Lansing has a population of about 117,000. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in MI at 195,000 (both figures - 2004 est). So - Detroit still has the largest population by far in the state. In 1950, Detroit was the 5th largest city in the US. Today, it is 11th.
Wow.
This is amazing. The DUmmies are killing the city !
Population of Detroit (city), MI.:
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
Kent County, which is where Grand Rapids is located (I live in Grand Rapids) is growing like mad. Obviously it hasn't as large in population as the area surrounding Detroit, but Detroit's population has halved in fifty years. The number three spot used to be held by Flint, but that has cratered a bit. Unless GR gets a lot of multistorey apartments or condos, I have my doubts that the population will ever exceed 250,000.
And that's just fine with me.