Ford later built his estate, Fair Lane, and his River Rouge Complex, the largest factory of his empire, in Dearborn.

The Henry Ford is the largest indoor-outdoor historic museum complex in the United States, and Metro Detroit's leading tourist attraction.

New waves of immigration came from the Middle East in the late 20th century, mostly Muslims and far less Christians minorities from Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

[7][8] In 2023, Dearborn became the first Arab majority city in the US, with 55% of its residents claiming to be of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry in a 2023 census.

Its current borders result from a 1928 consolidation vote that merged Dearborn and neighboring Fordson (previously known as Springwells), which feared being absorbed into expanding Detroit.

According to historian James W. Loewen, in his book Sundown Towns (2005), Dearborn discouraged African Americans from settling in the city.

[14] On February 2, 2024, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled "Welcome to Dearborn, America's Jihad Capital", claiming that there were a large number of supporters of Islamic extremism in the area.

The island is privately owned, has no public access, and is part of the city of Dearborn which has no frontage along the Detroit River.

Over the same period, though, SEMCOG, the local statistics agency of Metro Detroit Council of Governments, has estimated the city to have grown to 99,001, or an increase of 1.2% since 2000.

[29] The city has a small African-American population, many of whose ancestors came to the area from the rural South during the Great Migration of the early twentieth century.

Per the 2000 census, Arab Americans totaled 29,181 or 29.85% of Dearborn's population; many are descendants of families who have been in the city since the early 20th century.

[36] The museum was opened in January 2005 to celebrate the Arab American community's history, culture and contributions to the United States.

[37] In 2010, Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood, and two other people acting as Christian missionaries, were arrested at the Dearborn International Arab Festival.

Police ordered them to stop filming the incident, to provide identification, and to move at least five blocks from the border of the fair.

[40] Sharron Angle, a Republican senatorial candidate in Nevada, said in an October 2010 political speech that the Arab Americans in Dearborn contributed to a "militant terrorist situation,"[41][42] and that the city government was enforcing Islamic sharia law.

[41] Mayor Jack O'Reilly strongly criticized Angle, saying, "She took it as face value and maligned the city of Dearborn and I consider that totally irresponsible".

Local authorities required him either to post a $45,000 "peace bond" to cover Dearborn's cost if Jones incited violence, or to go to trial.

[44] One week later, on April 29, Jones led a rally at the Dearborn City Hall, in a designated free speech zone.

[49] On November 11, 2011, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Robert Ziolkowski vacated the "breach of peace" ruling against Jones and Sapp on the grounds that they were denied due process.

The city used thirty police cars to block traffic from the area in an effort to prevent a counter protest.

Other businesses headquartered in Dearborn include Carhartt (clothing), Eppinger (fishing lures), AAA Michigan (insurance), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

The company deeded 15.3 acres (6.2 ha) of vacant land for the public library to the city on July 30, 1963, the centennial or 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's birth.

In 1938 artist Rainey Bennett painted an oil-on-canvas mural for the federal post offices in Dearborn titled Ten Eyck's Tavern on Chicago Road.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Dearborn, operating its Wolverine three times daily in each direction between Chicago, Illinois and Pontiac, via Detroit.

Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases, in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment, are allowed on board as carry-ons.

The former city hall was redeveloped by Artspace Projects to preserve affordable and sustainable space for artists and arts organizations.

In 2016, Bernie Sanders received the most votes in the heavily Muslim and Arab parts of Dearborn in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

[77] In 2021, Niraj Warikoo of the Detroit Free Press reported that Yemeni Americans in Dearborn were advocating for more of a role in their city's government.

[37] In the 2022 Michigan elections, there was a shift in east Dearborn (heavily Arab and Muslim) toward the Republican Party as LGBTQ+ materials in schools became a political issue.

[81] In the run-up to the 2024 United States presidential election, mayor Abdullah Hammoud refused to endorse President Joe Biden for re-election due to the government's position in the Israel–Hamas war.