Detroit's population plummets 25 percent

ap ^ | Mar 22, 2011 | JOHN FLESHER

[george76]

Detroit's population plummeted 25 percent over the past decade amid an economic downturn so severe that Michigan was the only state that failed to gain residents, according to 2010 Census data released Tuesday.

The statistics show that the once-mighty Motor City's population dropped to 713,777 last year, from 951,270 in 2000...

Detroit's population peaked at 1.8 million in 1950, when it ranked fifth nationally.

[Misterioso]

Detroit before the UAW and Walter Reuther worked their magic. Is Reuther’s bust on display anywhere, I wonder?

[Niuhuru]

I hope it does happen. Will be nice to see Detroit no longer getting our taxmoney to keep funding their dysfunctional behavior.