Overview
- After 12 years in office, he will transfer the mayoralty to Council President Mary Sheffield in January following her November election as the city's first woman mayor.
- In remarks at the Detroit Economic Club, he said the city's potential is strong if it steers clear of divisive politics and that he aimed to show how great Detroit could be.
- A U.S. Census report found Detroit added 1,852 residents between July 2022 and July 2023, bringing the population to 633,366.
- The Detroit Police Department reported a 15% drop in homicides in 2025, and Duggan credited Project Green Light and violence-intervention partnerships as killings fell from roughly 400 toward about 160 over his tenure.
- The Detroit Land Bank's inventory of abandoned houses shrank from about 47,000 to just over 1,000, and Duggan is now campaigning for governor in 2026 as an independent.