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Detroit's long population decline slowed to its lowest pace in decades last year and some experts say next year's numbers could show the first signs of growth since the 1950s. The Census Bureau's estimate from July 1, 2015, listed the cityâs population at 677,116, a 0.5% decrease, or a loss of 3,107 residents from the same date the previous year.
Nearly a century ago, the expansion of the auto industry fueled a growth spurt that made Detroit the fourth-largest city in the country by 1920, a place it held until 1950, when the population peaked at almost two million. By 2000, Detroit had fallen to 10th place.