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Detroit by the Numbers - With a storied past and a host of challenges standing in the way of its future, Detroit is undoubtedly one of America’s most intriguing cities. Now, BET.com gives a numerical snapshot of the Motor City.   (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Chocolate City - Detroit’s population is more than 80 percent Black. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Black-Owned Businesses - A whopping 64.2 percent of Detroit’s businesses are black-owned, compared to rates of just 8.9 percent in Michigan overall and 7.1 percent nationwide. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Work Flow - Twenty-nine percent of Detroiters work in service occupations and 25 percent make a living in sales and office occupations. (Photo: REUTERS /REBECCA COOK /LANDOV)

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Education - Seventy-seven percent of Detroiters have earned a high school diploma and 12 percent have earned a Bachelor’s degree.                (Photo: Hugh Grannum-Pool/Getty Images)

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Homeownership - Nearly 54 percent of Detroiters own their own homes.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Income - Detroit’s median household income from 2007 to 2011 was $27,862, compared to a state-wide median income of $48,669. Nineteen percent of Detroit households earn less than $10,000 per year.  (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Poverty - Thirty-six percent of the city lives below the poverty line, compared to statewide poverty rates of 15.7 percent.            (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Migration - Latinos make up Detroit’s largest immigrant group, comprising 55.1 percent of all foreign-born Detroiters. Ninety-four percent of all Detroit residents were born in the U.S. (Photo: REUTERS /REBECCA COOK /LANDOV)

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Crime - Although officials say overall crime fell by 2.63 percent in 2012, last year marked Detroit’s deadliest year in decades, with homicides topping 400. (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)