1940:1,623,452... whites (90.71%) blacks (9.19%), #4 US city by population
Now WWII comes along, and the manufacturing boom adds 360,000 residents in 3 years.
1950: 1,849,568... whites (83.58%) black (16.25%), #5 (LA passes by)
1960: 1,670,144... whites (70.83%) blacks (28.87%), #5
The black population DOUBLES in a decade, and 300,000 whites leave. For 50 of the 57 years between 1905 and 1962, Detroit's mayors were Republican. In 1962, the last (ever?) Republican mayor of Detroit leaves office. Then, in 1967, the Detroit Race Riots take place. Now watch...
1970: 1,511,482... whites (55.50%) blacks (53.98%), #5
1980: 1,203,339... whites (34.38%) blacks (63.07%), #6 (Houston passes by)
1990: 1,027,974... whites (21.63%) blacks (75.67%), #7 (San Diego passes by)
2000: 951,270... whites (12.26%) blacks (81.55%), #10 (DAL, PHX, SA) 2010: 713,777... whites (10.61%) blacks (82.69%), #18
From 1960-1970, 300,000 whites in Detroit left...
From 1970-1980, HALF of all whites in Detroit left... (838,000 to 413,000)
From 1980-1990, HALF of all whites in Detroit left... (413,000 to 222,000)
From 1990-2000, HALF of all whites in Detroit left...(222,000 to 116,000)
From 1950-2000, over NINETY-FIVE percent of all whites leave Detroit. 1,545,847 down to 75,758
Clearly, all of Detroit's problems are the fault of whites and Republicans.