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[[African Americans|Black and African Americans]]—coming to Detroit and other northern cities in the Great Migration of the early 20th century—have formed a majority of the population in Detroit and other cities including [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] and [[Benton Harbor, Michigan|Benton Harbor]]. Since the 2021 census estimates—while Detroit was still the largest city in Michigan with a majority black population—it was no longer the largest black-majority city in the U.S., citing crime and higher-paying jobs given to whites.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Detroit is No Longer the Largest Majority-Black City |url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/05/24/detroit-no-longer-the-largest-majority-black-city/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=The Michigan Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629154932/https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/05/24/detroit-no-longer-the-largest-majority-black-city/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Shows Memphis Is Largest Majority-Black City, Replacing Detroit |url=https://www.bet.com/article/9n4m5t/detroit-memphis-largest-majority-black-city-census-data |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=BET |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629160426/https://www.bet.com/article/9n4m5t/detroit-memphis-largest-majority-black-city-census-data |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[African Americans|Black and African Americans]]—coming to Detroit and other northern cities in the Great Migration of the early 20th century—have formed a majority of the population in Detroit and other cities including [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] and [[Benton Harbor, Michigan|Benton Harbor]]. Since the 2021 census estimates—while Detroit was still the largest city in Michigan with a majority black population—it was no longer the largest black-majority city in the U.S., citing crime and higher-paying jobs given to whites.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Detroit is No Longer the Largest Majority-Black City |url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/05/24/detroit-no-longer-the-largest-majority-black-city/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=The Michigan Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629154932/https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/05/24/detroit-no-longer-the-largest-majority-black-city/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Shows Memphis Is Largest Majority-Black City, Replacing Detroit |url=https://www.bet.com/article/9n4m5t/detroit-memphis-largest-majority-black-city-census-data |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=BET |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629160426/https://www.bet.com/article/9n4m5t/detroit-memphis-largest-majority-black-city-census-data |url-status=live }}</ref>


{{as of|2007}}, about 300,000 people in [[Southeastern Michigan]] trace their descent from the Middle East and Asia.<ref>{{cite news |last = Karoub |first = Jeff |url = http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=5358711 |title = Detroit Expects Half of Iraqi Refugees |agency = [[Associated Press]] |publisher = [[WPVI-TV]] |location = Philadelphia |access-date = May 5, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002453/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Fnational_world&id=5358711 |archive-date = October 5, 2013 |quote = Southeastern Michigan has about 300,000 people who trace their roots to the Middle East. |url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]] has a sizeable [[Arab Americans|Arab American]] community, with many [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans|Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac]], and [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]] who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s, along with more recent [[Yemeni American|Yemenis]] and [[Iraqi Americans|Iraqis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Miyares |first1 = Ines M. |last2 = Airriess |first2 = Christopher A. |year = 2007 |title = Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America |page = [https://archive.org/details/contemporaryethn0000unse/page/320 320] |publisher = Rowman & Littlefield |isbn = 978-0-7425-3772-9 |name-list-style = amp |url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryethn0000unse/page/320}}</ref> {{as of|2007}}, almost 8,000 [[Hmong people]] lived in the state of Michigan, about double their 1999 presence in the state.<ref name="Kaiser2">{{cite news |last = Kaiser |first = Robert L. |title = After 25 Years in U.S., Hmong Still Feel Isolated |work = [[Chicago Tribune]] |date = December 27, 1999 |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/27/after-25-years-in-us-hmong-still-feel-isolated/ |page = 2 |access-date = April 14, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170909221741/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-12-27/news/9912270079_1_hmong-impact-of-welfare-reform-barriers/2 |archive-date = September 9, 2017 |url-status = live}}</ref> Most lived in northeastern Detroit, but they had been increasingly moving to Pontiac and Warren.<ref name="Michdaily">{{cite news |title = Michigan Hmong |work = [[Michigan Daily]] |location = University of Michigan |date = January 10, 2007 |url = http://www.michigandaily.com/content/michigan-hmong?page=0,1 |page = 2 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117041558/http://www.michigandaily.com/content/michigan-hmong?page=0,1 |archive-date = January 17, 2013 |access-date = November 8, 2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref> By 2015, the number of Hmong in the Detroit city limits had significantly declined.<ref name="Rosenremaining">{{cite news |last = Rosen |first = Zak |url = http://michiganradio.org/post/meet-one-detroits-last-remaining-hmong-families |title = Meet One of Detroit's Last Remaining Hmong Families |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150708224157/http://michiganradio.org/post/meet-one-detroits-last-remaining-hmong-families |publisher = [[Michigan Radio]] |date = April 23, 2015 |access-date = July 1, 2015 |archive-date = July 8, 2015 |url-status = live}}</ref> Lansing hosts a statewide Hmong New Year Festival.<ref name="Michdaily" /> The Hmong community also had a prominent portrayal in the 2008 film ''[[Gran Torino]]'', which was set in Detroit.
{{as of|2007}}, about 300,000 people in [[Southeastern Michigan]] trace their descent from the Middle East and Asia.<ref>{{cite news |last = Karoub |first = Jeff |url = http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=5358711 |title = Detroit Expects Half of Iraqi Refugees |agency = Associated Press |publisher = [[WPVI-TV]] |location = Philadelphia |access-date = May 5, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002453/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Fnational_world&id=5358711 |archive-date = October 5, 2013 |quote = Southeastern Michigan has about 300,000 people who trace their roots to the Middle East. |url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]] has a sizeable [[Arab Americans|Arab American]] community, with many [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans|Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac]], and [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]] who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s, along with more recent [[Yemeni American|Yemenis]] and [[Iraqi Americans|Iraqis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Miyares |first1 = Ines M. |last2 = Airriess |first2 = Christopher A. |year = 2007 |title = Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America |page = [https://archive.org/details/contemporaryethn0000unse/page/320 320] |publisher = Rowman & Littlefield |isbn = 978-0-7425-3772-9 |name-list-style = amp |url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryethn0000unse/page/320}}</ref> {{as of|2007}}, almost 8,000 [[Hmong people]] lived in the state of Michigan, about double their 1999 presence in the state.<ref name="Kaiser2">{{cite news |last = Kaiser |first = Robert L. |title = After 25 Years in U.S., Hmong Still Feel Isolated |work = [[Chicago Tribune]] |date = December 27, 1999 |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/27/after-25-years-in-us-hmong-still-feel-isolated/ |page = 2 |access-date = April 14, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170909221741/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-12-27/news/9912270079_1_hmong-impact-of-welfare-reform-barriers/2 |archive-date = September 9, 2017 |url-status = live}}</ref> Most lived in northeastern Detroit, but they had been increasingly moving to Pontiac and Warren.<ref name="Michdaily">{{cite news |title = Michigan Hmong |work = [[Michigan Daily]] |location = University of Michigan |date = January 10, 2007 |url = http://www.michigandaily.com/content/michigan-hmong?page=0,1 |page = 2 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117041558/http://www.michigandaily.com/content/michigan-hmong?page=0,1 |archive-date = January 17, 2013 |access-date = November 8, 2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref> By 2015, the number of Hmong in the Detroit city limits had significantly declined.<ref name="Rosenremaining">{{cite news |last = Rosen |first = Zak |url = http://michiganradio.org/post/meet-one-detroits-last-remaining-hmong-families |title = Meet One of Detroit's Last Remaining Hmong Families |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150708224157/http://michiganradio.org/post/meet-one-detroits-last-remaining-hmong-families |publisher = [[Michigan Radio]] |date = April 23, 2015 |access-date = July 1, 2015 |archive-date = July 8, 2015 |url-status = live}}</ref> Lansing hosts a statewide Hmong New Year Festival.<ref name="Michdaily" /> The Hmong community also had a prominent portrayal in the 2008 film ''[[Gran Torino]]'', which was set in Detroit.


{{as of|2015}}, 80% of Michigan's Japanese population lived in the counties of Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne in the Detroit and Ann Arbor areas.<ref name="WilkinsonSookp158">{{cite book |last = Wilkinson |first = Sook |title = Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest |location = Detroit |publisher = [[Wayne State University Press]] |year = 2015 |isbn = 978-0-8143-3974-9 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Q311BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |page = 158 |access-date = July 5, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904001127/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q311BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |archive-date = September 4, 2015 |url-status = live}}</ref> {{as of|2013|April}}, the largest Japanese national population is in [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]], with 2,666 Japanese residents, and the next largest populations are respectively in Ann Arbor, [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan|West Bloomfield Township]], [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]], and [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]]. The state has 481 Japanese employment facilities providing 35,554 local jobs. 391 of them are in Southeast Michigan, providing 20,816 jobs, and the 90 in other regions in the state provide 14,738 jobs. The Japanese Direct Investment Survey of the [[Consulate-General of Japan, Detroit]] stated more than 2,208 additional Japanese residents were employed in the State of Michigan {{as of|2012|October|1|lc=y}}, than in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stone |first = Cal |url = http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130411/NEWS13/304110352/State-s-Japanese-employees-increasing |title = State's Japanese employees increasing |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130413053133/http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130411/NEWS13/304110352/State-s-Japanese-employees-increasing |archive-date = April 13, 2013 |work = [[Observer & Eccentric]] |location = Detroit |date = April 11, 2013 |access-date = May 5, 2013 |url-status = dead}}</ref> During the 1990s, the Japanese population of Michigan experienced an increase, and many Japanese people with children moved to particular areas for their proximity to Japanese grocery stores and high-performing schools.<ref name="WilkinsonSookp158" />
{{as of|2015}}, 80% of Michigan's Japanese population lived in the counties of Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne in the Detroit and Ann Arbor areas.<ref name="WilkinsonSookp158">{{cite book |last = Wilkinson |first = Sook |title = Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest |location = Detroit |publisher = [[Wayne State University Press]] |year = 2015 |isbn = 978-0-8143-3974-9 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Q311BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |page = 158 |access-date = July 5, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904001127/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q311BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |archive-date = September 4, 2015 |url-status = live}}</ref> {{as of|2013|April}}, the largest Japanese national population is in [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]], with 2,666 Japanese residents, and the next largest populations are respectively in Ann Arbor, [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan|West Bloomfield Township]], [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]], and [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]]. The state has 481 Japanese employment facilities providing 35,554 local jobs. 391 of them are in Southeast Michigan, providing 20,816 jobs, and the 90 in other regions in the state provide 14,738 jobs. The Japanese Direct Investment Survey of the [[Consulate-General of Japan, Detroit]] stated more than 2,208 additional Japanese residents were employed in the State of Michigan {{as of|2012|October|1|lc=y}}, than in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stone |first = Cal |url = http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130411/NEWS13/304110352/State-s-Japanese-employees-increasing |title = State's Japanese employees increasing |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130413053133/http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130411/NEWS13/304110352/State-s-Japanese-employees-increasing |archive-date = April 13, 2013 |work = [[Observer & Eccentric]] |location = Detroit |date = April 11, 2013 |access-date = May 5, 2013 |url-status = dead}}</ref> During the 1990s, the Japanese population of Michigan experienced an increase, and many Japanese people with children moved to particular areas for their proximity to Japanese grocery stores and high-performing schools.<ref name="WilkinsonSookp158" />
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