(Update) Dying Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling neighbourhoods highlight the terrible decline of America's once-great Motor City - 29th Mar 2011

Population drops 25 per cent to 713,777 - the city's lowest since 1910

• Largely African-American population moves away to escape the terrible effects of the recession
  
• Buildings rot on deserted streets that were once bustling thoroughfares

It was the centre of America's industrial muscle, but now it lies in ruins - a stark portrait of urban decay ravaged by the global recession

The population of devastated Detroit has dropped by 25 per cent in the past ten years and is now at its lowest since 1910.

Empty factories, burnt-out homes, silent banks and even derelict police stations litter the place once known as the 'Motor City' - where Henry Ford built his first car.

Almost a third of the city's 140 square miles is vacant or derelict. Read More