Decline of Detroit

The William Livingstone House in Brush Park, became a symbol of Detroit's urban decay, 2007.
Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church, 2009
The abandoned dance floor of the Vanity Ballroom Building, 2010
Michigan Central Station, 2009
Packard Automotive Plant, 2009

The city of Detroit, in the U.S. state of Michigan, has gone through a major economic and demographic decline in recent decades. The population of the city has fallen from a high of 1,850,000 in 1950 to 680,000 in 2015, removing it from the top 20 of US cities by population for the first time since 1850. Local crime rates are among the highest in the United States (even though the overall crime rate in the city has seen a decline during the 21st century), and vast areas of the city are in a state of severe urban decay. In 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history, which it successfully exited on December 10, 2014.

As of 2017, the median household income is rising, and criminal activity is decreasing by 5% annually as of 2017. 2025 found the US Census Bureau reporting that the population of Detroit had grown for the second straight year, beginning the long process of reversing the decline of the city's population.

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