713,777.

That’s how many people currently reside in Detroit. That number represents one resident being lost every 22 minutes from 2001 to 2010, according to the Detroit Free Press. That number represents the lowest population in the city since the beginning of the 20th century.

Anyone who is even remotely familiar with what’s going on in the city of Detroit wasn’t expecting any good news from the 2010 census data.  BUT, most people weren’t expecting the excruciatingly large decline that was actually reported.

Detroit, once America’s fourth most populous city, will fall below Midwestern neighbors like Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Ind.

But this, this is staggering. See the full report here on Freep.com

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