Detroit is located in the northwest corner of Lamar County in the northwest part of Alabama. It has a mayor/city council form of government.
History

Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Detroit recorded a population of 210. Of that number, 86.7 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 11.4 percent as African American, and 1.9 percent as two or more races. The town's median household income was $27,083, and the per capita income was $16,064.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Detroit was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Educational services, and health care and social assistance (26.4 percent)
- Manufacturing (23.6 percent)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (13.9 percent)
- Public administration (9.7 percent)
- Educational services, and health care and social assistance (9.3 percent)
- Retail trade (8.3 percent)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (5.6 percent)
- Professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management services (5.6 percent)
- Other services, except public administration (2.8 percent)
- Wholesale trade (2.8 percent)
- Construction (1.4 percent)
Education
Students in Detroit attend Lamar County schools; no public schools are located within the town limits.
Transportation
State Highway 17 bisects Detroit running northeast-southwest.
Additional Resources
Lamar County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Lamar County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000.
Additional Resources
Lamar County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Lamar County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000.
Smith, Rose Marie. Lamar County, Alabama: A History to 1900. Vernon, Ala.: Rose Marie Smith, 1987.