1950 ......... 1,849,568
1960 ......... 1,670,144
1970 ......... 1,511,482
1980 ......... 1,203,339
1990 ......... 1,027,974
2000 ............ 951,270
2004 ............ 900,198
I gotta tell you, I read those pop statistics as progress.
Amazing how the dems get 200,000+ more votes with population figures like this.
How soon before Lansing or some other MI city passes Detroit in population I wonder?
It has to have moved well out of the top 10 by size in the US.
...and still growing! ;')