BET Takes On Detroit: The City by the Numbers

BET.com gives a numerical snapshot of the Motor City.

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Chocolate City - Detroit’s population is more than 80 percent Black.  (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)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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