Editing Michigan (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap" style="font-size:100%" | Michigan racial breakdown of population
|-
! scope="col" | Self-identified race
! scope="col" | 1970<ref name="census" />
! scope="col" | 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |url-status = dead |title = Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |archive-date = July 25, 2008}}</ref>
! scope="col" | 2000<ref>{{cite web |url = http://censusviewer.com/city/MI |title = Population of Michigan: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
! scope="col" | 2010<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title = Decennial Census by Decade - 2010 |website = U.S. Census Bureau |access-date = December 11, 2017 |archive-date = May 22, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
! scope="col" | 2020<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title = Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |date = August 12, 2021 |publisher = [[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date = August 12, 2021 |archive-date = August 15, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[White American]]
| 88.3% || 83.4% || 80.1% || 78.9% || 73.9%
|-
! scope="row" | [[African American|Black or African American]]
| 11.2% || 13.9% || 14.2% || 14.2% || 13.7%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Asian American]]
| 0.2% || 1.1% || 1.8% || 2.4% || 3.3%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 0.2% || 0.6% || 0.6% || 0.6% || 0.6%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]]
| — || — || — || — || — 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]]
| 0.2% || 0.9% || 1.3% || 1.5% || 2.2%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]
| — || — || 1.9% || 2.3% || 6.3%
|}
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Michigan.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Michigan in 2021.]]
Since colonial European and American settlement, the majority of Michigan's population has been predominantly [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic or non-Latino white]]; [[Americans of European descent]] live throughout every county in the state, and most of Metro Detroit. Large European American groups include those of [[German Americans|German]], [[British Americans|British]], [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[Polish Americans|Polish]] and [[Belgian Americans|Belgian]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |year=2016 |title=Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=December 22, 2017 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nordic and Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]] and [[Finnish Americans]] have a notable presence in the Upper Peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2021 |title=Norway Our Community Tour: Connections between the U.P. and Scandinavian countries |url=https://www.upmatters.com/our-community/norway-our-community-tour-connections-between-the-u-p-and-scandinavian-countries/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=WJMN - UPMatters.com |language=en-US |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629154939/https://www.upmatters.com/our-community/norway-our-community-tour-connections-between-the-u-p-and-scandinavian-countries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Western Michigan]] is known for its [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]] heritage, especially in [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]] and metropolitan Grand Rapids.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Michigan's 'Dutchness' has evolved to be quite different from the Netherlands |url=https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/2011/03/27/west-michigan-s-dutchness-has/45234398007/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=The Holland Sentinel |language=en-US |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629154922/https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/2011/03/27/west-michigan-s-dutchness-has/45234398007/ |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 Americans|Assyrians]], 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" />