I recall our 2010 official census count was national news in March 2011. Dave Bing was mayor, the New York Times headline was “Detroit Census Confirms a Desertion Like No Other” after we lost 25% of the population from 2000 to 2010. The estimates leading up to the 2010 official count proved to be wildly inaccurate [[off by over 100k) and I’m bracing for the same this time.
Current estimate is 670k.
My guess: I think the 2020 official count will be 500k-550k.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/us/23detroit.html
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