STATS
Country: United States State: Michigan County: Wayne
Founded - 1701, Incorporation - 1806
Government
- Type Mayor-Council
- Mayor Dave Bing (D)
- City Council Members' List[show]
• Charles Pugh - Council President
• Gary Brown - Council President Pro-Tem
• JoAnn Watson
• Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr.
• Saunteel Jenkins
• Andre Spivery
• James Tate
• Brenda Jones
• Kwame Kenyatta
Area
- City 143.0 sq mi (370.4 km2)
- Land 138.8 sq mi (359.5 km2)
- Water 4.2 sq mi (10.9 km2)
- Urban 1,295 sq mi (3,354 km2)
- Metro 3,913 sq mi (10,134.6 km2)
Elevation [1] 600 ft (183 m)
Population (2008)[2]
- City 912,062
- Density 6,571.0/sq mi (2,537.1/km2)
- Urban 3,903,377
- Metro 4,425,110
- CSA 5,354,225
- Demonym Detroiter
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 313
FIPS code 26-22000 [3]
GNIS feature ID 1617959 [1]
Major airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
Historical populations
Census City population
1820 1,422
1830 2,222
1840 9,102
1850 21,019
1860 45,619
1870 79,577
1880 116,340
1890 205,877
1900 285,704
1910 465,766
1920 993,678
1930 1,568,662
1940 1,623,452
1950 1,849,568
1960 1,670,144
1970 1,514,063
1980 1,203,368
1990 1,027,974
2000 951,270
2008* 912,062
Odds and Ends
Detroit is north of Canada
shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
is home to the world’s only floating post office, the J.W. Westcott II, can be found on the Detroit River
the nation's first soda — Vernors — created in Detroit by pharmacist James Vernor in 1862. Detroit is also home to Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop, Stroh’s Ice Cream
has the most registered bowlers in the United States
Top Ten Largest Employers in the Detroit Region
Ford Motor Co.
General Motors
University of Michigan
Chrysler LLC
Detroit Public Schools
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Government
Henry Ford Health Services
St. John Health System
City of Detroit
Keys to the City
Five people have been awarded the key to the city of Detroit: actor James Earl Jones, neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, football star Jerome Bettis, businessman and sports team owner Chris Ilitch, and — in 1980, in recognition of large donations to a church — former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
