Editing Detroit (section)

{{Short description|Largest city in Michigan, United States}}
{{Redirect2|Motor City|Detroit City|other uses|Detroit (disambiguation)|and|Motor City (disambiguation)|and|Detroit City (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2019}}

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| name               = Detroit
| settlement_type    = City
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  | image1             = Detroit Skyline (123143197).jpeg
  | alt1               = Downtown Detroit skyline
  | caption1           = [[Downtown Detroit]] skyline 
  | image2             = Fox Theater Restored to It's Original Brilliance.jpg
  | alt2               = Fox Theatre
  | caption2           = [[Fox Theatre (Detroit)|Fox Theatre]]
  | image3             = Headquarters of GM in Detroit.jpg
  | alt3               = Renaissance Center
  | caption3           = [[Renaissance Center]]
  | image4             = Ambassador bridge evening.jpg
  | alt4               = Ambassador Bridge
  | caption4           = [[Ambassador Bridge]]
  | image5             = Comerica Park, Home of the Detroit Tigers Baseball Team.jpg
  | alt5               = Comerica Park
  | caption5           = [[Comerica Park]]
  | image6             = Detroit institute of arts, esterno 01.jpg
  | alt6               = Detroit Institute of Arts
  | caption6           = [[Detroit Institute of Arts]]
  | image7             = Motown Museum Detroit (52755960301).jpg
  | alt7               = Hitsville U.S.A.
  | caption7           = [[Hitsville U.S.A.]]
  | image8             = Historic Scott Fountain located at Belle Isle Park.jpg
  | alt8               = Belle Isle Park
  | caption8           = [[Belle Isle Park]]
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| image_flag         = Flag of Detroit.svg
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| image_seal         = Seal of Detroit (B&W).svg
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| blank_emblem_alt   = 
| blank_emblem_link  = The Spirit of Detroit
| etymology          = {{Langx|fr|détroit}} ([[strait]])
| nicknames          = The Motor City, Motown, and [[Nicknames of Detroit|others]]
| motto              = {{Lang|la|[[Gabriel Richard#Work in Detroit|Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus]]}}<br />([[Latin]]: We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes)
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| map_caption        = Interactive map of Detroit
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
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| pushpin_label      = Detroit
| coordinates        = {{Coord|42|20|N|83|03|W|region:US-MI_type:city(632,000)|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis|1617959|Detroit|2009-07-27}}.</ref>
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Michigan}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]
| established_title  = Founded<br/>([[Fort Detroit]])
| established_date   = {{Start date|1701|07|24}}
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = {{Start date|1806|09|13}}
| established_title2 = Founded by
| established_date2  = [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]] (1658–1730) & [[Alphonse de Tonty]] (1659–1727)
| named_for          = [[Detroit River]]
| government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use<ref> tags -->
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Strong Mayor]]
| governing_body     = [[Detroit City Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor of Detroit|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Mike Duggan]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Janice Winfrey
| leader_title2      = City council
| leader_name2       = {{collapsible list|bullets=yes
 | title = Members
 | 1 = [[Mary D. Waters]] – At Large
 | 2 = [[Coleman Young&nbsp;II]] – At Large
 | 3 = James Tate – District 1 Northwest
 | 4 = Angela Calloway – District 2 Near Northwest
 | 5 = Scott Benson – District 3 Northeast
 | 6 = Latisha Johnson – District 4 Far East Side
 | 7 = Mary Sheffield – District 5 Central-Near East Side
 | 8 = Gabriela Santiago-Romero – District 6 Southwest
 | 9 = [[Fred Durhal III]] – District 7 West Side
 }}
<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 142.89
| area_total_km2     = 370.09
| area_land_sq_mi    = 138.73
| area_land_km2      = 359.31
| area_water_sq_mi   = 4.16
| area_water_km2     = 10.78
| area_urban_km2     = 3,327.7
| area_urban_sq_mi   = 1,284.8
| area_metro_km2     = 10,071
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 3,888.4
| elevation_ft       = 656
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GNIS"/>
| population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=May 30, 2022|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 30, 2022}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 645705 {{gain}}
| pop_est_as_of      = 2024
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2023"/>
| population_total   = 639111
| population_rank    = [[List of North American cities by population|78th]] in North America<br />[[List of United States cities by population|26th]] in the United States<br/>[[List of municipalities in Michigan|1st]] in Michigan
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name="2020Pop">{{cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |newspaper=Census.gov |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>
| population_metro   = 4365205 (US: [[Metropolitan statistical area|14th]])
| population_density_sq_mi = 4606.84
| population_density_km2 = 1778.71
| population_urban   = 3,776,890 (US: [[List of United States urban areas|12th]])
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="urban area">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html|title=List of 2020 Census Urban Areas|website=census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref>
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1,135.0
| population_density_urban_sq_mi = 2,939.6
| population_demonym = Detroiter
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title= Total Gross Domestic Product for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (MSA)|url= https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP19820 |website= fred.stlouisfed.org}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Metro
| demographics2_info1 = $331.333&nbsp;billion (2023)
| population_note    = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = {{collapsible list
|title = 482XX
|frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
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|48201–48227, 48242-48244, 48255, 48260, 48264-48269, 48272, 48275, 48240, 48277-48279, 48288}}
| area_code          = [[Area code 313|313]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-22000
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1617959<ref name="GNIS"/>
| footnotes          = 
| blank_name_sec2    = Major airports
| blank_info_sec2    = [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], [[Coleman A. Young International Airport]]
| blank5_name_sec2   = [[Mass transit]]
| blank5_info_sec2   = [[Detroit Department of Transportation]], [[Detroit People Mover]], [[QLine]]
| website            = {{URL|https://detroitmi.gov}}
| native_name        = 
}}

'''Detroit''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|t|r|ɔɪ|t|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Detroit.wav}} {{respell|dih|TROYT}}, {{IPAc-en|local|also|ˈ|d|iː|t|r|ɔɪ|t}} {{respell|DEE|troyt}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detroit |title=Detroit – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |date=April 25, 2007 |accessdate=July 1, 2010}}</ref> is the [[List of municipalities in Michigan|most populous city]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. It is situated on the bank of the [[Detroit River]] across from [[Windsor, Ontario]]. It had a population of 639,111 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Detroit city, Michigan |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref> making it the [[List of United States cities by population|26th-most populous city]] in the United States and the largest U.S. city on the [[Canada–United States border]]. The [[Metro Detroit]] area, home to 4.3&nbsp;million people, is the second-largest in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] after the [[Chicago metropolitan area]] and the 14th-largest in the United States. The [[county seat|seat]] of [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]], Detroit is a significant cultural center known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive and industrial background.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michigan – Cultural life |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Michigan/Cultural-life |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Anna |title=An insider's cultural guide to Detroit: The Motor City moves on |date=May 18, 2015|url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/18/an-insiders-cultural-guide-to-detroit-the-motor-city-moves-on |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

In 1701, [[Kingdom of France|Royal French]] explorers [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]] and [[Alphonse de Tonty]] founded [[Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit]]. During the late 19th and early 20th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the [[Great Lakes region]]. The city's population rose to be the fourth-largest in the nation by 1920, with the expansion of the [[automotive industry]] in the early 20th century.<ref name="auto">Nolan, Jenny (June 15, 1999).[http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=181 How Prohibition made Detroit a bootlegger's dream town] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120709135445/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=181 |date=July 9, 2012 }}. Michigan History, ''The Detroit News''. Retrieved on November 23, 2007.</ref> One of its main features, the Detroit River, became the busiest commercial hub in the world. In the mid-20th century, Detroit entered a state of [[urban decay]] that has continued to the present, as a result of industrial restructuring, the loss of jobs in the auto industry, and rapid suburbanization. Since reaching a peak of 1.85&nbsp;million at the [[1950 United States census|1950 census]], Detroit's population has declined by more than 65 percent.<ref name="QuickFacts" /> In 2013, Detroit [[Detroit bankruptcy|became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy]], but successfully exited in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/detroit-bankruptcy-officially-over-finances-handed-back-to-the-city|title=Detroit bankruptcy officially over, finances handed back to the city |date=December 10, 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053605/http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/detroit-bankruptcy-officially-over-finances-handed-back-to-the-city |archive-date=March 4, 2016|work=WXYZ}}</ref> In 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Detroit's population grew for a second consecutive year and led population growth in Michigan for the first time since the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Afana |first=Dana |title=Detroit population grows for 2nd straight year after periods of decline, Census data shows |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/05/15/detroit-population-increase-us-census-bureau/83638579007/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

Detroit is a port on the Detroit River, one of the four major [[strait]]s that connect the [[Great Lakes]] system to the [[St. Lawrence Seaway]]. The city anchors the third-largest regional economy in the Midwest and the 16th-largest in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area {{!}} FRED {{!}} St. Louis Fed |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release?et=&pageID=2&rid=397&t= |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=fred.stlouisfed.org}}</ref> It is also best known as the center of the [[Automotive industry in the United States|U.S. automotive industry]], and the "[[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|Big Three]]" auto manufacturers—[[General Motors]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[Stellantis]] North America ([[Chrysler]])—are all headquartered in Metro Detroit.<ref>{{cite news| last = Livengood| first = Chad| date = March 3, 2019| title = Commentary: A MEGA bargain for Michigan's future| url = https://www.crainsdetroit.com/voices-chad-livengood/commentary-mega-bargain-michigans-future| url-status = live| work = Crain's Detroit Business| location = Detroit| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190306133704/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/voices-chad-livengood/commentary-mega-bargain-michigans-future| archive-date = March 6, 2019| access-date = February 3, 2020}}</ref> It houses the [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], one of the most important [[Airline hub|hub airports]] in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] constitute the [[Detroit–Windsor|second-busiest international crossing]] in North America, after [[San Diego–Tijuana]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Emmott|first=Robin|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN19233434|title=Massive traffic cripples Tijuana border crossing|date=April 19, 2007|website=Reuters}}</ref>

[[Culture of Detroit|Detroit's culture]] is marked with diversity, having both local and international influences. Detroit gave rise to the [[Music of Detroit|music]] genres of [[Motown (music style)|Motown]] and [[techno]], and also played an important role in the development of [[Detroit jazz|jazz]], [[Music of Detroit#Hip hop|hip-hop]], [[Music of Detroit#Rock|rock]], and [[Music of Detroit#Hardcore punk|punk]]. A globally unique stock of [[Architecture of metropolitan Detroit|architectural monuments]] and [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit|historic places]] was the result of the city's rapid growth in its boom years. Since the 2000s, [[conservation-restoration of cultural heritage|conservation]] efforts have managed to save many architectural pieces and achieve several large-scale [[Planning and development in Detroit|revitalizations]], including the restoration of several historic [[Performing arts in Detroit|theaters]] and entertainment venues, [[List of tallest buildings in Detroit|high-rise]] renovations, new sports stadiums, and a riverfront revitalization project. Detroit is an [[Tourism in metropolitan Detroit|increasingly popular tourist destination]] which caters to about 16&nbsp;million visitors per year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travel USA Visitor Profile |url=https://medc.app.box.com/s/9teibdmcs0zcyu11yyd197h4zdpadaoq |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Michigan Economic Development Corporation Box |publisher=Longwoods International}}</ref> In 2015, Detroit was designated a "[[Design Cities (UNESCO)|City of Design]]" by [[UNESCO]], the first and only U.S. city to receive that designation.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= Hadley Keller |date= December 16, 2015 |url= http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/detroit-unesco-city-of-design |title=Detroit Named First American City of Design by UNESCO |magazine= [[Architectural Digest]] }}</ref>