Detroit, MI

1950‑1959:		Detroit, MI SMA
1959‑1975:		Detroit, MI SMSA
1975‑1983:		Detroit, MI SMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI SCSA
1983‑1992:		Detroit, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI CMSA
1992‑2003:		Detroit, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA
2003‑2006:		Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Detroit, MI

Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Lapeer County, MI	35,794	41,926	52,317	70,038	74,768	87,904	93,220

Livingston County, MI	26,725	38,233	58,967	100,289	115,645	156,951	181,404

Macomb County, MI	184,961	405,804	625,309	694,600	717,400	788,149	828,950

Monroe County, MI	75,666	101,120	118,479	134,659	133,600	145,945	153,772

Oakland County, MI	396,001	690,259	907,871	1,011,793	1,083,592	1,194,156	1,213,669

St. Clair County, MI	91,599	107,201	120,175	138,802	145,607	164,235	171,079

Wayne County, MI	2,435,235	2,666,297	2,666,751	2,337,891	2,111,687	2,061,162	1,990,932



Total	3,016,197	3,762,360	4,199,931	4,353,413	4,382,299	4,441,551	4,479,254
Percent Change	-	24.7%	11.6%	3.7%	0.7%	1.4%	0.8%



Total (as currently defined)	3,170,315	3,949,720	4,431,390	4,353,413	4,248,699	4,452,557	4,479,254
Percent Change	-	24.6%	12.2%	-1.8%	-2.4%	4.8%	0.6%

Timeline

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Component

Lapeer County, MI

Livingston County, MI

Macomb County, MI

Monroe County, MI

Oakland County, MI

St. Clair County, MI

Wayne County, MI

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Detroit, MI	1,849,568	*	1,670,144	*	1,511,482	*	1,203,339	*	1,027,974	*	951,270	*	886,671	*

Dearborn, MI	94,994		112,007		104,199		90,660		89,286	*	97,775	*	94,090	*

Pontiac, MI	73,681		82,233		85,279		76,715		71,166	*	66,337	*	67,331	*

Port Huron, MI	35,725		36,084		35,794		33,981		33,694	*	32,338	*	31,501

Livonia, MI	17,534		66,702		110,109		104,814		100,850		100,545		97,977	*

Taylor, MI	(x)		(x)		70,020		77,568		70,811		65,868		64,962	*

Farmington Hills, MI	(x)		(x)		(x)		58,056		74,652		82,111		80,223	*

Southfield, MI	(x)		31,501		69,285		75,568		75,728		78,296		76,818	*

Troy, MI	(x)		19,382		39,419		67,102		72,884		80,959		81,168	*

Warren, MI	727		89,246		179,260		161,134		144,864		138,247		135,311	*

Novi, MI	(x)		6,390		9,668		22,525		32,988		47,386		53,115	*



Total	1,849,568		1,670,144		1,511,482		1,203,339		1,222,120		1,147,720		1,637,666
Metro	3,016,197		3,762,360		4,199,931		4,353,413		4,382,299		4,441,551		4,479,254
Percent	61.3%		44.4%		36.0%		27.6%		27.9%		25.8%		36.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Detroit, MI

Dearborn, MI

Pontiac, MI

Port Huron, MI

Livonia, MI

Taylor, MI

Farmington Hills, MI

Southfield, MI

Troy, MI

Warren, MI

Novi, MI

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,774,563	92.0%
		UA Population		2,751,971	91.2%
	Rural Population			241,634	8.0%

	Inside Central Cities			1,849,568	61.3%
	Outside Central Cities			1,166,629	38.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,016,197	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Detroit, MI		2,659,398	2,659,398	100.0%
	Pontiac, MI		92,573	92,573	100.0%

	Total			2,751,971


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,563,210	94.7%
		UA Population		3,536,372	94.0%
	Rural Population			199,150	5.3%

	Inside Central Cities			1,670,144	44.4%
	Outside Central Cities			2,092,216	55.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,762,360	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Detroit, MI		3,537,709	3,536,372	100.0%

	Total			3,536,372


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,081,042	92.1%
		UA Population		3,978,234	89.8%
	Rural Population			350,348	7.9%

	Inside Central Cities			1,511,482	34.1%
	Outside Central Cities			2,919,908	65.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,431,390	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Ann Arbor, MI		178,605	9,549	5.3%
	Detroit, MI		3,970,584	3,968,685	100.0%

	Total			3,978,234


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,009,195	89.3%
		UA Population		3,901,367	86.9%
	Rural Population			478,877	10.7%

	Inside Central Cities			1,404,695	31.3%
	Outside Central Cities			3,083,377	68.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,488,072	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Ann Arbor, MI		208,782	18,264	8.7%
	Detroit, MI		3,809,327	3,809,327	100.0%
	Port Huron, MI		59,647	59,647	100.0%
	Toledo, OH-MI		485,440	14,129	2.9%

	Total			3,901,367


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,892,343	91.2%
		UA Population		3,800,051	89.1%
	Rural Population			374,311	8.8%

	Inside Central Cities			1,222,120	28.6%
	Outside Central Cities			3,044,534	71.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,266,654	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Ann Arbor, MI		222,061	20,931	9.4%
	Detroit, MI		3,697,529	3,697,529	100.0%
	Port Huron, MI		62,774	62,774	100.0%
	Toledo, OH-MI		489,155	18,817	3.8%

	Total			3,800,051


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,161,387	93.5%
		UA Population		4,121,151	92.6%
	Rural Population			291,170	6.5%

	Inside Principal Cities			1,661,408	37.3%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,791,149	62.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,452,557	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Ann Arbor, MI		283,904	34,210	12.0%
	Detroit, MI		3,903,377	3,901,529	100.0%
	Flint, MI		365,096	2,798	0.8%
	Port Huron, MI		86,486	83,387	96.4%
	South Lyon-Howell-Brighton, MI		106,139	99,227	93.5%

	Total			4,121,151


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Detroit, MI SMA
-		Macomb County, MI included as original SMA component
-		Oakland County, MI included as original SMA component
-		Wayne County, MI included as original SMA component
-		Detroit, MI designated as original central city of new SMA


Oct 1963



-		Lapeer County, MI added to Flint, MI SMSA
-		Monroe County, MI added to Toledo, OH-MI SMSA


Apr 1973



-		Lapeer County, MI added, transferred from Flint, MI SMSA
-		Livingston County, MI added
-		St. Clair County, MI added


Oct 1975



-		Detroit, MI SMSA included in Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Detroit, MI SMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI SCSA became Detroit, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI CMSA
-		Monroe County, MI added, transferred from Toledo, OH-MI SMSA
-		Dearborn, MI designated as central city of PMSA
-		Pontiac, MI designated as central city of PMSA
-		Port Huron, MI designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Livingston County, MI transferred to Ann Arbor, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Detroit, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA became Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Monroe County, MI included as original component of Monroe, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Port Huron, MI no longer designated as principal/central city
-		New Metro Division: Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Wayne County, MI included as original component of Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Dearborn, MI transferred to Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Detroit, MI transferred to Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Livonia, MI designated as original principal city of new Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Taylor, MI designated as original principal city of new Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		New Metro Division: Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Lapeer County, MI included as original component of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Livingston County, MI included as original component of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA, transferred from Ann Arbor, MI PMSA in Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA
-		Macomb County, MI included as original component of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Oakland County, MI included as original component of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		St. Clair County, MI included as original component of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Farmington Hills, MI designated as original principal city of new Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Pontiac, MI transferred to Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Southfield, MI designated as original principal city of new Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Troy, MI designated as original principal city of new Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Warren, MI designated as original principal city of new Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA


Dec 2005



-		Title of Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA changed to Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
-		Novi, MI designated as principal city of Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Division in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area in Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA

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