The Census Bureau has good news and the other kind in its latest look at Detroit, WWJ reports via AP.
City street image is by Flickr user 'Detroit1701.'Detroit’s population loss slowed significantly last year, but the city still lost another 12,000 residents, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The figures show Detroit lost residents between 2011 and 2012, but the decline was at a slower pace than in previous years. Most of the nation’s largest cities posted strong population growth, but Detroit fell 0.7 percent, or 4,726 residents, to an estimated 701,475 as of last July.
The Census Bureau estimates Detroit’s population is just above 700,000, and demographer Kurt Metzger said the city’s population could fall to 650,000 or 600,000 before it stabilizes.
Statewide, the Census Bureau says Michigan’s population edged up to nearly 9.9 million in 2012.
