City profile · Large City
Detroit, Michigan
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Detroit, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Mary Sheffield
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 620,376
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcedetroitmi.gov ↗
- Official leadership pagedetroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/mayor ↗
- City websitedetroitmi.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Mary Sheffield CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 620,376
- Median household income
- $37,761
- Median age
- 35
- Land area
- 138.73 sq mi
- Population density
- 4,471.8 per sq mi
- County
- Wayne County
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
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