Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, Southfield had a population of 76,618. The median age was 44.0 years. 17.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 80.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 76.7 males age 18 and over. There were 34,911 households in Southfield, of which 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 29.0% were married-couple households, 21.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 44.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2010, there were 71,739 people, 31,778 households, and 18,178 families residing in the city. The
population density was . There were 35,986 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.3%
African American, 24.9%
White, 0.2%
Native American, 1.7%
Asian, 0.4% from
other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 31,778 households, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were
married couples living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age in the city was 42. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.7% male and 55.3% female.
2000 census As of the
census Ethnic groups In 2002 Southfield had 42,259 black people, the second-largest black population in
Metro Detroit and third-largest in Michigan. As of 2011, many African Americans from Detroit were moving into Southfield and other suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties. Tensions have occurred between existing middle-class blacks in Southfield and incoming Detroiters. As of 2001 many
Chaldo-Assyrians live in Southfield; they are descended from the ancient
Nineveh region of the Assyrian homeland in North Iraq. The Chaldean Federation of America, an umbrella organization for most regional Chaldean groups, is in Southfield. As of that year, the largest Chaldean church, by number of congregants, was based here. The city also had the area's sole Chaldean retirement home. Southfield is also home to the Detroit area's Consulate-General of
Iraq. Since the rapid suburbanization of the 1950s and 1960s, many Jewish Americans from Northwest Detroit (particularly the Dexter-Davison neighborhood) moved to Southfield and other inner-ring suburbs such as
Oak Park and
Huntington Woods.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek moved from Detroit to Southfield in 1962 to a modernist synagogue building designed by
Percival Goodman. The city was also previously home to Congregation Beth Achim on 12 Mile Road until its merger with Congregation Adat Shalom. The building was later purchased and demolished by a Jewish day school. Though much of the Conservative and Reform Jewish population has since spread out to suburbs such as
West Bloomfield and
Farmington Hills, the city maintains a thriving
Orthodox Jewish and
Lubavitch community. It is also home to
Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva, a kosher grocery store, and many independent synagogues.
Religion The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit formerly operated the Church of St. Bede. By 2013 there was a debate on how the property should be rezoned, and therefore reused. Jewish places of worship in Southfield include
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Ahavas Olam, Congregation Yagdil Torah,
Young Israel of Southfield, Congregation Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Ahavas Yisrael Society, Congregation Shomrey Emunah, and the F.R.E.E. Russian Jewry Center. ==Economy==