Detroit's population in 1900 was 285,700. It was wise to be bullish on the city's growth. By 1950 the population had grown to 1.8 million and Los Angeles had just passed Detroit to become the fourth largest city in America. Today Detroit's population in the 2020 census was 677,116. Detroit is now the 21st largest city in America.<p>However by metro area it's an entirely different story. Detroit is America's 14th largest city with a metro population of 4,392,041.<p><a href="https://www.politifact.com/largestcities/" rel="nofollow">https://www.politifact.com/largestcities/</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area</a>