The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
in the U.S. State of
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
, consisting of the city of
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
and its
surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the official statistical areas designated by the
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...
, a federal agency of the United States. Metro Detroit is known for its automotive heritage, arts, entertainment, popular music, food, cultural diversity and sports. The area includes a variety of natural landscapes,
parks
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
, and beaches, with a recreational coastline linking the
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...
. Metro Detroit also has one of the largest metropolitan economies in America with seventeen
Fortune 500
The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...
companies.
Definitions
The Detroit
Urban Area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...
, which serves as the metropolitan area's core, ranks as the
11th most populous in the United States, with a population of 3,734,090 as of the
2010 census and an area of . This urbanized area covers parts of the counties of
Macomb,
Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
, and
Wayne. These counties are sometimes referred to as the Detroit Tri-County Area and had a population of 3,862,888 as of the
2010 census with an area of .
The
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...
(OMB), a federal agency of the United States, defines the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn
Metropolitan Statistical Area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally Incorporated town, incorporate ...
(MSA) as the six
counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Lapeer,
Livingston
Livingston may refer to:
Businesses
* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline
* Livingston International, a North American custom ...
, Macomb, Oakland,
St. Clair, and Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 4,296,250 with an area of .
Detroit–Warren–Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area
The nine county area designated by the OMB as the Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor
Combined Statistical Area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
(CSA) includes the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn MSA and the three additional counties of
Genesee
Genesee, derived from the Seneca word for "pleasant valley", may refer to:
Geographic features Canada
*Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community
United States
*Genesee, California
*Genesee, Colorado
*Genesee County, Michigan
*Genesee Co ...
,
Monroe, and
Washtenaw (which include the metropolitan areas of
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ...
,
Monroe, and
Ann Arbor
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, respectively). It had a population of 5,318,744 as of the 2010 census, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, covering an area of .
Lenawee County
Lenawee County ( ') is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 99,423. The county seat is Adrian. The county was created in 1822, from territory partitioned from Monroe County. Its g ...
was removed from the CSA in 2000, but added back in 2013.
Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area
With the adjacent city of
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...
, and its suburbs, the combined
Detroit–Windsor area has a population of about 5.7 million. When the nearby
Toledo metropolitan area
The Toledo Metropolitan Area, or Greater Toledo, or Northwest Ohio is a metropolitan area centered on the American city of Toledo, Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the four-county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 646,604. I ...
and its commuters are taken into account, the region constitutes a much larger population center. An estimated 46 million people live within a radius of Detroit proper.
[Cities located close to Detroit]
''Time and Date world clock distances.'' Retrieved on September 2, 2007. Metro Detroit is at the center of an emerging
Great Lakes Megalopolis.
Conan Smith, a businessperson quoted in a 2012 article by ''
The Ann Arbor News
''The Ann Arbor News'' is a newspaper serving Washtenaw and Livingston counties in Michigan. Published daily online through MLive.com, the paper also publishes print editions on Thursdays and Sundays.
History
Original publication
Published in An ...
'', stated the most significant reason
Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 372,258. The county seat is Ann Arbor. The county was authorized by legislation in 1822 and organized as a county in 1826.
Washtenaw ...
, including Ann Arbor, is not often included in definitions of Metro Detroit is that there is a "lack of affinity that Washtenaw County as a whole has with Wayne County and Detroit or Oakland County and Macomb".
Ann Arbor is nearly 43 miles by car from
Downtown Detroit
Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Locally, downtown tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 ( ...
, and developed separately as a university city, with its own character. Smith said that county residents "just don't yet see ourselves as a natural part of that
etroitregion, so I think it feels a little forced to a lot of people, and they're scared about it".
[Stanton, Ryan J.]
Conan Smith: Why Ann Arbor doesn't see itself as part of Metro Detroit - and why it should
" ''The Ann Arbor News
''The Ann Arbor News'' is a newspaper serving Washtenaw and Livingston counties in Michigan. Published daily online through MLive.com, the paper also publishes print editions on Thursdays and Sundays.
History
Original publication
Published in An ...
''. 30 May 2012. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.
Economy
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Detroit and the surrounding region constitute a major center of commerce and global trade, most notably as home to America's
'Big Three' automobile companies:
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
,
Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
, and
Chrysler
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automoti ...
. Detroit's six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has a population of about 4.3 million and a workforce of about 2.1 million.
[Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth]
Retrieved June 14, 2012. In December 2017, the Department of Labor reported metropolitan Detroit's unemployment rate at 4.2%. The Detroit MSA had a
Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of $252.7 billion as of September 2017.
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Firms in the region pursue
emerging technologies
Emerging technologies are technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still largely unrealized. These technologies are generally new but also include older technologies finding new applications. Emerging technologies ar ...
including
biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...
,
nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...
,
information technology
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...
, and
hydrogen fuel cell
A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. Fuel cells are different from most batteries in requ ...
development.
Metro Detroit is one of the leading health care economies in the U.S., according to a 2003 study measuring health care industry components, with the region's hospital sector ranked fourth in the nation.
[Devol, Ross C. and Rob Koepp (August 2003]
America's Health Care Economy
''Miliken Institute''. Retrieved on November 6, 2011.
Casino gaming plays an important economic role, with Detroit the largest US city to offer casino resort hotels.
[ ]Caesars Windsor
Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area and was opened in 1994 on the waterfront of the Detroit River. Owned by the Government of Ontario (through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation) ...
, Canada's largest, complements the MGM Grand Detroit
The MGM Grand Detroit is one of three casino resort hotels in Detroit, Michigan, and one of four in the Detroit–Windsor area. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. The casino opened in its temporary location ...
, MotorCity Casino
MotorCity Casino Hotel is a casino and hotel in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was opened in December 1999 and is one of three casino hotels in the city. There are four hotels in the Detroit–Windsor area, including the Ontario-owned Caes ...
, and Hollywood Casino in the city. The casino hotels contribute significant tax revenue along with thousands of jobs for residents. Gaming revenues have grown steadily, with Detroit ranked as the fifth-largest gambling market in the United States for 2007. When Casino Windsor is included, Detroit's gambling market ranks either third or fourth.
There are about four thousand factories in the area. The domestic auto industry is primarily headquartered in Metro Detroit. The area is an important source of engineering job opportunities.[''Automation Alley Technology Industry Report'' (2011 Edition)](_blank)
Anderson Economic Group. Retrieved August 14, 2011. A rise in automated manufacturing using robotic technology has created related industries in the area.
A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the Detroit–Windsor
The Detroit–Windsor region is an international transborder agglomeration comprising the American city of Detroit, Michigan, the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario, and the Detroit River between them. The Detroit–Windsor area a ...
region and $13 billion in annual production depend on the city's international border crossing.
In addition to property taxes, residents of the City of Detroit pay an income tax rate of 2.50%.
Detroit automakers and local manufacturers have made significant restructurings in response to market competition. GM made its initial public offering (IPO) of stock in 2010, after bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
, bailout
A bailout is the provision of financial help to a corporation or country which otherwise would be on the brink of bankruptcy.
A bailout differs from the term ''bail-in'' (coined in 2010) under which the bondholders or depositors of global sys ...
, and restructuring by the federal government.[Baldwin, Clare, and Soyoung Kim (November 17, 2010)]
GM IPO raises $20.1 billion
''Reuters''. Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Domestic automakers reported significant profits in 2010, interpreted by some analysts as the beginning of an industry rebound and an economic recovery for the Detroit area.[Schroeder, Robert (July 30, 2010]
Obama says U.S. auto industry on rebound
''Wall Street Journal.'' Retrieved on September 9, 2010.
''CNN Money''. Retrieved on September 18, 2010.[Oosting, Jonathan (December 1, 2010)]
''Mlive''. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
The region's nine-county area, with its population of 5.3 million, has a workforce of about 2.6 million and about 247,000 businesses. Fourteen Fortune 500
The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...
companies are based in metropolitan Detroit.[Mlive.com]
Fortune 500: GM, Ford, Dow among top Michigan companies for 2014
Retrieved February 7, 2015. In April 2015, the metropolitan Detroit unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, a rate lower than the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta metropolitan areas.[Bureau of Labor Statistics]
''U.S. Department of Labor''. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
Metro Detroit has made Michigan's economy a leader in information technology, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing. Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
ranks fourth nationally in high-tech employment with 568,000 high-tech workers, including 70,000 in the automotive industry.[Metro Detroit, Michigan score high in biotech VC rankings]
''Metromode'' 12-17-2009. Retrieved on July 14, 2010.
Michigan typically ranks second or third in overall Research & development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
(R&D) expenditures in the United States. Metro Detroit is an important source of engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...
and high-tech job opportunities. As the home of the " Big Three" American automakers (General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
, Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
, and Chrysler
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automoti ...
), it is the world's traditional automotive center and a key pillar of the U.S.
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economy. In the 2010s, the domestic auto industry accounts, directly and indirectly, for one of ten jobs in the United States, making it a significant component for economic recovery.
For 2010, the domestic automakers have reported significant profits indicating the beginning of rebound.[Cwiek, Sarah (November 30, 2010]
Metro Detroit serves as the headquarters for the . Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , usually called Detroit Metro Airport, Metro Airport, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in the United States covering effective December 30, 2021. in Romulus, Michigan. It is the primar ...
(DTW) is one of America's largest and most recently modernized facilities, with six major runways, Boeing 747 maintenance facilities, and an attached Westin Hotel and Conference Center.
Detroit is a major U.S. port[Why MITA will be a success]
.''Michigan International Trade Association''. Retrieved on September 3, 2007. "Detroit is the most active commercial port of entry in the USA." "Greater Detroit is the number one exporting region among 310 defined metropolitan areas (CMSA) in the U.S." with an extensive toll-free expressway system.[Regional Advantages for International Business]
. ''World Trade Center Detroit Windsor''. Retrieved on September 3, 2007. A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the Detroit-Windsor region and $13 billion in annual production depend on Detroit's international border
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crossing. A source of top talent, the University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
in Ann Arbor
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is one of the world's leading research institutions, and Wayne State University
Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...
in Detroit has the largest single-campus medical school in the United States.
Metro Detroit is a prominent business center, with major commercial districts such as the Detroit Financial District
The Detroit Financial District is a United States historic district (United States), historic district in Downtown Detroit, downtown Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroi ...
and Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven connected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riv ...
, the Southfield Town Center
The Southfield Town Center is a cluster of five interconnected skyscrapers forming a contemporary office complex in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. It includes the Westin Southfield Detroit Hotel, restaurants, a fitness center, and a ...
, and the historic New Center
New Center is a commercial and residential historic district located uptown in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile (1.6 km) north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles (5 km) north of Downtown. The area is ...
district with the Fisher Building
The Fisher Building is a landmark skyscraper located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, an ...
and Cadillac Place
Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building, is a landmark high-rise office complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. It was renamed for the French founder of Detroit, Antoine Laumet de L ...
. Among the major companies based in the area, aside from the major automotive companies, are BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. is an American automotive supplier headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company maintains production facilities and technical systems at 93 sites (as of June 6, 2022) in 22 countries worldwide and has around 49,000 emplo ...
(Auburn Hills), Rocket Mortgage
Rocket Mortgage, LLC (formerly known as Quicken Loans LLC) is a mortgage loan provider. It is headquartered in the One Campus Martius building in the financial district of Downtown Detroit, Michigan. In January 2018, the company became the larg ...
(Downtown Detroit), Ally Financial
Ally Financial is a bank holding company organized in Delaware and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance, online banking via a direct bank, corporate lending, vehicle insurance, mortgage ...
(Downtown Detroit), Carhartt
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(Dearborn), and Shinola (Detroit).
IBM and Google
Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...
are among the technology companies with a major presence in Metro Detroit. HP Enterprise Services
DXC Technology is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.
History
DXC Technology was founded on April 3, 2017 when the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE ...
makes Detroit its regional headquarters, and one of its largest global employment locations. The metropolitan Detroit area has one of the nation's largest office markets with 147,082,003 square feet. Chrysler
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automoti ...
's largest corporate facility is its U.S. headquarters and technology center in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, while Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
is in Dearborn, directly adjacent to Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
. In the decade leading up to 2006, downtown Detroit gained more than $15 billion in new investment from private and public sectors.[The Urban Markets Initiative, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program The Social Compact, Inc. University of Michigan Graduate Real Estate Program (October 2006]
Downtown Detroit In Focus: A Profile of Market Opportunity
. ''Downtown Detroit Partnership''. Retrieved on July 14, 2010.
Tourism
Tourism is an important component of the region's culture and economy, comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs. About 15.9 million people visit metro Detroit annually, spending about $4.8 billion. Detroit is the largest city or metro area in the U.S. to offer casino resort hotels (MGM Grand Detroit
The MGM Grand Detroit is one of three casino resort hotels in Detroit, Michigan, and one of four in the Detroit–Windsor area. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. The casino opened in its temporary location ...
, MotorCity Casino
MotorCity Casino Hotel is a casino and hotel in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was opened in December 1999 and is one of three casino hotels in the city. There are four hotels in the Detroit–Windsor area, including the Ontario-owned Caes ...
, Hollywood Casino, and nearby Caesars Windsor
Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area and was opened in 1994 on the waterfront of the Detroit River. Owned by the Government of Ontario (through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation) ...
).[Mink, Randy, and Karen Mink (July 2001).Detroit Turns 300 - Detroit 300 Festival. ''Travel America'', World Publishing Co., Gale Group.]
Metro Detroit is a tourist destination that easily accommodates super-sized crowds to events such as the Woodward Dream Cruise
The Woodward Dream Cruise event is an automotive enthusiast event held annually on the third Saturday of August in Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, along Woodward Avenue, a major thoroughfare built in the early 20th century. The WDC Event spans muc ...
, North American International Auto Show
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), also known as the Detroit Auto Show as of 2022 and prior to NAIAS, is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., at Huntington Place. The show was held in January from 1989 to 2019. ...
, the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, 2009 NCAA Final Four, and Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XL was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion f ...
. The Detroit International Riverfront
The Detroit International Riverfront is a tourist attraction and landmark of Detroit, Michigan, extending from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers). The International Riverfront en ...
links the Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven connected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riv ...
to a series of venues, parks, restaurants, and hotels. In 2006, the four-day Motown Winter Blast drew a cold weather crowd of about 1.2 million people to Campus Martius Park
Campus Martius Park ( ') is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the fire of 1805, Campus Martius (from the Latin for ''Field of Mars'', where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward's plans t ...
area downtown.["Fifth Third Bank rocks the Winter Blast", ''Michigan Chronicle''.(March 14, 2006).]
Detroit's metroparks A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.
Definition
A regional park can be a special park distri ...
include fresh water beaches, such as Metropolitan Beach, Kensington Beach, and Stony Creek Beach. Metro Detroit offers canoeing through the Huron-Clinton Metroparks. Sports enthusiasts can enjoy downhill and cross-county skiing at Alpine Valley Ski Resort, Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, and Pine Knob Ski Resort.
The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife refuge in North America. Established in 2001 and managed jointly by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service, it is located in ...
is the only international wildlife preserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
in North America that is located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The Refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along of the Detroit River
The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively refe ...
and Western Lake Erie
The Western Basin of Lake Erie is the shallow flat basin that comprises the western third of the lake that borders the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio and the Canadian province of Ontario. The shallowest section of Lake Erie is the western basin w ...
shoreline.
Metro Detroit contains a number of shopping malls
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
, including the upscale Somerset Collection
Somerset Collection is a superregional, luxury shopping mall, located in Metro Detroit, in Troy, Michigan with more than 180 specialty stores. Somerset Collection, developed, managed, and co-owned by The Forbes Company, is among the most profita ...
in Troy, Great Lakes Crossing Outlets
Great Lakes Crossing Outlets, formerly Great Lakes Crossing, is a shopping mall in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The site of the mall was originally to have been occupied by a different mall called Auburn M ...
in Auburn Hills, and Twelve Oaks Mall
Twelve Oaks Mall is a shopping mall with over 180 stores which is located in Novi, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. As of 2022, the mall features the traditional tenants Nordstrom, Macy's, and JCPenney. The mall currently features retailers Fableti ...
in Novi, all of which are draws for tourists.
The region's leading attraction is The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. The museum ...
, located in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn; it is America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex.
The recent renovation of the Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven connected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riv ...
, and related construction of a state-of-the-art cruise ship dock, new stadiums, and a new RiverWalk, have stimulated related private economic development. Nearby Windsor has a 19-year-old drinking age with a myriad of entertainment to complement Detroit's Greektown district. Some analysts believe that tourism planners have yet to tap the full economic power of the estimated 46 million people who live within a 300-mile (480-km) radius of Detroit.
Demographics
Metro Detroit is a six-county metropolitan statistical area
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(MSA) with a population of 4,392,041—making it the 14th-largest MSA in the United States as enumerated by the 2020 United States Census
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.
The Detroit region is a ten-county Combined Statistical Area
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(CSA) with a population of 5,325,219—making it the 12th-largest CSA in the United States as enumerated by the 2020 Census.[
The ]Detroit–Windsor
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area, a commercial link straddling the Canada-U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.[World Agglomerations]
Retrieved on May 5, 2009.
As of the census
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of 2010, there were 4,296,250 people, 1,682,111 households, and 1,110,454 families residing within the metropolitan statistical area. The census reported 70.1% White
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, 22.8% African American
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, 0.3% Native American, 3.3% Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
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, 1.2% from other races
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, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 6.2% of the population. Arab Americans
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According to the Arab American Inst ...
were at least 4.7% of the region's population (considered white
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in the US Census).
As of the 2010 American Community Survey
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estimates, the median income for a household in the MSA was $48,198, and the median income for a family was $62,119. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the MSA was $25,403. The region's foreign-born population sat at 8.6%. The region contains the largest concentration of Arab-Americans
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in the United States, particularly in Dearborn. The metro area also has the 25th largest Jewish population worldwide.
In 1701, French officer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac, along with fifty-one additional French-Canadians
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, founded a settlement called Fort Ponchartrain du ''Détroit'', naming it after the comte de Pontchartrain
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* A ...
, Minister of Marine under Louis XIV
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, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
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. The French legacy can be observed today in the names of many area cities (ex. Detroit
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, Grosse Pointe
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*Grosse Pointe
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, Grosse Ile) and streets (ex. Gratiot, Beaubien, St. Antoine, Cadieux). Later came an influx of persons of British and German descent, followed by Polish
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* Polish chicken
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, Irish
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***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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, Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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, Lebanese, Assyrian/Chaldean, Greek
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, Jewish
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, Maltese, and Belgian
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immigrants who made their way to the area in the early 20th century and during and after World War II
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.[Baulch, Vivian M. (September 4, 1999)]
Michigan's greatest treasure -- Its people
. Michigan History, ''The Detroit News''. Retrieved on April 4, 2009. There was a large migration of African Americans into the city from the rural South
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during The Great Migration and following World War I.[
Today, the Detroit suburbs in ]Oakland County
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, Macomb County
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, and northeastern and northwestern Wayne County are predominantly ethnic European American. Oakland County is among the most affluent counties in the United States, with a population of more than one million. In Wayne County, the city of Dearborn has a large concentration of Arab American
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s, mainly Shi'ite Muslim
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Lebanese, whose ancestors immigrated here in the early 20th century. Recently, the area has witnessed some growth in ethnic Albanian
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**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
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, Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
and Hispanic
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populations.
Metro Detroit has a sizeable population of Indian Americans
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, with an estimated 1.5% of the population being of Indian descent. Indians Americans in Metro Detroit are employed in various engineering and medical fields.
In the 2000s, 115 of the 185 cities and townships in Metro Detroit were more than 95% white. African Americans have also moved to the suburbs: in 2000 44% of the more than 240,000 suburban blacks lived in Inkster, Pontiac Pontiac may refer to:
*Pontiac (automobile), a car brand
*Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief
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, Oak Park, and Southfield.
Transportation
Airports
The largest airport in the area is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) in Romulus
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, an international airport
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that serves as a commercial hub for Delta Air Lines
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and Spirit Airlines
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.
The other airports in the metropolitan area are:
* Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (ARB)
* Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) (Detroit) - General aviation only
* Flint-Bishop International Airport(FNT) (Flint
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) - Commercial airport
* Oakland County International Airport (PTK) Waterford Township - Charter passenger facility
* St. Clair County International Airport
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(near Port Huron, Michigan
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) - An international airport on the Canada–US border.
* Selfridge Air National Guard Base
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(Mount Clemens
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) - Military airbase
* Willow Run Airport (YIP) ( Ypsilanti) - Cargo, general aviation, charter passenger traffic
Transit systems
Bus service for the metropolitan area is provided jointly by the Detroit Department of Transportation
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(DDOT) and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
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(SMART) which operate under a cooperative service and fare agreement. The elevated Detroit People Mover
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encircles downtown
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providing service to numerous downtown hotels, offices and attractions. The Woodward Avenue Streetcar has recently began service to provide service between downtown and New Center, and the proposed SEMCOG Commuter Rail
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would extend from Detroit's New Center
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area to The Henry Ford
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, Dearborn, Detroit Metropolitan Airport
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, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor
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[Ann Arbor - Detroit Regional Rail Project]
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service along Woodward Avenue
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.
Roads and freeways
The Metro Detroit area is linked by an advanced network of major roads and freeways
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which include Interstate highway
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s. Traditionally, Detroiters refer to some of their freeways by name rather than route number. The Davison, Lodge, and Southfield freeways are almost always referred to by name rather than route number. Detroiters commonly precede freeway names with the word 'the' as in the Lodge, the Southfield, and the Davison. Those without names are referred to by number.
Surface street navigation in Metro Detroit is commonly anchored by "mile roads", major east–west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile (1.6 km) intervals and increment as one travels north and away from the city center. Mile roads sometimes have two names, the numeric name (ex. 15 Mile Road) used in Macomb County and a local name (ex. Maple Road) used in Oakland County mostly.
Education
Colleges and universities
* Baker College
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The college has been accused of predatory practices. In 2022, a ProP ...
— Auburn Hills
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and Royal Oak
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* Cleary University
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— Detroit
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and Howell
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*Howell, Michigan
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* College for Creative Studies
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— Detroit
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* Concordia University Ann Arbor
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— Ann Arbor
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* Cranbrook Academy of Art
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— Bloomfield Hills
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* Davenport University
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— Detroit
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and Warren
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* Dorsey College — Dearborn, Madison Heights, Roseville, Wayne and Woodhaven
* Eastern Michigan University
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— Ypsilanti
* Henry Ford College
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— Dearborn
* Kettering University
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— Flint
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* Lawrence Technological University
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— Southfield
* Macomb Community College
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The college's offerings include university transfer, early college, professional certification ...
— Warren
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and Clinton Township
* Madonna University
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— Livonia
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* Michigan State University
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Management Education Center — Troy
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* Monroe County Community College
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— Monroe
* Mott Community College
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— Flint
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* Northwood University
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— Midland
* Oakland Community College
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— Auburn Hills
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, Farmington Hills
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, Highland Lakes, Royal Oak
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and Southfield
* Oakland University
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— Auburn Hills
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and Rochester Hills
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The area was ...
* Rochester College
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Rochester University is primarily undergraduate (though it offers some ...
— Rochester
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* Rochester, Alberta
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*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
** History of Rochester, Kent
** HM Prison ...
* Saint Clair County Community College — Port Huron
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* St. Clair College
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— Windsor, Ontario
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* Schoolcraft College
Schoolcraft College is a public community college in Livonia, Michigan.
History
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— Livonia
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* Specs Howard School of Media Arts
Specs Howard School of Media Arts is a private for-profit career college in Southfield, Michigan. It is named after its founder Specs Howard and focuses on programs in radio and television broadcasting, graphic design, and digital media arts ...
— Southfield
* Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a private Roman Catholic seminary in Detroit, Michigan. It is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Detroit.
In 2016–2017, 107 seminarians, representing eleven dioceses and two religious orders were enrolled in cla ...
— Detroit
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* SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
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— Orchard Lake
* University of Detroit Mercy
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— Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
* University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
— Ann Arbor
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...
* University of Michigan–Dearborn
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— Dearborn
* University of Michigan–Flint
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— Flint
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* University of Windsor
, mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge
, established =
, academic_affiliations = CARL, COU, Universities Canada
, former_names = Assumption College (1857-1956)Assumption University of Windsor (1956-1963)
, type = Public universit ...
— Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...
* Walsh College
Walsh College is a private college focused on business education with its main campus in Troy, Michigan. It was founded in 1922.
History
The college began with the founding of the Walsh Institute of Accountancy and the introduction of the Pac ...
— Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
* Washtenaw Community College
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan.[Ann Arbor
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...]
* Wayne County Community College
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— Detroit
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* Wayne State University
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— Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
Crime
The principal City of Detroit has struggled with high crime for decades. About half of all murders in Michigan in 2015 occurred in Detroit.
Since 2013, the FBI has reported a 26% decrease in property crimes and a 27% decrease in violent crimes.
Sports
Professional sports has a major fan following in Metro Detroit. The area is home to many sports teams, including six professional teams in four major sports. The area's several universities field teams in a variety of sports. Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third largest stadium in the world, and the ...
, home of the Michigan Wolverines
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, is the largest American football
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stadium in the world. Metro Detroit hosts many annual sporting events including auto and hydroplane racing. The area has hosted many major sporting events, including the 1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...
, Super Bowl XVI
Super Bowl XVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals to decide the National Football League (NFL) champ ...
, Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XL was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion f ...
, Wrestlemania 23
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, the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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, many Stanley Cup Championship rounds, the first two games of the 2006 World Series
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, and the last two games of the 2012 World Series
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.
The Michigan International Speedway
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in Brooklyn
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hosts various Auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
: NASCAR
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, INDYCAR
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, and ARCA.
The Detroit River
The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively refe ...
hosts Hydroplane racing
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Racing circuits
International professional outboard hydroplane racing
The Union Int ...
held by the APBA
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for the Detroit APBA Gold Cup.
Area codes
Metro Detroit is served by nine telephone
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area codes (six not including Windsor). The 313
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area code, which used to encompass all of Southeast Michigan, is today confined exclusively to the City of Detroit and several neighboring Wayne County suburbs.
* The 248
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area code along with the newer 947
Year 947 ( CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – A Hungarian army led by Grand Prince Taksony campaigns in Italy, heading ...
area code overlay
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mostly serve Oakland County.
* Macomb County is largely served by 586
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.
* Genesee, St. Clair, and Lapeer counties, eastern Livingston County, and part of northern Oakland County are covered by 810
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Spring – The Venetian dukes change sides again, submitting to Kin ...
.
* Washtenaw, Monroe, and most of the Wayne County suburbs are in the 734 area.
* The Windsor area (and most of southwestern Ontario) is served by an overlay complex of three codes — 519, 226, and 548.
References
External links
Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
City Charter of Detroit
Michigan's Official Economic Development and Travel Site.
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Map of Michigan Lighthouse
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from the University of Michigan Museum of Art
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