Detroit, Michigan demographics

Detroit, MI demographics: median age 35.2; 18.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Detroit city, Michigan · Incorporated city · GEOID 2622000. The survey estimates a population of 638,530 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Detroit is 35.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 257,998 households (±2,206). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.2 ±0.3	40.2 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 638,530
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Under 18	158,611 ±2,770	24.8% ±0.4 pp	21.2%	22.0%
18–34	158,569 ±2,677	24.8% ±0.4 pp	22.4%	22.8%
35–64	225,072 ±3,104	35.2% ±0.5 pp	37.8%	38.0%
65 and older	96,278 ±2,277	15.1% ±0.4 pp	18.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 638,530
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Male	302,768 ±1,553	47.4% ±0.2 pp	49.6%	49.5%
Female	335,762 ±1,556	52.6% ±0.2 pp	50.4%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 638,530
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
White alone	74,173 ±2,661	11.6% ±0.4 pp	73.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	480,821 ±3,802	75.3% ±0.6 pp	13.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,434 ±504	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	11,115 ±1,122	1.7% ±0.2 pp	3.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	101 ±61 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	31,771 ±2,124	5.0% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	38,115 ±2,433	6.0% ±0.4 pp	7.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 638,530
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	585,268 ±2,127	91.7% ±0.3 pp	94.1%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	53,262 ±2,128	8.3% ±0.3 pp	5.9%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 257,998
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Married-couple family	48,936 ±1,544	19.0% ±0.6 pp	46.1%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	17,307 ±1,081	6.7% ±0.4 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	67,065 ±1,626	26.0% ±0.6 pp	11.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	110,364 ±2,193	42.8% ±0.8 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	14,326 ±1,038	5.6% ±0.4 pp	6.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 257,998
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Households with people under 18	71,623 ±1,616	27.8% ±0.6 pp	27.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	186,375 ±2,426	72.2% ±0.7 pp	72.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 257,998
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	110,364 ±2,193	42.8% ±0.8 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	65,196 ±2,066	25.3% ±0.8 pp	35.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	35,039 ±1,488	13.6% ±0.6 pp	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	23,548 ±1,331	9.1% ±0.5 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	12,487 ±841	4.8% ±0.3 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	6,945 ±674	2.7% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	4,419 ±526	1.7% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 638,530
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Native	596,210 ±2,294	93.4% ±0.4 pp	92.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	42,320 ±2,296	6.6% ±0.4 pp	7.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 595,452
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
English only	523,792 ±3,033	88.0% ±0.5 pp	89.6%	77.7%
Spanish	41,492 ±1,910	7.0% ±0.3 pp	3.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,522 ±322	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	570 ±174	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.5%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	961 ±248	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	7,851 ±938	1.3% ±0.2 pp	1.8%	2.0%
Korean	305 ±119	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	546 ±212	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	327 ±194 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	195 ±116 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	920 ±289	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.8%	1.1%
Arabic	14,615 ±1,553	2.5% ±0.3 pp	1.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	2,356 ±513	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 421,756
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	70,338 ±2,555	16.7% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	137,658 ±3,169	32.6% ±0.7 pp	28.0%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	107,014 ±2,865	25.4% ±0.7 pp	21.9%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	30,528 ±1,352	7.2% ±0.3 pp	9.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	45,508 ±2,000	10.8% ±0.5 pp	19.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30,710 ±1,393	7.3% ±0.3 pp	12.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 630,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Same house	556,898 ±3,965	88.4% ±0.6 pp	88.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	49,271 ±3,330	7.8% ±0.5 pp	5.9%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	13,628 ±1,566	2.2% ±0.2 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	6,312 ±878	1.0% ±0.1 pp	1.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,973 ±937	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.4% of Detroit residents (±0.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.9% in Michigan and 8.4% nationally. 85.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Detroit	Michigan	U.S.	Compared with Michigan
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.4% ±0.3 pp	4.9%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.7% ±0.6 pp	90.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.1% ±0.2 pp	5.8%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Detroit . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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