City size comparison

compared to

Birmingham is around the same size as Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Birmingham (map shows its 87 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 381 sq km, making Birmingham 6% larger than Detroit.

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Birmingham uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.