Detroit’s Population Has Grown; Strategy to Welcome Immigrants Explains the Turnaround From Decades of Decline

How a Strategy to Welcome Immigrants Helped Detroit Turnaround From Decades of Population Decline

Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Paul N. McDaniel, Kennesaw State University and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University Detroit’s population grew in 2024 for the second year in a row. This is a remarkable comeback after decades of population decline in the Motor City. What explains the turnaround? One factor may be Detroit’s efforts to attract and settle immigrants. These efforts continue despite a dramatic nat…

Detroit’s population has grown; strategy to welcome immigrants explains the turnaround from decades of decline

Paul N. McDaniel (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul N. McDaniel, Kennesaw State University and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) Detroit’s population grew in 2024 for the second year in a row. This is a remarkable comeback after decades of population decline in the Motor City. What explains the turnaround? One factor may be D…

Detroit’s population grew in 2023, 2024 − a strategy to welcome immigrants helps explain the turnaround from decades of population decline

The Mexican-American community in southwest Detroit held a rally in March 2025, asking ICE to leave the immigrant community alone. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesDetroit’s population grew in 2024 for the second year in a row. This is a remarkable comeback after decades of population decline in the Motor City. What explains the turnaround? One factor may be Detroit’s efforts to attract and settle immigrants. These efforts con…

County renews federal immigration funding as foreign-born population grows

Report calls immigration 'a primary factor' in local population and workforce growth; in 2021, foreign-born population increased by 33.6 per cent from previous census period