This morning the Census Bureau released their estimate of the population of the city of Detroit for July 1, 2008. The figure is 912,062. The rate of population decline in the city appears to be slowing. The estimate for July 1, 2008 is 4.1 % smaller than the Census 2000 count. Nevertheless, 23 of the nation's 25 largest cities grew more rapidly or declined less rapidly in population than Detroit. Philadelphia is the only large city that lost population at a higher rate in this decade than Detroit. Date are available at the Census Bureau website: www.census.gov