The city's population peaked in 1950 with a population of 1.85 million, but in 2020, that had fallen to only 640,000 — that's a fall from around 700,000 in the 2010 census. Its decline led to the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. Today, only around a third of its population remains to call Detroit home.
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Today, GM and Detroit are bankrupt. The population plummeted to 700,000 with the highest unemployment rate (more than 16 percent) in any major American city.
Fort Detroit was surrendered to the British on November 29, 1760, after the fall of Quebec. Control of the area, and all French territory east of the ...
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Aug 10, 2022 · The station sat abandoned for years as the city fell into bankruptcy. Detroit's decline into insolvency formed amid 20th century globalization ...
Apr 3, 2014 · It lies in an area that lost about 40% of its residents between 2000 and 2010, according to a census analysis by Data Driven Detroit. The number ...
Jun 13, 2021 · Due to this the city began to build freeways. The result of the freeways crisscrossing the city, neighbourhoods were were split and isolated.
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Posted: Apr 1, 2022
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Jul 16, 2023 · Detroit exited bankruptcy in December 2014 with about $7 billion in debt restructured or wiped out and $1.7 billion set aside to improve city ...
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A third of its land now lies vacant or dotted with empty, derelict houses. The good news is there are unmistakable signs of renewal in Detroit. Given a fresh ...