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Detroit, MI Market Area


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2024 population: 4,930,498   ( 11,042 from 2020)
Land area: 5147.6 square miles
Population density: 957.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:3,208,649 65.08% 1.9%
Black:1,008,63520.46% 1.5%
Indian:14,5010.29% 1.0%
Asian:298,3876.05% 21.1%
2+ races:127,4662.59% 10.8%
Hispanic:272,8605.53% 10.6%
Total non-White:1,721,84934.92% 4.5%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:214,924 10.9
Deaths:219,35211.1
Net Migration: -100,631-5.1
Net Immigration: 114,7545.8
Change in White population:-63,807 -1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:74,849 1.5



Historical Presidential Election Results for Detroit, MI Market Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +76,453 R +159,802 R + 5.9%
D -83,349
2024 vs. 2016 R +229,931 R +37,792 R + 3.4%
D +192,139
2020 vs. 2016 R +153,478 D +122,010 D + 2.5%
D +275,488
2024 vs. 2012 R +294,118 R +236,190 R + 11.6%
D +57,928
2016 vs. 2008 R +90,557 R +355,385 R + 13.8%
D -264,828
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 71% Kamala Harris (D) 1,457,987 53.2% Donald Trump (R) 1,211,452 44.2% 72,420 [+] 2.6% 2,741,859 -6 1.76%
2020 71% Joe Biden (D) 1,541,336 56.7% Donald Trump* (R) 1,134,999 41.8% 40,291 [+] 1.5% 2,716,626 -5 1.71%
2016 63% Hillary Clinton (D) 1,265,848 53.5% Donald Trump (R) 981,521 41.5% 117,996 [+] 5.0% 2,365,365 -4 1.72%
2012 64% Barack Obama* (D) 1,400,059 59.7% Mitt Romney (R) 917,334 39.1% 29,197 [+] 1.2% 2,346,590 -8 1.82%
2008 68% Barack Obama (D) 1,530,676 62.2% John McCain (R) 890,964 36.2% 41,009 [+] 1.7% 2,462,649 -9 1.87%
2004 65% John Kerry (D) 1,349,887 56.9% George W. Bush* (R) 1,002,630 42.2% 21,626 [+] 0.9% 2,374,143 -8 1.94%
2000 57% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 1,179,973 56.9% George W. Bush (R) 841,563 40.6% 50,875 [+] 2.5% 2,072,411 -7 1.97%
1996 53% Bill Clinton* (D) 1,062,664 56.7% Robert Dole (R) 642,594 34.3% 167,767 [+] 9.0% 1,873,025 -6 1.95%
1992 60% Bill Clinton (D) 1,005,429 47.7% George Bush* (R) 742,966 35.3% 358,716 [+] 17.0% 2,107,111 -2 2.02%
1988 52% George Bush (R) 912,542 50.8% Michael Dukakis (D) 866,863 48.3% 15,499 [+] 0.9% 1,794,904 -3 1.96%
1984 56% Ronald Reagan* (R) 1,043,078 54.7% Walter Mondale (D) 854,953 44.8% 9,904 0.5% 1,907,935 -4 2.06%
1980 58% Jimmy Carter* (D) 921,316 47.4% Ronald Reagan (R) 869,238 44.7% 152,298 [+] 7.8% 1,942,852 -6 2.25%
1976 59% Jimmy Carter (D) 953,068 51.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 860,938 46.6% 34,668 [+] 1.9% 1,848,674 -1 2.27%
1972 58% Richard Nixon* (R) 956,007 52.5% George McGovern (D) 828,612 45.5% 34,922 [+] 1.9% 1,819,541 -8 2.34%
1968 65% Hubert Humphrey (D) 1,003,835 56.3% Richard Nixon (R) 582,344 32.7% 197,004 [+] 11.0% 1,783,183 -11 2.44%
1964 67% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 1,257,493 72.0% Barry Goldwater (R) 486,450 27.8% 3,611 0.2% 1,747,554 -11 2.47%
1960 73% John Kennedy (D) 1,088,391 59.8% Richard Nixon (R) 724,895 39.8% 6,117 0.3% 1,819,403 -10 2.64%
1956 67% Adlai Stevenson (D) 881,384 52.3% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 800,761 47.5% 3,002 0.2% 1,685,147 -10 2.72%
1952 65% Adlai Stevenson (D) 782,078 52.2% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 709,957 47.4% 6,589 0.4% 1,498,624 -8 2.43%
1948 54% Harry Truman* (D) 607,693 54.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 474,761 42.3% 41,188 [+] 3.7% 1,123,642 -3 2.30%
1944 61% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 676,370 58.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 469,781 40.8% 5,967 0.5% 1,152,118 -5 2.40%
1940 57% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 560,010 57.2% Wendell Willkie (R) 411,422 42.1% 6,854 0.7% 978,286 -3 1.96%
1936 53% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 507,289 61.3% Alf Landon (R) 276,460 33.4% 43,170 [+] 5.2% 826,919 -3 1.81%
1932 49% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 407,104 55.5% Herbert Hoover* (R) 300,711 41.0% 25,618 [+] 3.5% 733,433 1 1.85%
1928 43% Herbert Hoover (R) 384,251 65.5% Al Smith (D) 197,509 33.7% 4,482 [+] 0.8% 586,242 7 1.59%
1924 41% Calvin Coolidge (R) 360,287 78.5% Robert LaFollette (Prog) 48,708 10.6% 50,243 [+] 10.9% 459,238 24 1.58%
1920 44% Warren Harding (R) 297,366 73.9% James Cox (D) 79,210 19.7% 25,898 [+] 6.4% 402,474 14 1.50%
1916 27% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 104,973 52.6% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 89,034 44.6% 5,674 [+] 2.8% 199,681 6 1.08%
1912 26% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 54,034 36.8% William Taft* (R) 44,032 30.0% 48,639 [+] 33.2% 146,705 7 0.98%
1908 32% William Taft (R) 83,823 60.9% William J. Bryan (D) 46,926 34.1% 6,870 [+] 5.0% 137,619 9 0.92%
1904 33% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 86,680 66.4% Alton Parker (D) 40,154 30.8% 3,699 [+] 2.8% 130,533 10 0.97%
1900 36% William McKinley* (R) 70,326 55.2% William J. Bryan (D) 53,963 42.3% 3,202 [+] 2.5% 127,491 4 0.91%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote