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| leader_name1       = Max Garbarino
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[[File:HamtramckFireDepartment.jpg|thumb|Hamtramck Fire Department]]

'''Hamtramck''' ({{IPAc-en|h|æ|m|ˈ|t|r|æ|m|ᵻ|k|audio=en-us-Hamtramck.ogg}} {{respell|ham|TRAM|ik}}) is a city in [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. An enclave of [[Detroit]], Hamtramck is located roughly {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} north of [[downtown Detroit]], and is surrounded by Detroit on most sides. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 28,433,<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Hamtramck_city,_Michigan?g=160XX00US2636280 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref> and was by far the [[List of municipalities in Michigan|most densely populated municipality]] in Michigan. It is the only Muslim-majority city in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Sarah Pulliam |date=November 21, 2015 |title=In the first majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-first-majority-muslim-us-city-residents-tense-about-its-future/2015/11/21/45d0ea96-8a24-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html |access-date=May 28, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Known in the 20th century as a center of [[Polish Americans|Polish-American]] life and culture, Hamtramck has attracted new immigrants in the 21st century, especially from [[Yemen]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Pakistan]]. In 2013, Hamtramck reportedly became the first [[Muslim]]-majority city in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bailey|first=Sarah Pulliam|date=November 21, 2015|title=In the first majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-first-majority-muslim-us-city-residents-tense-about-its-future/2015/11/21/45d0ea96-8a24-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html|access-date=September 24, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Aghajanian|first=Liana|date=February 9, 2017|title=Don't Tell Donald Trump: There's a City in Michigan That's Majority Muslim|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hamtramck-michigan-majority-muslim-city|access-date=September 24, 2021|website=Teen Vogue|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, Hamtramck became the first city to have a Muslim-majority city council in the history of the United States, with four of the six council members being Muslim. In 2022, Hamtramck became the first city with an all Muslim city council. The main road was renamed to Palestine Avenue, and mayor Ghalib's post-election party was attended by men only, as segregation of the sexes remains traditional, even as it is being challenged by younger generations.<ref name=Bailey>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Sarah Pullman |title=In the only majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-first-majority-muslim-us-city-residents-tense-about-its-future/2015/11/21/45d0ea96-8a24-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_muslimmajority831pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory |access-date=November 22, 2015 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Felton>{{cite news |last1=Felton |first1=Ryan |title=Michigan town said to have first majority-Muslim city council in US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/15/michigan-muslim-majority-city-council-hamtramck-detroit |access-date=November 22, 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=November 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Warikoo">{{cite news|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/01/24/muslim-majority-council-reflects-hamtramck-diversity/78438858/ |title=Muslim-majority council reflects Hamtramck diversity|first1=Niraj |last1=Warikoo |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolchek |first=Scott |date=2024-03-08 |title=Videos |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1423080 |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=FOX 2 Detroit |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-16 |title=The US city run by Muslim Americans |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59212355 |access-date=2025-08-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Hamtramck is named for the [[French-Canadian]] soldier [[Jean François Hamtramck|Jean-François Hamtramck]], who was the first American commander of [[Fort Shelby (Michigan)|Fort Shelby]], the fortification at Detroit.{{sfn|Kowalski|2003|page=4}} It was originally known as Hamtramck Township.

==History==
[[File:Frank Jaworski Sausage branch in Hamtramck, Michigan (c. 1974).jpg|thumb|upright|A sausage shop in Hamtramck in 1974]]
Hamtramck was originally settled by German farmers, but Polish immigrants moved into the area when the [[Dodge Brothers]] [[Dodge Main|plant]] opened in 1914.<ref name="hamtramck.us">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/index.php |title=City of Hamtramck, Michigan - Official WebSite |website=www.hamtramck.us |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210003527/http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/index.php |archive-date=February 10, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Polish people|Poles]] previously made up a large proportion of the population. It is sometimes confused with [[Poletown]], a traditional Polish neighborhood, which used to lie mostly in the city of Detroit and includes a small part of Hamtramck. As of the 2010 American Community Survey, 14.5% of Hamtramck's population is of [[Poland|Polish]] origin<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> whereas in 1970 it was 90% Polish.<ref>Seidner, Stanley S. (1976). [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED167674&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED167674 ''In Quest of a Cultural Identity: An Inquiry for the Polish Community'']. New York: IUME, Teachers College, Columbia University. ISBN ERIC ED167674.</ref>

In 1910 Hamtramck, then a village, had 3,559 residents. Between 1910 and 1920 Hamtramck's population grew by 1,266 percent. The growth of Hamtramck and neighboring [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]] broke records for increases of population; both municipalities withstood annexation efforts from Detroit.<ref>"[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/05/16/112660475.pdf Detroit Suburbs Ahead in Census]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. May 16, 1920. Retrieved on April 11, 2009.</ref> Circa the 1920s and 1930s,<!--time period of the Prohibition--> people had bars active and publicly made them visible, which was against [[Prohibition (United States)|Prohibition]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bailey|first=Sarah Pulliam|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-first-majority-muslim-us-city-residents-tense-about-its-future/2015/11/21/45d0ea96-8a24-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html|title=In the first majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=December 17, 2019|accessdate=June 15, 2023}}</ref>

Hamtramck was primarily farmland, although the Detroit Stove Works employed 1,300 workers to manufacture stoves. In 1901, part of the township incorporated as a village to gain more control over the settlement's affairs, and by 1922 the village was reincorporated as a city to fend off annexation attempts by the neighboring city of Detroit.{{sfn|Kowalski|2003|page=14}} By the mid-1920s, 78% of the residents of Hamtramck owned their own houses or were buying their houses.<ref name=Vinyardp184>Vinyard, p. [https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n203 <!-- quote="Even though Hamtramck Poles made more use of the public school system". --> 184].</ref> Around that time, the factory workers made up 85% of Hamtramck's heads of households. Of those factory workers, about 50% were categorized as not skilled workers.<ref name=Vinyardp183184>Vinyard, p. [https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n202 <!-- quote="Families in Hamtramck often made calculted use of both". --> 183]-[https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n203 184].</ref> In 1910, the newly founded Dodge Main assembly plant created jobs for thousands of workers and led to additional millions of dollars in the city.{{sfn|Kowalski|2003|page=109}} Dodge Main quickly expanded and became important to Hamtramck. Before the construction of Dodge Main, Hamtramck was a largely rural town. The establishment of the Dodge Main assembly plant led to a large influx of Polish immigrants who pushed out the incumbent German politicians. It was after this that Hamtramck was considered a Polish-American town.{{sfn|Kowalski|2003}}

By the end of the 20th century and the closing of Dodge Main, followed closely by General Motors [[Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly#General Motors|razing]] of key parts of the Polish neighborhoods, the ethnicity of the region quickly shifted from traditionally Polish descendants to new [[Middle Eastern]] and [[South Asia]]n immigrants. By the elections of 2015, the city is suggested to have been the first to elect a Muslim-majority council in the country.<ref name="Warikoo"/><ref name="Buncombe">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a6727456.html |title=US city of Hamtramck becomes first to elect Muslim-majority council: The city was a traditionally Polish-Catholic enclave of Detroit |first1=Andrew |last1=Buncombe |location=New York |date=9 November 2015 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref>

Over the past thirty years, a large number of [[Muslims|Muslim]] immigrants from the [[Middle East]] (especially Yemen), [[South Asia]], and the [[Balkans]] have moved to the city. As of the 2010 [[American Community Survey]], the city's foreign born population stood at 41.1%,<ref>https://www.census.gov {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref> making it Michigan's most internationally diverse city (''see more at Demographics below''). The population was 43,355 in the 1950 Census and 18,372 in 1990.

In November 2021, Hamtramck elected a completely [[Muslim-American]] city council and a Muslim mayor, becoming the first municipality in the United States to be governed entirely by Muslim-Americans.<ref name=election_21>{{cite news|last1=Feng |first1=Zhaoyin |title=The US city run by Muslim Americans |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59212355 |newspaper=BBC News |date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref> Then, in June 2023, the city drew scrutiny for its ban of the [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flag]] on city property and perceived homophobia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Perkins |first=Tom |date=June 17, 2023 |title='A sense of betrayal': liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned |access-date=September 19, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2025 |title=Detroit-area city can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge says |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/detroit-area-city-ban-lgbtq-pride-flags-public-125418391 |website=ABC News |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.090|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>

Hamtramck is mostly surrounded by Detroit except for its small common border with the city of [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]], which is in turn also mostly surrounded by Detroit. Hamtramck lies about {{convert|5|mi|0}} from the center of Detroit. The [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] freeway roughly runs along this city's western border, and [[Interstate 94 in Michigan|I-94]] runs near its southern border.

According to Keith Matheny of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', the urban layout assists recent immigrants who do not yet have the credentials to drive an automobile, as Hamtramck is "uniquely walkable" and a "tight size".<ref name=MaheneyEllis>{{cite web|last=Maheney|first=Keith|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/02/04/hamtramck-michigan-immigrants-trump/97450148/|title=The story of Hamtramck, Michigan's Ellis Island, as Trump takes power|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=February 4, 2017|accessdate=June 27, 2023}}</ref>

==Culture==
Hamtramck flourished from 1910 to 1920 as thousands of European immigrants, particularly Poles, were attracted by the growing automobile industry. The city has grown increasingly ethnically diverse in subsequent years but still bears many reminders of its Polish ancestry in family names, street names and businesses.<ref name="hamtramck.us"/> A 2018 survey found that 16 native languages were spoken by Hamtramck schoolchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools are still a mix of languages {{!}} Hamtramck Review |url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/schools-are-still-a-mix-of-languages/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> A motto often associated with the city is "A League of Nations".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamtramck might be small, but it's not small-town minded {{!}} Hamtramck Review |url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/hamtramck-might-be-small-but-its-not-small-town-minded/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Polish Story|url=https://ourstoryof.com/polish/production_18.html|access-date=December 25, 2020|website=ourstoryof.com}}</ref> [[Neal Rubin]] of ''[[The Detroit News]]'' wrote in 2010 that despite the demographic changes, "In a lot of ways, Hamtramck still feels like a Polish enclave."<ref>Rubin, Neal. "[http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100518/OPINION03/5180337/1026/First-generation-seniors-at-Hamtramck-High-adopt-culture-of-prom First-generation seniors at Hamtramck High adopt culture of prom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181720/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100518/OPINION03/5180337/1026/First-generation-seniors-at-Hamtramck-High-adopt-culture-of-prom |date=April 16, 2014}}." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. May 18, 2010. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.</ref>

In 1987, Detroit television station [[WDIV]] ran one episode of a local sitcom called ''Hamtramck'', created by local radio personalities [[Count Scary|Tom Ryan]] and Tom De Lisle, with a cameo by [[Detroit Tigers]] manager [[Sparky Anderson]]. It was met with poor reviews and protests by many Polish Americans, and was canceled before airing a second episode.<ref name="Ryan">{{cite web |title=Ham on Ryan: The Tom Ryan Story |url=https://www.detroitkidshow.com/Tom_Ryan.htm |website=www.detroitkidshow.com |access-date=September 6, 2025 |quote=''Hamtramck'' was billed as "Detroit's first situation comedy," but a good number of Polish-Americans, including the mayors of Hamtramck and [[Warren, Michigan|Warren]], failed to see the comedy in the situation. The show was based on a series of humorous columns written by Tom De Lisle for ''The Detroit News'' about growing up on the city's east side. Ryan played "Pop," patriarch of the working class Hamlin family, whose daughter was about to marry a boy from the upper class city of [[Farmington Hills]]. He also played Stan the Polka Man, leader of the Polka Rascals. The show was filmed on location in and around Hamtramck and was filled with local jokes and references, which bothered some Polish-Americans. When local Poles got wind of the project they took the program as a personal attack and picketed the station. ''Hamtramck'' aired on May 14, 1987. And although the ratings were huge, WDIV ultimately issued an apology at a press conference, which put the kibosh on future episodes of Detroit's first, and unfortunately last, situation comedy.}}</ref>

After six decades of double-digit percentage declines in population between 1930 and 1990, the population started growing in the 1990s. It fell slightly between 2000 and 2010 but grew 26% in the 2010s, surpassing 28,000 residents. These large population gains were despite a small decrease in households in the past 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1982 |title=General Population Characteristics Michigan, 1980 Census of Population |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/1980censusofpopu80124uns_bw.pdf#page=229 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=census.gov}}</ref>

The {{convert|8000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} Hamtramck Historical Museum and the Polish Art Center are next door to one another.<ref>Zaniewski, Ann. "[http://www.freep.com/article/20130929/NEWS06/309290059/Hamtramck-historical-museum You haven't lived here until ... You visit the Hamtramck Historical Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020175304/http://www.freep.com/article/20130929/NEWS06/309290059/Hamtramck-historical-museum |date=October 20, 2015}}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. September 29, 2013. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.</ref>

In 1997, the ''[[Utne Reader]]'' named Hamtramck one of "the 15 hippest neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada" in part for its punk and alternative music scene, its Buddhist temple, its cultural diversity, and its laid-back blue-collar neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/hiphapm12407.aspx|title=Hip Hamtown|work=Model D |date=December 18, 2007 }}</ref> In May 2003, Maxim Blender selected Hamtramck as the second "Most Rock N' Roll City" in the U.S., behind [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. Hamtramck is home of several of Michigan's most distinguished music venues.

In January 2004, members of the Al-Islah Islamic Center requested permission to use loudspeakers for the purpose of broadcasting the [[Islamic]] [[Adhan|call to prayer]]. This request set off a contentious debate in the city, about the noise that would be caused by the call to prayer, eventually garnering national attention.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2004-04-19-hamtramck-islamic_x.htm |title=In a changing city, voices raised over call to prayer |website=Usatoday.Com |date=April 19, 2004 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Ultimately Hamtramck amended its noise ordinance in July 2004, allowing for the prayer calls to be made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hamtramckstar.com/charter/noiseordinance.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=hamtramckstar.com |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819142713/http://hamtramckstar.com/charter/noiseordinance.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Islamic Call To Prayer Sounding Sweeter In Hamtramck: Crossing The Lines |url=http://archives.wdet.org/news/story/Islamic-Call-To-Prayer-Sounding-Sweeter-In-Hamtram/ |website=archives.wdet.org |access-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131063139/http://archives.wdet.org/news/story/Islamic-Call-To-Prayer-Sounding-Sweeter-In-Hamtram/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Hamtramck Disneyland]] is an art installation in the city built on two garages out of metal.<ref name="Model D">{{cite web |last1=Tuesday |first1=Walter Wasacz |title=Unofficial Art |url=https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/folk57.aspx |website=Model D |date=August 15, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

===Hamtramck festivals===
====Pączki Day====
Polish immigrants and residents of Hamtramck and southeastern Michigan celebrate [[Fat Tuesday|Tłusty Wtorek]] (Fat Tuesday), known locally as [[Pączki Day]],<ref>[http://www.hamtramck.us/events/pages/paczki.php Pączki Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315214103/http://www.hamtramck.us/events/pages/paczki.php |date=March 15, 2008}}</ref> by lining up at the city's numerous Polish bakeries to purchase [[pączki]]. On Pączki Day, several local bars host parties with live entertainment and free pączki.<ref>[http://www.hamtramck.us/events/pages/paczki.php Pączki Day] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315214103/http://www.hamtramck.us/events/pages/paczki.php |date=March 15, 2008 }}, City of Hamtramck website.</ref>

====Hamtramck Music Festival====
The "Hamtramck Music Festival" is an annual [[Independent music]] festival held in March in Hamtramck. It is currently sponsored by Bens Encore and the local Artist Community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamtramckmusicfestival.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302101627/http://hamtramckmusicfestival.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2014|title=Hamtramck Music Festival 2016|work=hamtramckmusicfestival.com|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> In 2011, almost 200 bands played the Blowout at 14 venues over four days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/03/02/hamtramck-music-festival-preview/81157162|title=Hamtramck Music Festival: More than 200 acts think local|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|publisher=freep.com|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>

====St. Florian Strawberry Festival====
Held annually in the first weekend in May at grounds at [[St. Florian Church (Hamtramck, Michigan)|St. Florian Church]].

====Hamtramck Labor Day Festival====
The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival is held on Labor Day weekend, ending with the Polish Day Parade on Labor Day. The festival includes live music on two stages, a carnival area, beer, and food tents extending the half-mile (1&nbsp;km) stretch of [[Joseph Campau Street]], from Caniff to Carpenter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamtramckstar.com/index.php/hamtramck_labor_day_festival_details|title=Hamtramck Labor Day Festival details|work=Hamtramck Star|access-date=April 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227142716/http://hamtramckstar.com/index.php/hamtramck_labor_day_festival_details|archive-date=February 27, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Pride 365 Launch and Protest====
In response to a decision by the city council to ban pride flags on city flagpoles, multiple LGBT activist groups organized into a coalition.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aimery |first=Jakkar |date=June 24, 2023 |title=Protesters unite against Hamtramck neutrality resolution, Pride flag ban |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/06/24/protesters-pride-hamtramck-neutrality-resolution-flag-ban/70339419007/ |website=The Detroit News}}</ref>

====Planet Ant Film & Video Festival in Hamtramck====
Held at the Planet Ant Theater, the festival celebrates independent movies and the people who make them, featuring comedies, dramas, documentaries, animation and music videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/media/movies/planet-ant-film-video-festival-in-hamtramck/|title=Absolute Michigan – Planet Ant Film & Video Festival in Hamtramck|work=Absolute Michigan|date=June 13, 2007|access-date=April 19, 2009|archive-date=August 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829165124/http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/media/movies/planet-ant-film-video-festival-in-hamtramck/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[General Motors]]' [[Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly]] plant, one of the automaker's premiere facilities, produced the [[Chevrolet Volt]], the [[Cadillac CT6]], the [[Chevrolet Impala]] and the [[Buick Lacrosse]]; it was closed in March 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/09/25/chevy-volt-production-will-add-550-new-jobs-in-detroit-says-gm|title=Chevy Volt production will add 550 new jobs in Detroit, says GM|work=Autoblog|date=25 September 2008 }}</ref> and retooled as Factory ZERO to build the upcoming [[GMC Hummer EV]].

In April 2009, [[American Axle]] announced that it planned to close its plant at the Hamtramck/Detroit city limit, thus eliminating several hundred jobs in the area. As of February 2014, most of the 1.9 million-square-foot former facility has been demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/american-axle-says-it-will-close-down-last-remaining-plant/ |title=American Axle says it will close down last remaining plant |publisher=Hamtramck Review |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2014/02/photos_american_axle_manufactu.html |title=American Axle Manufacturing Detroit Axle Plant in Hamtramck reduced to rubble |date=23 February 2014 |publisher=MLive |access-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref>

The Polish Art Center, at 9539 Joseph Campau Street, is a local institution in Hamtramck. The center promotes the preservation of Polish heritage through its display of cultural artifacts, often exhibited at festivals, schools and libraries. The center also hosts lectures, book signings, workshops, folk-art demonstrations, and [[Egg decorating in Slavic culture|pisanki]]-making classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polartcenter.com/AboutUs.asp|title=Polish Art Center - About Us|work=polartcenter.com |access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>

The Ukrainian American Archives & Museum of Detroit is located at 9630 Joseph Campau Ave.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org/new-page |title=Visit — Ukrainian American Archives & Museum |website=www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412224136/https://www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org/new-page |archive-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> It was formerly at 11756 Charest Street. The Museum's purpose is "to educate and inform the general public about the culture, art, and history of Ukrainians, their immigration to the United States and the contributions of Americans of Ukrainian descent to America; to engage in research in these areas; to maintain archives for the deposit of documents and other records relating to these topics; to acquire, preserve, exhibit artifacts of artistic, historical, and scientific value relating to these subjects; to sponsor public programs in order to study and preserve the heritage of [[Ukrainian Americans]]."<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org/home.html|title=Welcome to the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum of Detroit|work=Ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909012159/http://www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org/home.html|archive-date=September 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For more than 85 years, Kowalski Sausage Co. has manufactured meat products at 2270 Holbrook Street, which are distributed in the metropolitan Detroit area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kowality.com/category-s/181.htm |title=The Kowalski Story |website=www.kowality.com |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211165525/http://www.kowality.com/story.asp |archive-date=December 11, 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Notwithstanding the statement in the credits that it was filmed "in Detroit, Michigan", the 1998 Indie film ''[[Polish Wedding]]'' was filmed mainly in Hamtramck, particularly at a house on Wyandotte Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119910/|title=Polish Wedding (1998)|date=July 17, 1998|work=IMDb}}</ref> Theresa Connelly, who wrote and directed the film, had spent her childhood in Hamtramck.

[[File:HamtramckPostOffice Michigan.jpg|thumb|left|Hamtramck Post Office]]
In December 2010, citing general budget woes and the city of Detroit withholding a portion of shared revenue for the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant straddling the border of both cities, Hamtramck requested that the State of Michigan allow it to declare [[bankruptcy]]. The request was denied.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/us/28city.html Michigan Town Is Left Pleading for Bankruptcy], by Monica Davey | ''[[The New York Times]]'', published December 27, 2010</ref> Receivership was avoided when a deal was struck between the city and Detroit which required Detroit to pay $3.2 million in collected taxes to Hamtramck in exchange for Hamtramck paying Detroit nearly the same amount for a water and sewage bill that was in [[arrears]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704050204576218843580945066 Hamtramck, Neighboring Detroit Settle Tax Dispute], by Kate Linebaugh |''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', published March 23, 2011</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Hamtramck Post Office at 2933 Caniff Street.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120718075702/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/36326?p=1&s=MI&service_name=post_office&z=Hamtramck Post Office Location - HAMTRAMCK]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.</ref> The post office annex is located at 14600 Dequindre Street in the City of Detroit.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120729091406/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/67139?p=1&s=MI&service_name=post_office&z=Hamtramck Post Office Location - HAMTRAMCK ANNEX]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:Detroit City FC supporters stands.JPG|thumb|[[Detroit City FC]] supporters in the [[Keyworth Stadium]]]]
Hamtramck is home to [[Detroit City FC]] (DCFC), a professional American [[soccer]] club that plays in [[United Soccer League Championship]] (USLC), the second tier of the [[American Soccer Pyramid]]. The club plays their home matches at [[Keyworth Stadium]], which is owned by Hamtramck Public Schools. The club, which was mainly managed by Trevor James, who was a former [[Ipswich Town F.C.]] player who later was an assistant coach and scout under [[Bobby Robson]], is now managed by [[Danny Dichio]], who was a former [[Toronto FC]] player who later was an assistant coach for [[Sacramento Republic FC]], another USLC team.<ref>{{cite web |title=DETROIT CITY FOOTBALL CLUB NAMES DANNY DICHIO AS HEAD COACH |url=https://www.detcityfc.com/news/2023/11/29/dcfc-dichio-announcement/ |website=detcityfc.com |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>

A [[Little League Baseball|Little League]] team from Hamtramck won the [[1959 Little League World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1959 Hamtramck Little League |url=https://www.michiganbaseballhall.org/hamtramck |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 3559
|1920= 48615
|1930= 56268
|1940= 49839
|1950= 43555
|1960= 34137
|1970= 26783
|1980= 21300
|1990= 18372
|2000= 22976
|2010= 22423
|2020= 28433
|estyear=2023
|estimate=27339
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=July 13, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 13, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Hamtramck, Michigan – Racial Composition'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hamtramck city, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Hamtramck%20city,%20Michigan&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref><br>(NH = Non-Hispanic)<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|15,829
|55.7%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|2,814
|9.9%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|36
|0.1%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|7,627
|26.8%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|7
|0.0%
|-
|[[Some Other Race]] (NH)
|190
|0.7%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|1,609
|5.7%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|321
|1.1%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''28,433'''
|'''100.0%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 28,433 people, 8,139 households, and 5,661 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hamtramck%20city,%20Michigan%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|13604.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,911 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 55.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (people of European, Middle Eastern and North African descent), 10.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 26.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.0% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|some other races]] and 6.0% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 1.1% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Hamtramck city, Michigan |work=USA Today |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/hamtramck-city-michigan/160-2636280/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 }}</ref> 32.6% of residents were under the age of 18, 9.1% were under 5 years of age, and 7.4% were 65 and older. 39.2% of the population reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry. The most reported ancestries were:<ref>{{cite web |title=TOTAL POPULATION |url=https://data.census.gov/table?t=-06:-1000E:-3000F:-4000G:-5000K:-7000E:-8000B&g=160XX00US2636280&d=DEC+Detailed+Demographic+and+Housing+Characteristics+File+A |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
* [[Yemeni people|Yemeni]] (25.5%)
* [[Bangladeshi people|Bangladeshi]] (14.5%)
* [[Indian people|Indian]] (11.7%)
* [[Arabs|Arab]] (11.1%)
* [[African Americans|African American]] (6.6%)
* [[Polish people|Polish]] (5%)
* [[Bosnians|Bosnian and Herzegovinian]] (2.3%)
* [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] (2.1%)
* [[English people|English]] (2%)
* [[Irish people|Irish]] (1.8%)

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 22,423 people, 7,063 households, and 5,115 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10751.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,693 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4159.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 53.5% White, 19.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 21.5% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 4.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 7,063 households, of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.98.

The median age in the city was 28.8 years. 31.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 20.7% were from 45 to 64; and 7.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.6% male and 48.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 22,976 people, 8,033 households, and 4,851 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10900.5|/sqmi}}, making it the most densely populated city in Michigan. There were 8,894 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4219.6|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the city was 60.96% White (which includes people of [[Middle Eastern]] ancestry), 15.12% African American, 0.43% Native American, 10.37% Asian, 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.14% from other races, and 11.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population.

In the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], major ancestry groups reported by Hamtramck residents were as follows:
* [[Bangladeshi American|Bangladeshi]] 19.7%
* [[Pakistani American|Pakistani]] 11.0%
* [[Polish Americans|Polish]] 10.9%
* [[Arab American|Arab]] (excluding Iraqi and Lebanese) 9.2%
* [[Macedonian Americans|Macedonian]] 5.5%
* [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian]] 5.4%
* Black or [[African American]] 5.1%
* [[Ukrainian American|Ukrainian]] 3.2%
* [[Albanian American|Albanian]] 2.8%
* [[Irish American|Irish]] 2.2%
* [[German American|German]] 1.9%
* [[Italian American|Italian]] 1.8%
* [[Russian American|Russian]] 1.4%
* [[English American|English]] 1.1%
* [[French American|French]] (excluding the [[Basque American|Basques]]) 0.8%
* [[Lebanese American|Lebanese]] 0.7%
* [[Scottish American|Scottish]] 0.7%
* [[Iraqi American|Iraqi]] 0.5%
* [[Yugoslav American|Yugoslav]] 0.5%
* [[Mexican American|Mexican]] 0.2%

3.1% of Hamtramck's population reported [[Albanian Americans|Albanian ancestry]]. This made it the second most Albanian place in the United States by percentage of the population, second only to [[Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina|Fairview, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Albanian.html|title=Albanian Ancestry Search - Albanian Genealogy by City - ePodunk.com|work=epodunk.com|access-date=December 28, 2007|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224180440/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Albanian.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There were 8,033 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.59.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 10.8% 18 through 24, 31.9% 25 through 44, 17.7% 45 through 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,616, and the median income for a family was $30,496. Males had a median income of $29,368 versus $22,346 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,691. About 24.1% of families and 27.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 36.9% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over.

From the 1990 census to the 2000 census, the city's population increased by 25%. Sally Howell, author of "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that this was "overwhelmingly" due to immigration from majority Muslim countries.<ref>Howell, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QdamRHJ3dxUC&dq=%22grew+a+stunning+25+percent%2C+due+overwhelmingly+to+immigration%22&pg=PA210 210].</ref>

From 1990 to 2000, of all of the municipalities in Wayne, [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]], and [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb]] counties, Hamtramck had the highest percentage growth in the Asian population. It had 222 Asians according to the 1990 U.S. Census and 2,382 according to the 2000 U.S. Census, an increase of 973%.<ref name="cus.wayne.edu">Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=November 9, 2013}}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 7. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref>

===Ethnic groups===
{{see also|History of the Polish Americans in Metro Detroit}}
Historically, Hamtramck received a lot of immigration from [[Eastern Europe]]. In the 20th century, Hamtramck was mostly Polish.<ref name=Kershaw>Kershaw, Sarah. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/08/nyregion/queens-to-detroit-a-bangladeshi-passage.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Queens to Detroit: A Bangladeshi Passage]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. March 8, 2001. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.</ref> George Tysh of the ''[[Metro Times]]'' stated that "In the early days of the auto industry, Hamtramck's population swelled with Poles, so much so that you were more likely to hear Polish spoken on Joseph Campau than any other tongue."<ref name=Tysh>Tysh, George. "[http://www2.metrotimes.com/arts/story.asp?id=3338 Little Bengal]." ([https://archive.today/20130909034854/http://www2.metrotimes.com/arts/story.asp?id=3338 Archive]) ''[[Metro Times]]''. June 5, 2002. Retrieved on September 8, 2013.</ref> Later waves of immigration brought Albanians, Bosnians, Macedonians, Ukrainians, and Yemenis.<ref name=Tysh/> By 2001 many Bangladeshis, Bosnians, and Iraqi [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] were moving to Hamtramck.<ref name=Kershaw/> As of 2011 almost one in five Hamtramck residents was Asian (excluding those from South-west Asia).<ref>Steele, Micki. "[http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20110419/METRO/104190316 Asian-Americans settle in Metro Detroit enclaves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212525/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20110419/METRO/104190316 |date=January 2, 2016}}." ''[[The Detroit News]]'' ([[:en:The Detroit News|EN]]). April 19, 2011. "Almost one in five residents of Troy is Asian. The same is true for Hamtramck."</ref> As of 2003, over 30 languages are spoken in Hamtramck and more than four religions are present. The four principal religions are, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB589C6C38348F2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Cultures mix easily in Hamtramck]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. May 28, 2003. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref>

In June 2013, the city's Human Relations Commission facilitated the raising of flags of 18 countries from which Hamtramck residents emigrated. They are displayed on Joseph Campau Street, with an American flag flying at either end.<ref>Abdel-Razzaq, Lauren. "[https://archive.today/20130624213620/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130615/METRO01/306150049 Flags raised to mark diversity of Hamtramck]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. June 15, 2013. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

====Bangladeshi people====
In the 1930s, the first group of [[Bengalis]] came to Detroit and Hamtramck.<ref name=MetzgerBoozap13>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=November 9, 2013}}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 10. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref> The first significant population of Bengalis began arriving in the late 1980s and the Bengalis became a large part of the city's population in the 1990s.<ref name=Tysh/> The largest growth occurred in the 1990s and 2000s.<ref name=MetzgerBoozap13/> By 2001 many [[Bangladeshi Americans]] had moved from [[New York City]], particularly [[Astoria, Queens]], to Hamtramck and the east side of Detroit. Many moved because of lower costs of living, larger amounts of space, work available in small factories, and the large Muslim community in Metro Detroit. Many Bangladeshi Americans moved into Queens, and then onwards to Metro Detroit.<ref name="Kershaw"/>

In 2002, over 80% of the Bangladeshi population within Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties lived in Hamtramck and some surrounding neighborhoods in Detroit.<ref name="cus.wayne.edu"/> That area overall had almost 1,500 ethnic Bangladeshis.<ref>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=November 9, 2013}}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 13. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref> Almost 75% of Bangladeshi Michiganders live in Hamtramck.<ref name="MetzgerBoozap13"/>

By 2002, a Bengali business district formed along Conant Avenue and some residents called it "Little Bengal".<ref name=Tysh/> The district, along Caniff and Conant streets, included markets, stores, mosques, and bakeries owned by Bangladeshis, Indians, and Pakistanis.<ref name=MetzgerBoozap13/> By 2008 the Bengali business district, between Davison and Harold Street, and partially within the city limits of Detroit, received the honorary title "Bangladesh Avenue" and was to be dedicated as such on November 8, 2008. Akikul H. Shamin, the president of the Bangladesh Association of Michigan, estimated that Bangladeshi people operate 80% of the buildings and businesses in the portion of Conant Avenue.<ref>Piligian, Ellen. "[http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/bangladeshave16208.aspx Hamtramck's Global Vibe: Bangladesh Avenue]." ([https://archive.today/20130909040701/http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/bangladeshave16208.aspx Archive]) ''[[Model D Media]]''. October 28, 2008. Retrieved on September 8, 2013.</ref> As of February 2008 the city planned to erect signage reading "Bangladesh Town" in the business district.<ref>Cecil, Angel. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/436902306 HAMTRAMCK: CITY WANTS TO TOUT ITS DIVERSITY] ." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. February 7, 2008. News p. B3. Retrieved on September 9, 2013. "City officials will erect signs along Conant to name the strip "Bangladesh Town," in acknowledgement of the Bangladeshi-owned restaurants, grocery and clothing stores on the avenue." and "The city's Downtown Development Authority says Hamtramck has evolved in the past 20 years to include a touch of Yemen, Bangladesh and some hip[...]"</ref>

In 2002, the estimate of Hamtramck inhabitants of origins from [[South Asia]] was from 7,000 to 10,000. As of 2001, 900 registered students who spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] attended [[Hamtramck Public Schools]].<ref name=Tysh/> Most Bangladeshis in Hamtramck originate from the north-eastern region of [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]] in Bangladesh;<ref>Nazli Kibria (2011). ''Muslims in Motion''. pp. 58–61. Rutgers University Press.</ref><ref>Sook Wilkinson (2015). ''Asian Americans in Michigan''. pp. 166–167. Wayne State University Press.</ref> therefore, most speak [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]].<ref>[https://www.bridgemi.com/quality-life/bangladeshi-community-michigan-reaches-out-older-adults-amid-covid Bangladeshi community in Michigan reaches out to older adults amid COVID] Bridge Michigan. Nargis Hakim Rahman. July 19, 2021. Retrieved on 2024-10-09.</ref>

As of 2014, there are over 13 Bengali clothing shops in the city.<ref>DeVito, Lee. "[https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/wdet-explores-hamtramcks-bangladeshi-clothing-shops/Content?oid=2201820 WDET explores Hamtramck's Bangladeshi clothing shops]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141005072402/http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/wdet-explores-hamtramcks-bangladeshi-clothing-shops/Content?oid%3D2201820 Archive]). ''[[Metro Times]]''. May 19, 2014. Retrieved on October 5, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hamtramck police chief, officer flying to Bangladesh to train cadets, learn culture |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/09/hamtramck_police_chief_officer.html |website=MLive.com |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Police chief on his way to Bangladesh for diversity training {{!}} Hamtramck Review |url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/police-chief-on-his-way-to-bangladesh-for-diversity-training/ |website=www.thehamtramckreview.com |access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>

====Yemeni people====
{{see also|History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit}}
[[File:YemeniMural HamtramckMI.jpg|thumb|Yemeni mural by Dasic Fernandez]]
As of 2006, most of the Middle Eastern population in Hamtramck is Yemeni. Hakim Almasmari wrote in 2006 that "Several streets seem to be populated exclusively by Yemeni Americans, and Yemeni culture pervades the city's social, business, and political life."<ref name=Almasmari>Almasmari, Hakim. "{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20110102184526/http://www.yobserver.com/reports/10011261.html Hamtramck, Michigan: A Yemeni oasis]}}" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102184526/http://www.yobserver.com/reports/10011261.html Archive]}}). ''[[Yemen Observer]]''. November 21, 2006. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref> Many Yemeni restaurants are in Hamtramck, and the Yemeni community operates the Mu'ath bin Jabal Mosque ({{langx|ar|مسجد معاذ بن جبل}}),<ref name=Almasmari/> which was established in 1976.<ref name=MuathMosque>"[http://biid.lsa.umich.edu/2011/06/masjid-muath-bin-jabal/ Masjid Mu‘ath Bin Jabal]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151211133339/http://biid.lsa.umich.edu/2011/06/masjid-muath-bin-jabal/ Archive]). [[University of Michigan]]. Retrieved on December 10, 2015.</ref> In 2005 the mosque, located just outside the southeastern border of Hamtramck, was the largest mosque out of the ten within a three-mile radius. Sally Howell, author of "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that the mosque "has been credited" by public officials and area Muslims "with having turned around one of Detroit's roughest neighborhoods at the height of the [[crack epidemic|crack cocaine epidemic]] of the 1980s, making its streets safe, revitalizing a dormant housing market, attracting new business to the area, and laying the foundation for an ethnically mixed, highly visible Muslim population in Detroit and Hamtramck."<ref name=Howellp209>Howell, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QdamRHJ3dxUC&dq=%22historically+Polish+city+that+is+bounded+on+all+sides%22&pg=PA209 209].</ref>

According to Almasmari, some of the first Yemenis to have arrived in Hamtramck said that Yemeni people first arrived in Hamtramck in the 1960s.<ref name=Almasmari/> The "Building Islam in Detroit: Foundations/Forms/Futures" project of the [[University of Michigan]] stated that Yemenis began arriving in the 1970s.<ref name=MuathMosque/>

In 2013 [[Dasic Fernandez]], a Chilean artist,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-16 |title=How giant murals are transforming cities worldwide |url=https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0m675y4/how-giant-murals-are-transforming-cities-worldwide |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> created a {{convert|90|ft|m|adj=on}} by {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} [[mural]] on the Sheeba restaurant celebrating the Yemeni population. The mural depicts a girl in a [[veil]] decorated with the blue sky, a farmer wearing a [[turban]], and a woman in a [[hijab]]. The Arab American and Chaldean Council and the coalition OneHamtramck commissioned the mural.<ref>Abdel-Razzaq, Lauren. "[http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131207/METRO01/312070042/1361/rss New mural helps Yemeni immigrants see themselves in Hamtramck] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107031041/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131207/METRO01/312070042/1361/rss |date=January 7, 2014}}." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. [http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/5933b2bcc1814feba18b7ced1e51c317/MI--Yemeni-Mural Also at] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107011147/http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/5933b2bcc1814feba18b7ced1e51c317/MI--Yemeni-Mural |date=January 7, 2014}} ''[[The Republic (Columbus, Indiana)|The Republic]]''. December 16, 2013. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.</ref>

===Religious and political issues===
In the 2000s, a Bengali mosque named the [[Al-Islah Jamee Masjid]] asked for permission to broadcast the [[adhan]], the Islamic call to prayer, from loudspeakers outside of the mosque, and requested permission to do so from the city government. It was one of the newer mosques in Hamtramck. Sally Howell, author of "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that the request "brought to a head simmering [[Islamophobic]] sentiments" in Hamtramck.<ref name=Howellp209/> Muslims and interfaith activists supported the mosque. Some anti-Muslim activists, including some from other states including Kentucky and Ohio, participated in the controversy.<ref name=Howellp209/> In 2004, the city council voted unanimously to allow mosques to broadcast the adhan on public streets, making it one of a few U.S. cities to do so. Some individuals had objected to the allowing of the adhan due to noise concerns.<ref name="Sercombe 2021 f511">{{cite web | last=Sercombe | first=Charles | title=Residents complain that 'call to prayer' is too loud | website=Hamtramck Review | date=March 20, 2021 |url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/residents-complain-that-call-to-prayer-is-too-loud/ |access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>

In 2023, the Hamtramck city council approved [[Dhabihah|animal slaughtering]] in households for Muslim religious purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/01/11/hamtramck-city-council-approves-religious-animal-sacrifices-slaughter-home/69797191007/|title=Hamtramck city council to approve religious animal sacrifices at home|last=Warikoo|first=Niraj|date=January 11, 2023|work=Detroit Free Press|accessdate=January 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="AP News 2023 k864">{{cite web|title=Detroit-area city OKs animal sacrifice for religious reasons |website=AP News |date=January 11, 2023 |url=https://apnews.com/article/detroit-michigan-religion-sheep-2b7965753358f5f0b5b3ce1f9cebe1c2 |access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Matthews 2023 i828">{{cite web|last=Matthews |first=Brad |title=New law in Muslim-majority Michigan city will let residents religiously sacrifice animals at home |website=The Washington Times |date=January 12, 2023 |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/12/new-law-muslim-majority-michigan-city-will-let-res/ |access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>

On June 13, 2023, the city council introduced a resolution prohibiting the display on city property of all flags but the American flag and “nations’ flags that represent the international character of [the] City,” which many interpreted as an indirectly targeted ban of the [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flag]] on city property and sidewalks, which had previously been the source of controversy among some residents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warikoo |first=Niraj |date=2023-06-13 |title=Hamtramck considers banning LGBTQ Pride flags on city property |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/06/13/hamtramck-ban-lgbtq-pride-flag-city-property/70315529007/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Following three hours of public comment, the council passed the resolution unanimously.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=City Council Meeting, June 13, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/RfwM_q9pFKs?feature=share |website=City of Hamtramck |type=Video |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Mayor [[Amer Ghalib]] opposed displaying the [[pride flag]], but former mayor Karen Majewski had supported displaying it.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warikoo |first=Niraj |date=2021-11-03 |title=Amer Ghalib ousts Karen Majewski, becoming Hamtramck's first Muslim mayor |url=https://eu.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/11/03/hamtramck-mayor-amer-ghalib/6241155001/ |accessdate=2023-06-15 |place=[[Detroit]] |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref> The council also voted to remove two commissioners of the Hamtramck Human Rights Commissioner for flying the rainbow flag.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Advance |first=Jon King, Michigan |title=Hamtramck mayor describes group that flew LGBTQ+ Pride flag as a 'militia' |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news/hamtramck-mayor-describes-group-that-flew-lgbtq-pride-flag-as-a-militia-33618373 |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Detroit Metro Times |date=July 14, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Detroit-area human relations commissioners ousted after flying LGBTQ+ flag in violation of new ban |url=https://apnews.com/article/hamtramck-michigan-lgbtq-flags-cb4a05064e5cc6882f3072966e66a413 |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Joshua |date=2023-07-13 |title=Michigan city commissioners removed after flying Pride flag in violation of ordinance: Defied 'rule of law' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/michigan-city-commissioners-removed-flying-pride-flag-violation-ordinance-defied-rule-law |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> The move was criticized by senator [[Stephanie Chang]], U.S. representatives [[Shri Thanedar]] and [[Rashida Tlaib]], and Detroit mayor [[Mike Duggan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib fires back at politicians criticizing city's LGBTQ flag ban |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/06/18/hamtramck-mayor-amer-ghalib-lgbtq-flag-protest/70333600007/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Neavling |first=Steve |title=Metro Detroit cities rally behind LGBTQ+ residents after Hamtramck's Pride flag ban |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-detroit-cities-rally-behind-lgbtq-residents-after-hamtramcks-pride-flag-ban-33385762 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Detroit Metro Times |date=June 16, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

In response to a decision by the city council, multiple activist groups organized into a coalition opposing the flag restrictions. The founding group consisted of individual activists, AntiTransphobe Detroit, Michigan General Defense Committee, and the Hamtramck Queer Alliance. Notable speakers at the event were Dana Nessel, Rev. Strickland, Grace of AtA, and Josh of HQA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/06/24/protesters-pride-hamtramck-neutrality-resolution-flag-ban/70339419007/|title=Protesters unite against Hamtramck neutrality resolution, Pride flag ban|date=June 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:HamtramckCityHall.jpg|thumb|Hamtramck City Hall]]
Hamtramck is governed under a [[council-manager]] form of government in which the elected [[mayor]] of the city is the chief executive officer. The city council consists of six seats. Though part of the council, the mayor is elected separately and votes only in the case of a tie and on ordinances and contracts. The city council hires a [[city manager]], who becomes the city's chief [[Public administration|administrative]] officer. The city manager has the vested powers and responsibility to appoint and remove all city employees and department heads, prepare the city's budget, and other city functions.<ref name="gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamtramck.us/government/index.php |title=City Of Hamtramck : Government |website=Hamtramck.us |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401112352/http://www.hamtramck.us/government/index.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current Hamtramck City Hall is a former hospital building. In 1927, the Hamtramck Municipal Hospital, housed in a Georgian Revival building, opened. The mayor of Hamtramck asked the [[Felician Sisters|Sisters of Saint Francis]] to operate the hospital. In 1931, the religious order began leasing the hospital from the city government for $1 per year. The hospital was renamed the Saint Francis Hospital. During its lifetime it offered services to Polish speakers. In 1969, the hospital closed and the building became the city's city hall.<ref>Ashlee, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Xd-mh9r0zEkC&dq=Hamtramck+Polish&pg=PA504 504].</ref>

In November 2015, Hamtramck became the first American city to elect a Muslim-majority city council.<ref name=Bailey/><ref name=Felton/> In 2022, it became the first American city to have an all-Muslim government.<ref name=government_21>{{cite news|last1=Burr |first1=Alyssa |title=Michigan city becomes first in the country to inaugurate all-Muslim government |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/01/michigan-city-becomes-first-in-the-country-to-inaugurate-all-muslim-government.html |newspaper=Mlive |date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> It also now has an all male elected government which has been said to "not reflect the city's makeup."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perkins |first=Tom |date=June 17, 2023 |title='A sense of betrayal': liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned |access-date=July 12, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Wayne County Jail Division operates the William Dickerson Detention Facility in Hamtramck.<ref>"[http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/sheriff_jail.htm Jail Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041511/http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/sheriff_jail.htm |date=October 29, 2012}}." Wayne County. Retrieved on November 5, 2012. "3501 Hamtramck Dr, Hamtramck, MI 48212"</ref> The city levies a city income tax of 1 percent on residents and 0.5 percent on nonresidents.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Lauren|title=Michigan State University, city of East Lansing at odds over proposed income tax|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_state_university_city.html|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=MLive Lansing|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:HamtramckAdministration.jpg|thumb|[[Hamtramck Public Schools]] headquarters]]

===Public schools===
Hamtramck is served by [[Hamtramck Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamtramck.k12.mi.us/ |title=Home - Hamtramck Public Schools |website=Hamtramck.k12.mi.us |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Hamtramck High School]] is the public high school of Hamtramck. In addition [[Hanley International Academy]], Frontier International Academy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontier-academy.net/ |title=Frontier International Academy : Frontier home |website=Frontier-academy.net |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Hamtramck Academy, Bridge Academy (of the [[Global Educational Excellence]] (GEE) company), Caniff Liberty Academy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canifflibertyacademy.com/ |title=Caniff Liberty Academy |access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> and [[Oakland International Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oiacademy.net/ |title=Oakland International Academy |access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> are all [[charter schools]], in Hamtramck.<ref name="Montey">Montemurri, Patricia. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1772694931.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+30%2C+2006&author=PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=NEW+CATHOLIC+HIGH+PROPOSED&pqatl=google NEW CATHOLIC HIGH PROPOSED] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106120614/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1772694931.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+30,+2006&author=PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=NEW+CATHOLIC+HIGH+PROPOSED&pqatl=google |date=November 6, 2012}}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. January 30, 2006. News E2. Retrieved on April 17, 2011. "St Florian Elementary in Hamtramck now Hanley International Academy[...]"</ref> Frontier International Academy, a charter school operated by GEE, is in nearby Detroit.<ref>"[http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ GEE Academies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908024800/http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ |date=September 8, 2015}}." [[Global Educational Excellence]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2015. "13200 Conant Street Detroit, MI 48212" and "Frontier is located in the heart of Hamtramck, one of the most diverse cities in the Detroit metropolitan area."</ref>

===Private schools===
Hamtramck was historically a Polish Catholic community, so it housed Catholic schools by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]]. One of the buildings once used by Hanley charter school was previously St. Florian Elementary School.<ref name="Montey"/> The other Catholic primary schools included Our Lady Queen of Apostles<ref name=Vinyardp182>Vinyard, p. [https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n201 <!-- quote=Hamtramck Polish. --> 182].</ref> and St. Ladislaus Elementary School.<ref name=DickWestArch>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605160820/http://www.hamtramck.k12.mi.us/dw/dickinso1.htm Dickinson West Elementary School]." [[Hamtramck Public Schools]]. Retrieved on November 5, 2012. "2650 Caniff
Hamtramck, MI 48212"</ref> The city also housed [[St. Florian High School]], a Catholic high school which opened in 1940 and was located in another wing of the same building as St. Florian.<ref name=MercerTenisha>Mercer, Tenisha. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F753B3DBAB9C818&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Schools merge, form Trinity High]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. June 5, 2002. Metro 6E. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.</ref>

The parishes that established St. Florian, Our Lady Queen of Apostles, and St. Ladislaus had been built after 1909. In 1925 2,217 students attended St. Florian, making it the largest Catholic elementary school in the city.<ref name=Vinyardp182/> That year, St. Ladislaus had 1,540 students,<ref name=Vinyardp183>Vinyard, p. [https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n202 <!-- quote="Families in Hamtramck often made calculted use of both". --> 183].</ref> and Our Lady Queen of Apostles had 1,316 students.<ref name=Vinyardp182183>Vinyard, p. [https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n201 <!-- quote=Hamtramck Polish. --> 182]-[https://archive.org/details/forfaithfortunee0000viny/page/n202 <!-- quote="Families in Hamtramck often made calculted use of both". --> 183].</ref> JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of ''[[For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925]]'', wrote that the classrooms were "more crowded than most any Polish parish school in Detroit."<ref name=Vinyardp182/> In the Catholic schools in Hamtramck there were often 70 students per classroom compared to 45 students per classroom in Hamtramck public schools. It was common for children to attend religious schools selectively during certain periods so they could absorb religious ideals, but go to public school for preschool and later stages.<ref name="Vinyardp183"/> In the 1920s Hamtramck had no Catholic high school and the majority of parents sent their children to public high school. Felician Academy and St. Josephat's Polish Catholic High School, two schools in Detroit, were located several blocks away from the Hamtramck border. Some parents sent their children to those schools.<ref name="Vinyardp183184"/>

In 1992 Dickinson West Elementary School opened in the former St. Ladislaus building.<ref name=DickWestArch/> In the fall of 2002, St. Florian High and [[Bishop Gallagher High School]] in [[Harper Woods, Michigan|Harper Woods]] merged to form [[Trinity Catholic High School (Michigan)|Trinity Catholic High School]] in Harper Woods. At that point, St. Florian Elementary remained open.<ref name=MercerTenisha/> In 2005 the archdiocese announced that St. Florian Elementary would close. After St. Florian Elementary's closing, no Catholic schools are located within the city limits of Hamtramck. During the same year, the archdiocese announced that Trinity High School would close.<ref name="Prattclose0">Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google PARENTS, KIDS SCRAMBLE AS EDUCATION OPTIONS NARROW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google |date=July 21, 2013}}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "School closings announced Wednesday by the Archdiocese of Detroit doomed eight high schools in Detroit and neighboring suburbs and will shutter 10 elementary schools, including historic landmarks such as St. Alphonsus Elementary in Dearborn and St. Florian Elementary in Hamtramck." and "[...]said Jean Irvin-Stanley, who has children at Trinity High and Notre Dame High, both scheduled to shut their doors." "And with the closing of St. Florian Elementary, there will be no Catholic school in once heavily Polish Catholic Hamtramck."</ref>

===History of education===
[[File:HamtramckHighSchool Michigan.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hamtramck High School]]]]
In the 1920s Hamtramck families often sent their children to public school for kindergarten due to convenience, then moved their children to parochial schools for the years with the most important religious instruction. Therefore, the age group 7 to 12 had the largest Catholic school enrollment. After the critical period ended, many students returned to public school. In 1925 the public schools had 1,467 students aged 14–15 while the non-public schools had 217 students aged 14 and 15.<ref name="Vinyardp183184"/> In the early 1920s the annual growth rate of [[Hamtramck Public Schools]] buildings were 27% while non-public schools had an annual growth rate of 6% in that period.<ref name=Vinyardp182/>

In the 1920s there was a high level of [[school dropout]] in Hamtramck. During the decade Hamtramck had three 12th-grade students per 100 5th-grade students while the City of Detroit had 21 12th-grade students per 100 5th-grade students. In the 1920s 58% of 16-year-olds and 85% of 17-year-olds in Hamtramck were no longer attending high school.<ref name="Vinyardp183184"/> One public school survey stated that in 1924-1925 65% of male school dropouts began working in factories.<ref name=Vinyardp184/>

===Public libraries===
[[File:HamtramckLibraryHamtramckMI.jpg|thumb|Hamtramck Public Library]]
Hamtramck Public Library Albert J. Zak Memorial is located at 2360 Caniff.<ref>"[http://www.hamtramck.lib.mi.us/ Welcome to the Hamtramck Public Library]." ''Hamtramck Public Library''. Retrieved on April 26, 2009.</ref> The Tau Beta Association founded the library in November 1918. The library opened at its second location, the second floor of a professional building, on November 14, 1938. In 1951 the City Hall branch opened in the first floor of the municipal building; it was dedicated on January 22, 1952. The current library received its groundbreaking ceremony on July 5, 1955. It was completed on May 31, 1956, and dedicated on July 1, 1956.<ref>"[http://www.hamtramck.lib.mi.us/about.html About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614094447/http://www.hamtramck.lib.mi.us/about.html |date=June 14, 2009}}." ''Hamtramck Public Library''. Retrieved on April 26, 2009.</ref>

==Timeline==
[[File:St Florian Catholic Church - Hamtramck Michigan.jpg|thumb|[[St. Florian Church (Hamtramck, Michigan)|St. Florian Church]]]]
* 1796: Colonel [[Jean François Hamtramck]] took possession of Detroit after British troops evacuated.
* 1798: The Township of Hamtramck was established.<ref name="hamtramck.us"/>
* 1901: Hamtramck was established as a village.<ref name="hamtramck.us"/>
* 1908: [[Saint Florian]] [[Roman Catholic Church]] parish is the first Catholic church in Hamtramck.<ref name="St. Florian Roman Catholic Church">{{cite web|url=http://www.stflorianparish.org/ |title=Saint Florian Roman Catholic Church – Hamtramck, MI |website=Stflorianparish.org |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
* 1910: [[Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company]] break ground for an automotive plant in Hamtramck; rapid influx of European immigrants begins.<ref name="hamtramck.us"/>
* 1914: Dodge Brothers plant begins operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/de2/detroitpix/Hamtramck.html |title=Detroit Pictures - Pix of the Motor City |website=Angelfire.com |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
* 1922: Hamtramck is incorporated as a city to protect itself from annexation by Detroit; Peter C. Jezewski is the first mayor.<ref name="hamtramck.us"/>
* 1926: St. Florian's present edifice is built.<ref name="St. Florian Roman Catholic Church"/> It has a 1928 [[Austin Organs, Inc.|Austin Organ]] Opus #1528 that contains 3 Manuals and 40 ranks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austinorgans.com/images/austinopuslist.pdf |title=austin opus db.xls |website=Austinorgans.com |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> which was newly refurbished in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stflorianparish.org/calendar_en.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130082820/http://www.stflorianparish.org/calendar_en.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2008|title=Saint Florian Roman Catholic Church|work=stflorianparish.org}}</ref>
* {{llwsy|1959}}: Won the [[Little League World Series]] of Baseball.<ref name="Little League">{{cite web|url=http://detnews.com/article/20100821/SPORTS07/8210322/-Pinky--Deras--The-greatest-Little-Leaguer-there-ever-was |title='Pinky' Deras: The greatest Little Leaguer there ever was |first=Ted |last=Kulfan |date=August 10, 2010 |work=[[The Detroit News]] |location=Hamtramck, Michigan |access-date=November 9, 2010}}</ref> Hamtramck was a hotbed of baseball activity at the time, and was the first Michigan team to win the title;<ref name="Little League"/> the next time a team from Michigan won the title was [[Taylor, Michigan|Taylor]] in {{llwsy|2021}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/taylor-north-wins-little-league-world-series-title/ar-AANSskL |title=Taylor North wins Little League World Series Title |first=Marsha |last=Green |website=[[NBC Sports]] |via=MSN.com |date=August 29, 2021 |accessdate=August 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2022/06/05/art-pinky-deras-hamtramck-hero-and-greatest-little-leaguer-ever-dies-75/7526730001/ Art Pinky Deras and Greatest Little Leaguer Ever Dies] June 5, 2022 ''[[Detroit News]]''</ref>
* 1996: In November, voters pass the ''Ordinance to Preserve Parkland in Hamtramck '' by a 64% vote, after a year-long campaign, marking the first time an ordinance was ever enacted in the city by a referendum vote of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/history.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210003520/http://www.hamtramck.us/about/pages/history.php |archive-date=February 10, 2008 |title=Welcome to Hamtramck}}</ref>
* 2000: Hamtramck goes into Emergency Financial Status after running million dollar deficits and political in-fighting. Gov. Engler appoints Louis Schimmel as Emergency Financial Manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=4012 |title=Privatization and Hamtramck |publisher=Mackinac Center}}</ref>
* 2005: Hamtramck voters ratify a new City Charter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamtramckstar.com/index.php/city_charter_passes_by_153_votes_hamtown|title=City Charter passes by 153 votes - Hamtown Confidential|work=Hamtramck Star|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212214106/http://hamtramckstar.com/index.php/city_charter_passes_by_153_votes_hamtown|archive-date=December 12, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2007: Hamtramck emerges from emergency financial management.
* 2010: Hamtramck asked the state of Michigan permission to file for bankruptcy protection.
* 2013: Hamtramck becomes the first Muslim-majority American city.<ref name=Bailey/><ref name=Felton/>
* 2014: Hamtramck reenters emergency management.<ref>{{cite web|title=EM says the city is poised to get emergency state loan {{!}} Hamtramck Review|url=https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/em-says-the-city-is-poised-to-get-emergency-state-loan/ |website=www.thehamtramckreview.com |access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>
* 2015: Hamtramck becomes the first American city to elect a Muslim-majority city council.<ref name=Bailey/><ref name=Felton/>
* 2018: The city is released from emergency management for the second time.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramirez |first1=Charles E. |title=Hamtramck released from receivership |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2018/03/02/hamtramck-released-receivership/388612002/ |website=Detroit News |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* 2022: Hamtramck becomes the first American city with an all-Muslim government.<ref name=government_21 /> 
* 2023: Hamtramck City Council enacts [[pride flag]] restrictions and approves animal sacrifices for religious purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigan-s-muslim-majority-city-council-approves-animal-sacrifice-for-religious-purposes/ar-AA16eHbz |title=Michigan's Muslim-majority city council approves animal sacrifice for religious purposes |website=[[MSN]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Jane Bartkowicz]], tennis player and girls single winner at [[The Championships, Wimbledon]], was born in Hamtramck, and her skills were developed under the tutelage of the Hoxies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigansportshof.org/inductees/archives/bartkowicz.html |title=Michigan Sports Hall of Fame biography |year=2008 |access-date=May 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006085622/http://www.michigansportshof.org/inductees/archives/bartkowicz.html |archive-date=October 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Albert M. Bielawski]], [[Michigan]] state representative, lived in Hamtramck
* [[Mike Blyzka]], Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Hamtramck
* [[Danny Brown]], rapper
* [[Paulette Childress]], writer
* [[Lovell Coleman]], born in Hamtramck, 1938; Western Michigan running back 1957–1959; Canadian Football League 1960–1970; CFL All-Star 1963–1965
* [[Toi Derricotte]], (born 1941), poet
* [[Matt Feazell]], cartoonist
* [[Bob Franke]], singer-songwriter, born in Hamtramck
* [[Amer Ghalib]] (born 1978), mayor of Hamtramck since 2021
* [[Steve Gromek]], Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Hamtramck
* [[John Hodiak]] (1914–1955), actor, raised in Hamtramck<ref name="Hamtramck Hollywood Connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.hamtramckcitizen.com/news/hamtramck-has-a-long-hollywood-connection |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810191533/http://www.hamtramckcitizen.com/news/hamtramck-has-a-long-hollywood-connection |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2014|title=Hamtramck Hollywood Connection |year=2008 |access-date=May 20, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Jean Hoxie]], Hamtramck [[tennis]] player and coach<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Jean-Hoxie-Robin-Hood-Tennis/dp/0910977011 Pitrone, Jean. (1985) ''Jean Hoxie, the Robin Hood of Tennis''. (Avenue Pub Co.)] {{ISBN|0-910977-01-1}}; {{ISBN|978-0-910977-01-2}}; 129 pages.</ref> inducted into the [[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigansportshof.org/inductees/archive.html |title=Michigan Sports Hall of Fame |website=Michigansportshof.org |access-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720184232/http://www.michigansportshof.org/inductees/archive.html |archive-date=July 20, 2008}}</ref><ref name="mhsteca.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.mhsteca.org/86.html |title=Class of 1986 |website=www.mhsteca.org |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422075600/http://www.mhsteca.org/86.html |archive-date=April 22, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Rochelle, Larry (2007) ''Ten Mile Creek'' (BookSurge Publishing) {{ISBN|1-4196-6665-7}}; {{ISBN|978-1-4196-6665-0}}, 190 pages, a novel about Toledo, tennis and Hamtramck.</ref>
* [[Gail Kobe]], actress, born and raised in Hamtramck.<ref>{{cite web|author=Samir Alley |url=http://hamtramckhistory.org/?q=node/24 |title=Welcome |website=Hamtramckhistory.org |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Robert Kozaren]] (1934–2007), mayor of Hamtramck 1980 to 1997
* [[Truth Martini]], pro wrestling manager for [[Ring of Honor]]
* [[Warith Deen Mohammed]] (1933–2008), son of [[Elijah Muhammad]], leader of [[American Society of Muslims]], born in Hamtramck<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4726358.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525020713/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4726358.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2010 |title=obituary, The Times |access-date=May 21, 2009 |location=London |date=September 11, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Bill Nahorodny]], Major League Baseball catcher
* [[Lucien Nedzi]], former US representative
* [[Tom Paciorek]], Major League Baseball player, member of the 1961 Hamtramck team that won the Pony League World Series championship; Paciorek is enshrined into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
* [[Wally Palmar]] (born Volodymyr Palamarchuk on April 27, 1954, in Hamtramck), singer for [[the Romantics]]
* [[Mitch Ryder]], singer, [[the Detroit Wheels]], born in Hamtramck<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/ryder_mitch/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021103014413/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/ryder_mitch/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2002|title=VH1 – Mitch Ryder biography|year=2008|access-date=March 26, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Rudolph G. Tenerowicz]] (1890–1963), mayor of Hamtramck from 1928 to 1932
* [[Kat Timpf]], comedian, columnist, Fox News personality
* [[Rudy Tomjanovich]], professional basketball player and coach of [[Croats|Croatian]] descent for the [[Houston Rockets]], born in Hamtramck;<ref>Taylor, Phil. "[http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005366/index.htm 'hey, Call Anytime'] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120724095659/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005366/index.htm |date=July 24, 2012}}." ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. July 4, 1994. Retrieved on April 11, 2009.</ref> member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
* [[Tom Tyler]] (1903–1954), actor, retired to and died in Hamtramck<ref name="Hamtramck Hollywood Connection" />
* [[Doug Wozniak]], Michigan state representative<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(3wsduodudeuvkp1dgyfcrexi))/documents/2021-2022/michiganmanual/2021-MM-P0302-p0302.pdf |title=State Representative Douglas Wozniak |publisher=[[Michigan Legislature]] |date=2021 |accessdate=August 5, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Roger Zatkoff]] (1931–2021), [[NFL]] player for the [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Detroit Lions]]<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q4wUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3928,1931722&dq=roger-zatkoff+hamtramck Indians Scalp Red Sox As Yankees, Dodgers Falter]." ''[[Toledo Blade]]''. September 19, 1951. Page 30. [[Google News]] 30 of 54. Retrieved on September 20, 2009.</ref>
* [[Bob Zurke]] (1912–1944), pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader
* [[Raymond Zussman]] (1917–1944), recipient of the Medal of Honor

==See also==
{{Portal|Michigan}}
* [[Islam in Metro Detroit]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Ashlee |editor1-first=Laura Rose |title=Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=0472030663}}
* {{cite book|last1=Howell |first1=Sally |chapter=Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit |editor-last1=Shryock |editor-first1=Andrew |title=Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |date=June 30, 2010 |isbn=9780253004543}}
* {{cite book|last1=Kowalski |first1=Greg |title=Hamtramck: Soul of a City |year=2003 |publisher=Arcadia |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=9780738523200}}
* {{cite book|last1=Vinyard |first1=JoEllen McNergney |title=For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925 |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |date=January 1, 1998 |isbn=9780252067075 |title-link=For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925}}

==Further reading==
* [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL161750W/The_history_of_Detroit_and_Michigan_or_The_metropolis_illustrat Farmer, Silas. (1884) (Jul 1969) ''The history of Detroit and Michigan, or, The metropolis illustrated: a chronological cyclopaedia of the past and present: including a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annuals of Wayne County'', in various formats at] [[Open Library]].
* Kowalski, Greg. ''Hamtramck: The World War II Years''. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 2007. {{ISBN|0738551414}}, {{ISBN|9780738551418}}.
* Kowalski, Greg, ''Hamtramck: The Driven City'' ([[Arcadia Publishing]]) 160 pages. {{ISBN|0-7385-2380-1}} {{ISBN|978-0-7385-2380-4}}.
* Serafino, Frank, (1983) ''West of Warsaw''. Avenue Publishing Co. {{ISBN|978-0-910977-00-5}}, {{ISBN|0-910977-00-3}}.
* [https://openlibrary.org/b/OL2648929M/St._Florian_Parish_Hamtramck_Michigan_1908-1983 St. Florian Parish, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1908-1983 Published in 1985, s.n. (Hamtramck, Mich) (English and Polish) 400 p.] [[Open Library]].
* Wodka, Joseph. ''Some Correlates of Political Stability in a Polish-Language Voting Precinct in the Detroit Metropolitan Area;'' 1959 thesis.
* [https://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_2/hamtramck_cd.pdf Hamtramck Consent Decree] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140809034421/http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_2/hamtramck_cd.pdf Archive]) - [[United States Department of Justice]]
* Davey, Monica. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/us/28city.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 Michigan Town Is Left Pleading for Bankruptcy]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. December 27, 2010.
* "[http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/should-hamtramck-erect-a-12-foot-wall-to-keep-out-detroiters/ Should Hamtramck Erect A 12-Foot Wall To Keep Out Detroiters?]" ([https://archive.today/20130910144954/http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/should-hamtramck-erect-a-12-foot-wall-to-keep-out-detroiters/ Archive]) CBS Detroit July 19, 2013.
* Walker, Marlon A. "[http://www.freep.com/article/20130909/NEWS02/309090142/Wayne-County-Board-of-Canvassers-Hamtramck-Detroit Possible fraud cited in Hamtramck primary, information sent to prosecutor's office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802015849/http://www.freep.com/article/20130909/NEWS02/309090142/Wayne-County-Board-of-Canvassers-Hamtramck-Detroit |date=2014-08-02 }}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. September 9, 2013.
* Charles Sercombe: [https://www.thehamtramckreview.com/breaking-news-councilmembers-open-letter-on-city-manager-123015/ "Councilmember's open letter on city manager."] The Hamtramck Review, December 30, 2015
* Larsen, Deborah J. (May/June 2021). "[https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=1&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA660000705&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=SPJ.SP01&pageNum=1&conten Michigan's Banglatown]". ''Michigan History''. '''105''' (3). Lansing, Mich.: [[Historical Society of Michigan]].

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* [http://www.hamtramck.com/ Hamtramck Polish Art Center]
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