2017 population data: Birmingham, Royal Oak winners, Ferndale loser

Kristi Tanner , Robert Allen | Detroit Free Press

Birmingham is the only city to have grown every year since 2010 among several in southeastern Oakland County's Woodward corridor, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday.

With a population of about 21,142 in 2017, the tiny metro Detroit suburb grew by about 5% or by an estimated 1,039 residents since 2010. From 2016 to 2017, it added an estimated 111 new residents.

Royal Oak (59,112) and Berkley (15,331) also grew slightly from 2016-17, but both showed slight losses in 2014-15. In sheer numbers, Royal Oak has had the biggest population increase this decade, gaining 1,876 residents since the 2010 census, about a 3% increase.

At 20,070, Ferndale's estimated population (20,070) dipped by 50 residents from 2016 to 2017, but it's up by about 170 overall from the 2010 census.

Neighboring Pleasant Ridge lost population this decade, falling from 2,526 residents in 2010 to an estimated 2,467 in 2017.

Here is how the population of other nearby communities stacked up in 2017: Beverly Hills, 10,425, up 158 from 2010; Clawson, 11,946, up 121 from 2010; and Huntington Woods; 6,317, up 79 from 2010.

Statewide, most communities gained population between 2016 and 2017. Michigan grew at a rate of 0.3% to 9,962,311 residents during the same time period.

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