How many immigrants lived in Dearborn in 2010 versus 2024 by country of origin?
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Executive summary
Dearborn’s resident population rose from about 98,153 in 2010 to roughly 107–108 thousand by 2023–2024, but authoritative, city-level tabulations that break immigrant residents down by country of origin for both 2010 and 2024 are not present in the provided reporting; available sources give population totals and metro‑level country rankings instead [1] [2] [3] [4]. Any precise country‑by‑country counts for Dearborn would require American Community Survey or Census microdata that are not included among the supplied documents [5] [6].
1. Dearborn’s headline population change: what the sources show
The U.S. Census recorded Dearborn’s population at 98,153 in 2010 (a figure cited on the city’s Wikipedia entry that draws on Census data) and more recent estimates put the city at about 107,846–108,414 in 2023, with some sources showing a small decline from 2022 to 2023 and other local projections clustering around 106,000–108,000 for 2023–2024 [1] [2] [7] [8]. The Census Bureau’s QuickFacts and Data.Census profiles are the primary authoritative places to verify these totals, but the supplied QuickFacts snippet did not include a country‑of‑origin breakdown in the provided material [3] [6].
2. What the reporting actually provides about immigrant origins — metro, not city
Multiple regional analyses in the provided reporting identify the top countries of origin for immigrants in the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn metro area — India, Iraq, Mexico, Yemen and Lebanon — and emphasize that international migration drove much of the region’s population growth between 2010 and 2024 [4] [9] [10]. Those articles and fact sheets are explicit that their country‑of‑origin rankings and numeric gains apply to the metro area as a whole, not the municipal boundaries of Dearborn; they therefore cannot be used to produce a city‑level, by‑country headcount without further disaggregation [4] [9].
3. Local community details that suggest which countries matter in Dearborn
Historical and demographic reporting repeatedly highlights substantial Lebanese, Iraqi, Yemeni and other Middle Eastern communities in Dearborn and Wayne County — for example, reporting that Wayne County contains a high share of residents with Lebanese ancestry and that Iraqis are the largest MENA group in Michigan — but those items provide county‑ or community narratives and ancestry estimates rather than exact immigrant counts by country for Dearborn in 2010 or 2024 [11]. The Islamic Center of America and school accommodation examples underscore the long‑standing presence of Middle Eastern immigrant communities in the city, but again do not supply the numeric country breakdown requested [11] [1].
4. Why a precise city‑level, year‑to‑year country breakdown is not available here
The documents supplied include city population totals and metro‑area immigrant origin rankings, state migration summaries and third‑party population projections, but they do not include the American Community Survey tables or IPUMS extracts that would list foreign‑born population by place of birth for Dearborn in 2010 and 2024 [5] [3] [6]. Migration Policy Institute and Census microdata are explicitly described in the reporting as the sources one would use to obtain those country‑of‑origin counts, which confirms the limitation of the current corpus [5].
5. Bottom line and next steps for a definitive answer
Based on available reporting, the best defensible statements are: Dearborn’s total population rose from ~98,153 in 2010 to roughly 107–108k by 2023–2024 [1] [2] [7], and the Detroit‑area top immigrant origins in recent years include India, Iraq, Mexico, Yemen and Lebanon [4] [9]. To produce the precise counts asked for — the number of immigrants living in Dearborn in 2010 versus 2024 broken down by country of origin — requires pulling Dearborn‑level foreign‑born by place‑of‑birth tables from the U.S. Census Bureau’s ACS 5‑year estimates or IPUMS datasets (2010 and 2020/2024 vintage), or consulting Migration Policy Institute city profiles if available; those specific tables were not present among the provided sources [5] [6].