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A Tale of Two Cities - Seattle vs Detroit

Chart by Quizmaster
Last updated: Monday June 28th, 2021
The city of Seattle now has more residents than the city of Detroit as the economy continues to shift from manufacturing to technology.
U.S. Census: 1860–2000
Intercensal estimates: 2001–2020
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5 Comments
dianalove
+4
Level 70
Jul 12, 2018
Fun and interesting !! Good and nice idea.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Jul 19, 2018
Surprised that the biggest uptick in Seattle growth seems to be recently. I would have expected that sometime around the early to mid 90s.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Jul 19, 2018
though it tripled from 1900 to 1910 that's even more impressive than the recent growth and I'm guessing had little to do with Microsoft or Nintendo.
cornflakesfu
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Level 89
Jul 21, 2018
I wonder if we'd see an earlier uptick if it was metro area population as opposed to city proper. Microsoft HQ is out in Redmond, and I don't think that many people who work for them live within the city limits. Amazon, on the other hand, is in the city proper, and their explosion is more recent than Microsoft's.
deebte
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Level 64
Feb 26, 2021
It's sad that Detroit had to lose so many people
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