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Detroit
Mayor Mary Sheffield · Democratic · in office since Jan. 1, 2026
Mary Sheffield
Mayor of Detroit, MI · Democratic · since Jan. 1, 2026
City No.
#26
by population
| Government form | Strong mayor |
| Performance scoring | In development |
| Population | 649,095 |
As a strong-mayor city, Detroit's mayor will receive a full performance score — city outcome trends vs. peer cities in the same population tier — once those metrics clear verification.
City outcome data (unemployment, crime, cost of living and more) is in the verification pipeline. We publish numbers only after they clear it. Methodology
Detroit sits in MI, whose governor Gretchen Whitmer holds a scored statewide record (No. 10 of 29). State outcomes are not the mayor’s grade — a city is not a state — but they’re the nearest verified context today.