2020 July 1 Population Estimates for Detroit and Michigan
In late June, the Census Bureau released their 2020 population estimates for the state, all counties and all municipalities. They did not issue a press release so they flew under the radar. These estimates show the resident population of the state, all municipalities and counties as of July 1, 2020.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...estimates.html
There are some interesting issues. The official Census 2020 count of Michigan residents as of April 1, 2020 is:
10,077,331.
However, the estimated resident population for July 1, 2020 was: 9,966,555. It is not plausible to think that the state actually lost 110,776 people from April to July of last year. The Census Bureau did not explain such discrepancies.
The city of Detroit was estimated to have 665,369 residents as of July 1, 2020. That suggests the loss of population has greatly slowed down in Detroit. From 2000 to 2010, the city lost one-quarter of its population but from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2020, the Census Bureau estimates a loss of only 6.8%. And from 2014 when the city exited bankruptcy to July1, 2020; the Census Bureau estimates a loss of only 2.5%.
These new estimates do not show data by race but we know there has been a turn around in Detroit The Census Bureau's American Community Survey shows data by race but the most recent information is for July 1, 2019. The exodus of Blacks to the suburbs that began about 1990 greatly slowed down after 2013 and, from 2013 to 2019, the American Community Survey reported a growth of Whites in the city.
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