Detroit, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Detroit had a population of 776 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Detroit had 359 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Detroit has an area^<3> of 1.58 square miles [4.1 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Detroit had a 2000 population density of 490.7 people per square mile [189.5 people/km²].

Red River County

The town of Detroit is located in Red River County.

The county had a population of 14,287 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 776 people, Detroit contained 5.43% of the Red River County total.

In addition, where the community of Detroit has a population density of 490.7 people per square mile [189.5 people/km²], Red River County averages 13.6 people per square mile [5.25 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Red River County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Detroit and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Detroit. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Detroit.

A Census Quickfact is available for Red River County (QF-48387).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Red River County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	McCurtain (OK)	QF-40089	NE	33,532	2.5% decrease
	Bowie	QF-48037	E	92,283	3.4% increase
	Morris	QF-48343	SE	12,915	0.88% decrease
	Titus	QF-48449	S	29,793	6.02% increase
	Franklin	QF-48159	S	11,001	16.23% increase
	Delta	QF-48119	SW	5,458	2.27% increase
	Lamar	QF-48277	W	49,286	1.4% increase
	Choctaw (OK)	QF-40023	NW	14,890	2.86% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Detroit:

Detroit is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Detroit.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<5>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Detroit. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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