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| NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Detroit, Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | As of 2005, Detroit ranked as the United States's 11th most populous city with 886,675 residents; this is half of the peak population it boasted in the 1950s, and Detroit leads the nation in terms of declining urban population. |
 | | Detroit, the largest city in the state, is one of the nation’s leading industrial centers and the world’s foremost automobile manufacturing center. |
 | | Detroit's population has declined dramatically since its peak of 1,850,000 in 1950, and in 2000 the population was 951,270. |
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