Besides Downtown Detroit, the southwest portion of the city, Mid-town, areas south of Highland Park, and the southern East Side, the district also included Grosse Pointe Park and Grosse Pointe City.

A special election was held on November 6, 2018, following the resignation of Representative John Conyers.

Brenda Jones won the special election to fill the remainder of Conyers term in the 115th Congress.

Democrat Rashida Tlaib won the regular election for the term in the 116th Congress.

[5] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+23, it is tied with the 12th as the most Democratic districts in Michigan.

[2] For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and municipalities:[6] Wayne County (20) Following the 2000 census, the congressional apportionment for Michigan was reduced by one and redistricting resulted in the land area of the 13th district (as well as several others) changing significantly.

The boundary line then went about a block south on Livernois until it reached Doris Avenue.

The change in its part of Detroit is harder to explain, but it now touches 8 Mile Road.

East of Livernois the boundary has been moved about 12 blocks south to about Courtland Street.