Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit: Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Press & Guide, 3/25/2011

Led by the Detroit drop-off, Wayne County recorded an 11.7% population loss. And in terms of cities and townships that lost people, the level of population decline is very much a ripple effect outward from Detroit – the further you get away from it the more muted the losses. 

Local communities though, proved somewhat of an exception to that rule. Of the 19 communities that border Detroit, Dearborn was the only one that actually recorded a population increase, going from 97,775 in 2000 to 98,153 in 2010, or a 0.5 percent increase. Dearborn Heights, meanwhile, did lose 0.8 percent of its population compared to the last Census, going from 58,264 to 57,774. Still, that was the third-lowest population loss total for the 19 Detroit border cities, which averaged 4.9 percent.

Source:  Wikipedia

Dearborn Heights' population peaked at 80,069 in 1970. Its 2017 estimated population is 55,758 -- a drop of 24,311 (30%).

Incorporated in 1960, Dearborn Heights is part of a cluster of western suburbs, including Inkster and Garden City, located 17 miles west of downtown Detroit.   

Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit.
Allen Park.  (4/11/2019)
Detroit.  (1/1/2019)
Ecorse.  (4/8/2019)
Garden City.  (4/13/2019)
Hamtramck.  (4/5/2019)
Highland Park.  (4/6/2019)
Inkster.  (4/12/2019)
Lincoln Park.  (4/10/2019)
River Rouge.  (4/7/2019)
Wyandotte.  (4/9/2019)

Source:  Georgetown Public Policy Review

Disappearing cities of the Mountain State

Other disappearing West Virginia cities:
Bluefield.  (3/20/2019)
Charleston.  (3/14/2019)
Clarksburg.  (3/19/2019)
Fairmont.  (3/18/2019)
Huntington.  (3/15/2019)
Logan.  (3/22/2019)
Parkersburg. (3/16/2019)
South Charleston.  (3/21/2019)
Weirton.  (3/17/2019)
Wheeling  (1/16/2019)

                    Disappearing cities of the Buckeye State

Source:  Cleveland Plain Dealer

Other disappearing cities of the Buckeye State:
Akron. (2/28/2019)
Brook Park (3/3/2019)
Cambridge.  (2/27/2019)
Canton.  (3/1/2019)
Cleveland.  (1/2/2019)
Cleveland Heights.  (3/5/2019)
East Cleveland. (3/2/2019)
East Liverpool.  (2/18/2019)
Euclid.  (3/4/2019)
Gallipolis.  (2/23/2019)
Garfield Heights (3/6/2019)
Ironton.  (2/24/2019)
Lakewood.  (3/8/2019)
Maple Heights, 3/7/2019)
Martins Ferry.  (2/21/2019)
Parma.  (3/9/2019)
Pomeroy.  (2/22/2019)
Portsmouth.  (2/25/2019)
Steubenville.  (2/20/2019)
Warren.  (1/18/2019)
Youngstown.  (1/9/2019)
Zanesville.  (2/26/2019)

Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State

Aliquippa.  (1/12/2019)
Ambridge.  (1/17/2019)
Arnold.  (1/18/2019)
Braddock.  (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale.  (1/21/2019)
Charleroi.  (1/22/2019)
Chester.  (1/23/2019)
Clairton.  (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis.  (1/25/2019)
Dickson City.  (1/26/2019)
Donora.  (1/27/2019)
Duquesne.  (1/28/2019)
Farrell.  (1/29/2019)
Harrisburg.  (2/12/2019)
Homestead.  (1/30/2019)
Johnstown.  (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks.  (1/31/2019)
McKeesport.  (2/1/2019)
Monessen.  (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke.  (2/3/2019)
New Castle.  (2/4/2019)
New Kensington.  (2/5/2019)
Oil City.  (2/6/2019)
Pittsburgh.  (1/13/2019)
Pittston. (2/7/2019)
Scranton.  (1/14/2019)
Shamokin.  (2/8/2019)
Sharon.  (2/9/2019)
Steelton.  (2/11/2019)
Swissvale.  (2/13/2019)
Titusville.  (2/10/2019)
Uniontown.  (2/14/2019)
Washington.  (2/15/2019)
Willkes-Barre.  (2/16/2019)
Wiklinsburg.  (2/17/2018)

Other U.S. disappearing cities

Baltimore, Maryland.  (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan.  (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois.   (1/5/2019)
Detroit, Michigan.  (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois.  (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan.  (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana.  (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri.  (1/2/2019)