Over the past thirty years, a large number of immigrants from the Middle East (especially Yemen) and South Asia (Bangladesh in particular) have moved to the city. As of the 2000 census, the city's foreign born population stood at 41.1% making it Michigan's most internationally diverse city. Source: City of Hamtramck web site: http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/history.php (Desiree Cooper)

New Life for Hamtramck's Black Enclave

Over the past thirty years, a large number of immigrants from the Middle East (especially Yemen) and South Asia (Bangladesh in particular) have moved to the city. As of the 2000 census, the city's foreign born population stood at 41.1% making it Michigan's most internationally diverse city. Source: City of Hamtramck web site: http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/history.php

Credit: Desiree Cooper