According to new census data, Detroit experienced a small growth spurt in terms of population, but continued to decline among the nation’s most populated areas. To learn more read this Detroit Free Press article. In coming weeks Drawing Detroit will also have a graph showing the population change in its monthly Economic Indicators post.

Over the last several days Center for Urban Studies staff members have been featured in local media outlets because of their knowledge of politics, the city of Detroit, volunteerism, and crime. Be sure to check out these articles with the links below.

• Center for Urban Studies Director Lyke Thompson speaks with WXYZ-DET on Mike Duggan setting up an exploratory committee for the Detroit mayoral race next year.
• Center for Urban Studies Director Lyke Thompson comments on the Presidential Debate.
• Ramona Washington, researcher-program director of the AmeriCorps Urban Safety Project at Wayne State University’s Center for Urban Studies, comments on the importance on house board-ups in the city of Detroit. The next 100 Houses board-up date is set for Oct. 27 in the area around Cody High School; AMUS also performs one board-up a week.
• David Martin, research associate with the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University, comments on parolee supervision in an article about the Michigan Department of Corrections.

On May 8, Bloomberg News published an article by Bob Drummond about how more jobs have been created while Democrats were in the presidency from 1961-2012. This article, which was also discussed on dailybeast.com on May 10, not only references the recent growth in jobs, which have been less than expected, but also looks at the past. Clinton’s presidency is the main focus when Drummond examines the past. Bloomberg News created a graph like the second one below. However, we wanted to take the news outlet’s idea one step farther. Below you will see a bar chart where the number of private jobs created during each presidency is in sequential form, but separated by party. There is also a pie chart that shows the total number of private jobs created during Democrat and Republican presidencies from 1961-2012.

The Bloomberg article can be found here.

The Daily Beast article can be found here.

Check here to see a more thorough outlook on job creation during the Bush administration.

These charts show the number of private sector jobs created by each presidency, starting with John F. Kennedy and ending with the current president, Barack Obama. According to the information provided from Bloomberg, citing the U.S. Department of Labor, Democrats created the most jobs during this 51-year time span. Democrats created about 42 million private jobs while Republicans created about 24 million.

Bill Clinton’s presidency, from 1993 to 2001, created the most private jobs. During George W. Bush’s eight years as president, there was a loss in private sector job growth. Obama has created the least amount of private jobs for a Democrat so far; his first term as president will end in 2013.

See what a recent survey of purchasing managers says about Metro-Detroit’s economy here: http://business.wayne.edu/news.php?id=8799.

Check out this info graphic published in the Detroit Free Press on April 15, 2012 about the slow demolition pace in Detroit and its affect on students, particularly those in the Cody, Denby, and Osborn high school areas.

http://on.freep.com/HPbxez