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Detroit, MI Urban Area

3,773,725 Population
1,284.8 square miles 2,937.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,695 ±$607 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,803 ±$1,219 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±0.5% (571,167  ±19,768) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.4 minutes ±0.4 (39,416,200  ±692,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,529,548 ±7,772 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (3,737,605  ±9,678) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±0.4% (44,299  ±3,788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,685,631 ±4,057 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$260,300 ±$2,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.4% ±0.6% (387,963  ±21,333.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91% ±1% (2,421,309  ±26,363.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.1% ±0.6% (961,169  ±15,563.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

18% ±0.6% (640,073  ±21,005) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

12.8% ±0.4% (483,905  ±14,554) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±0.2% (126,062  ±4,967) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
126,062 Total veterans ±4,967 115,058 Male ±4,719 11,004 Female ±1,636

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