921 2,863,885
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 886,796 754,274 102,013
1990 938,549 775,833 130,085
2000 1,012,262 771,966 205,204
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 61,345 18,018 40,699
1990 73,493 12,180 58,190
2000 204,314 32,216 156,611
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 72,628 28,970 36,002
1990 78,454 27,157 42,517
2000 128,075 47,167 68,131


Race/Ethnicity Groups as Percent of Total Population

Detroit, MI PMSA Central city of:
Detroit city, MI		 Suburbs*
White, Non-Hispanic 1980 76.7 33.4 94.0
1990 74.4 20.7 92.4
2000 69.7 10.5 86.9
Black, Non-Hispanic 1980 20.2 62.7 3.4
1990 22.0 75.5 4.3
2000 22.8 81.2 6.2
Other Races, Non-Hispanic 1980 1.4 1.5 1.4
1990 1.7 1.2 1.9
2000 4.6 3.4 4.8
Total Hispanic (All Races) 1980 1.7 2.4 1.2
1990 1.8 2.6 1.4
2000 2.9 5.0 2.1


Foreign Born Population

Detroit, MI PMSA Central city of:
Detroit city, MI		 Suburbs*
Total Foreign Born 1970 309,020 121,355 170,729
1980 282,687 68,303 196,110
1990 234,479 34,490 182,727
2000 335,107 45,541 259,657
Foreign Born
as Percent
of Total
Population		 1970 6.9 8.0 6.2
1980 6.4 5.7 6.6
1990 5.5 3.4 6.0
2000 7.5 4.8 7.9

*Suburb data are defined as the total for the Detroit, MI PMSA less the sum of data for these cities: Dearborn city, MI ; Detroit city, MI ; Pontiac city, MI ; Port Huron city, MI ; click a highlighted city to see its Race/Ethnicity table.

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