Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Wow

The flight out of major cities has largely ended, if not reversed the last couple decades.

Except for one obvious place apparently...and how:

Detroit's population fell to 713,000 in 2010, its lowest level in a century, according to U.S. Census figures released today.

The loss of 238,270 residents since 2000 is a sobering statistical stamp on a decade's worth of job losses, plant closings and foreclosures in a city that was home to 1.8 million residents in 1950. The numbers follow Census figures released in December that show Michigan was the only state to lose residents since 2000, falling 54,000 to 9,883,640. Michigan is set to lose one of its 15 congressional seats.

2 comments:

pansypoo said...

man, changing the residency rules in detroit had unintended consequences. and they are trying the same bullshit again in milwaukee.

Anonymous said...

when you can't build cars or work in the steel mills, there are only so many golf courses you can mow.
Where do the rest go?
vox