the late 18th and early 19th centuries helped make Detroit
a global brand. According to researchers, “There is a direct
correlation between the rise of manufacturing in Michigan
Table 3 Population of Detroit, MI 1950-2012
Year
population
percent change in population
1950 1,849,568
1960 1,670,144
1970 1,511,482
1980 1,203,339
1990 1,027,974
2000 951,270
2010 713,777
Est. 2012
701,475
13.9%
-9.7%
-9.5%
-20.4%
-14.6%
-7.5%
-25%
-1.7%
lars, and the availability of dollars,” said Hector Hernandez,
executive director of Southwest Solutions, a community service agency in Detroit that works with immigrants. “The city
is tackling a myriad of problems, monumental problems. I
don’t think [immigration] is high on the radar yet…fundamentally the city do