1990 Census Population by Race, Detroit Metropolitan Area*
| Race | Count (% of population) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macomb County | Oakland County | Wayne County | City of Detroit | Tri-County Total | |
| Total Number of Persons |
717,400 (100%) |
1,083,592 (100%) |
2,111,687 (100%) |
1,027,974 (100%) |
3,912,679 (100%) |
| Caucasian | 693,686 (96.7%) | 970,674 (89.6%) | 1,212,007 (57.4%) | 222,316 (21.6%) | 2,876,367 (73.5%) |
| African-American | 10,400 (1.4%) | 77,488 (7.1%) | 849,109 (40.2%) | 777,916 (75.7%) | 936,997 (23.9%) |
| American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut | 2,639 (0.4%) | 3,948 (0.4%) | 8,048 (0.4%) | 3,655 (0.4%) | 14,635 (0.4%) |
| Asian or Pacific Islanders | 9,112 (1.3%) | 25,103 (2.3%) | 21,704 (1.0%) | 8,461 (0.8%) | 55,919 (1.4%) |
| Other Races | 1,563 (0.2%) | 6,379 (0.6%) | 20,819 (1.0%) | 15,626 (1.5%) | 28,761 (0.7%) |
