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Southfield is a city in
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in the
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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 ...
. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618. As a northern suburb 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 ...
, Southfield shares part of its southern border with
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 ...
. The city was originally part of Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village is an enclave within Southfield. The city is home to 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 ...
complex, which includes five connected office buildings. The tallest of these, 3000 Town Center, is tall; it is the state's second-tallest building outside Detroit (after the
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in
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) and the state's 16th-tallest building overall.


History

Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor
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. The first settlers came from nearby
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and
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, as well as New York and
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. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among th
founders
were the Heth, Stephens, Harmon, McClelland and Thompson families. Town 1 north, 10 east was first organized as Ossewa Township on July 12, 1830, but the name was changed to Southfield Township 17 days later. The
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took its name from its location in the "south fields" of Bloomfield Township. A US post office was established in 1833 and the first town hall built in 1873. The Southfield Fire Department was formed on April 6, 1942, and the Southfield Police Department in 1953. In the 1950s, cities and villages began to incorporate within the township, including Lathrup Village in 1950, and
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in 1957. Most of what was left of the township was formally incorporated as a city on April 28, 1958, to protect it from annexation attempts by Detroit; whites who had migrated to the suburbs did not want to be associated with Detroit's expanding black community. City Hall was built in 1964 as part of the new Civic Center complex, which also became home to Southfield's police headquarters. The Civic Center was expanded in 1971 to include a sports arena with swimming pool. Evergreen Hills Golf Course was added in 1972, and in 1978, a new public safety building, the Southfield Pavilion, and a new court building were added. In 2003, an expanded and redesigned
Southfield Public Library The Southfield Public Library is a public library in Southfield, Michigan. The library serves the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village. History Library services began for the people living in the Township of Southfield in 1844. The s ...
opened to the public on the Civic Center grounds, featuring state-of-the-art facilities. Outside the Civic Center complex, Southfield has municipal parks and recreation facilities, largely developed in the 1970s, including Beech Woods Recreation Center and John Grace Community Center.
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is now the home of Word of Faith Christian Center.


Economy

Southfield is a commercial and business center for the metropolitan Detroit area, with of office space, second in the Detroit metro area to Detroit's central business district of 33,251,000 square feet (3,089,000 square meters). Several internationally recognized corporations have major offices and headquarters in Southfield, including
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, Huf Hülsbeck and Fürst, Denso, Peterson Spring,
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,
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, R.L. Polk & Co., International Automotive Components, Stefanini, Inc., and Guardian Alarm. More than 100
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companies have offices in Southfield.
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operates the Detroit Office in Suite 1450 at 27777 Franklin Road. Industries supported by the office include automotive, rolled steel, and tubular products. On October 28, 2014,
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announced plans to move its Michigan regional headquarters from Southfield to
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in what will be named the Fifth Third Bank Building at One Woodward. The office had 150 employees.
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, one of the nation's first shopping malls, opened in Southfield in 1954 and closed in 2015. As of 2022, the property is being redeveloped as a mixed-use residential and commercial complex. Southfield is home to over of parkland and a nationally recognized public school district.


Southfield City Centre

Prominent in Southfield is Southfield City Centre, a mixed-use area consisting of a major business center, private university, and residential neighborhoods, near the intersection of
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(I-696, Walter P. Reuther Freeway) and the
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(Lodge Freeway). Southfield City Centre was created in 1992 as a special assessment district, and was originally planned to improve pedestrian amenities and facilitate economic development.


Diplomatic missions

The Consulate of Macedonia in Detroit is in 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 Consulate of Iraq in Detroit is in Southfield.


Conventions

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has been held in Southfield regularly since 2014.


Geography

According to the
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, the city has an area of , of which is land and (0.04%) is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by
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, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road. Southfield's northern border does not follow a single road, but lies approximately along Thirteen Mile Road. The city is bordered by Detroit and
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to the south,
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to the west,
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, and
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to the north and
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, Berkley and Oak Park to the east. The separate city of Lathrup Village sits as an
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in the eastern part of the city, completely surrounded by Southfield.


Demographics


2020 Census

''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.''


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 71,739 people, 31,778 households, and 18,178 families residing in the city. The
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was . There were 35,986 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.3%
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, 24.9%
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, 0.2% Native American, 1.7%
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, 0.4% from
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, and 2.4% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 31,778 households, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were
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living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age in the city was 42. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.7% male and 55.3% female.


2000 census

As of the
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of 2000, there were 78,296 people, 33,987 households, and 19,780 families residing in the city. The
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was 2,984.6 per square mile (1,152.5/km2). There were 35,698 housing units at an average density of 1,360.8 per square mile (525.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 54.22%
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, 38.83%
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, 3.09%
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, 0.20% Native American, 0.03%
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, 0.64% from
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, and 2.99% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were
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or
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of any race. Of the city's 33,987 households, 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were
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living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.01. The age distribution in the city's population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $51,802, and the median income for a family was $64,543. Males had a median income of $48,341 versus $37,949 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,096. About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.


Socioeconomic status

The most common occupations for people in Southfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. A relatively large number of people living in Southfield work in office and administrative support (16.00%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (9.72%). Southfield's populace is very well-educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation. Whereas 21.84% of the average community's adult population holds a 4-year degree or higher, 38.73% of Southfield's adults have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. Southfield's per capita income in 2010 was $28,995.


Ethnic groups


African Americans

In 2002 Southfield had 42,259 black people, the second-largest black population in
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and third-largest in Michigan.Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza.
African Americans in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit
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. February 2002. Working Paper Series, No. 8. p. 8. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.
As of 2011, many African Americans from Detroit were moving into Southfield and other suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties. Tensions have occurred between existing middle-class blacks in Southfield and newcomers from Wayne County.


Chaldeans

As of 2001 many Chaldeans live in Southfield; they are mostly Assyrian Christians. The Chaldean Federation of America, an umbrella organization for most regional Chaldean groups, is in Southfield. As of that year, the largest Chaldean church, by number of congregants, was based here. The city also had the area's sole Chaldean retirement home.


Government

Southfield uses the council-manager form of government, and thus is governed by a
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consisting of seven council members. The city council appoints a
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, who manages the day-to-day operations of the city. The popularly elected mayor, who does not vote on council actions, has the right to veto council actions and appoints the city's planner, assessor, attorney, and members of various commissions. The city's
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and treasurer are also popularly elected officials. All these officials hold nonpartisan positions. * City officials **Mayor Kenson Siver (term expires November 2021) * City Council **Council President Linnie Taylor (term expires November 2025) **Council President Pro Tem Michael "Ari" Mandelbaum (term expires November 2023) **Council Member Nancy Banks (term expires November 2023) **Council Member Daniel Brightwell (term expires November 2023) **Council Member Lloyd C. Crews (term expires November 2025) **Council Member Myron Frasier (term expires November 2023) **Council Member Jason Hoskins (term expires November 2025) * Other elected officials **City Clerk Sherika L. Hawkins (term expires November 2025) **City Treasurer
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(term expires November 2025) *State officials **
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(D) **
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(D) – 14th State Senate District **
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Education

Southfield Public Schools Southfield Public Schools, also known as the Southfield Public School District (SPSD), is a school district headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, United States. It serves the cities of Southfield and Lathrup Village. Dress codes Students in gr ...
operates area public schools. Southfield Senior High School for the Arts and Technology (commonly known as Southfield A&T) is the district's sole high school. There were originally two high schools in the district, Southfield and Southfield-Lathrup, but they were consolidated after the 2015–16 school year. Students living in parts of Northern Southfield attend schools in the
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, while students living in the southeast corner of Southfield attend schools in the Oak Park School District. Southfield A&T also competes in the
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in the Red Division for high school sports, and has membership in the MHSAA.
AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School ( hy, Ալեք Մանուկյան վարժարան) is a charter K-12 Armenian school in Southfield, Michigan in Metro Detroit. It is affiliated with Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). Central Michiga ...
is an
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in Southfield. Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva is a private Jewish school in Southfield.
Southfield Christian School Southfield Christian School (SCS) is a private, college-preparatory Christian school in Southfield, Michigan. It is a ministry of Highland Park Baptist Church for grades PK– 12. History SCS was founded in 1970. Academics Southfield Christian ...
is a private school in Southfield.
Southfield Public Library The Southfield Public Library is a public library in Southfield, Michigan. The library serves the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village. History Library services began for the people living in the Township of Southfield in 1844. The s ...
operates public libraries in the city.Providence Medical Center offers
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training in various fields of medicine.


Colleges and universities

Southfield is home to eight colleges, including
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, Abcott Institute, Everest Institute and
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. The
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is in Southfield.


Media

Southfield is the broadcast media center for the Detroit area, with studios and broadcast facilities for several television stations, including
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,
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,
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, WMYD-TV,
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, and City Cable 15. Metro Detroit's
regional sports network In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also distributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region. ...
Bally Sports Detroit Bally Sports Detroit (BSD) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group that operates as a Bally Sports affiliate. It provides coverage of local sports teams in the state of Michigan, primarily focusing on those in Metro D ...
is in Southfield on 11 Mile and Evergreen roads. A transmitter for
WDIV-TV WDIV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with NBC. It serves as the flagship broadcast property of the Graham Media Group subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. WDIV-TV maintains studio faciliti ...
is in the city; it is the only television station based in downtown Detroit. The city is home to Audacy’s Detroit studios. Southfield is also served by WSHJ 88.3 FM, a student-run radio station sponsored by Southfield Public Schools. In 1970, radio pioneer and entertainer
Specs Howard Specs Howard (born Julian Liebman; April 8, 1926 – September 3, 2022) was an American radio personality who spent three decades entertaining audiences in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. He achieved notice as one of the ...
founded the
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 ...
in Southfield. In addition to ''
The Detroit News ''The Detroit News'' is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival ''Detroit Free Press'' building. ''The News'' absorbed the '' Detroit Tribune'' on Februa ...
'' and ''Free Press'', Detroit's two metropolitan daily newspapers, Southfield is served by the '' Southfield Eccentric'', a suburban paper that reports on local and community events, which is published twice a week, on Sunday and Thursday. The headquarters of ''
The Detroit Jewish News The Detroit, Michigan, periodical ''The Jewish News'', formerly ''The Detroit Jewish News'', is a weekly community newspaper serving the Jewish community of Metro Detroit in Michigan. Jewish Renaissance Media publishes the newspaper. The publicat ...
'' is in Southfield. The ''
Chaldean News Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to: Language * an old name for the Aramaic language, particularly Biblical Aramaic * Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a modern Aramaic language * Chaldean script, a variant of the Syriac alphabet Places * Chald ...
'' is also headquartered in Southfield.


Transportation

Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States. It supplements the Detroit Department of Transportation, which operates buses within the ...
(SMART) operates local and regional bus transit. The major thoroughfares in the city include the John C. Lodge Freeway (
M-10 M10, M-10 or M 10 may refer to: Science and technology * Messier 10, a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus * M10, a Garmin Nüvifone smartphone * Samsung Galaxy M10, a smartphone * M10 (rocket engine), a rocket engine Transportation ...
), which is among the first urban to suburban highways constructed in the United States. The city also contains I-696, Southfield Freeway ( M-39), and
US 24 U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is in Independence Township, Mic ...
(Telegraph Road). The city has several freeway interchanges connecting local roads to the freeways. Most prominently, "The Lodge" freeway connects downtown Detroit to "The Mixing Bowl," the sprawling interchange of I-696, US 24, M-10, Lahser Road, and Franklin Road, all of which are in Southfield. Most major streets adhere to a north–south/east–west orientation, forming a grid of major streets spaced one mile (1.6 km) apart from each other. The major east–west streets are
8 Mile Road 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
(which forms the southern boundary of the city), 9 Mile Road (which is split by the Southfield Freeway), 10 Mile Road, 11 Mile Road (which is split by the Lodge), and 12 Mile Road. Major north–south streets are Telegraph Road, Lahser Road, Evergreen Road, Southfield Road (the northern extension of the Southfield Freeway) and Greenfield Road (which forms the eastern boundary of the city).


Religion

The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit The Archdiocese of Detroit ( la, Archidiœcesis Detroitensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church covering the Michigan counties of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer, Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb, M ...
formerly operated the Church of St. Bede. By 2013 there was a debate on how the property should be rezoned, and therefore reused.


Parks and recreation

The Southfield Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for 775 acres of parks, nature preserves and open space and historic properties at 33 sites within the city. There are numerous ball fields, tennis and handball courts, picnic areas and shelters. There are soccer fields, play lots and sand volleyball courts throughout the city. * Bauervic Woods Park * Bedford Woods Park * Beech Woods Park * Brace Park * Burgh Historical Park * Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve * Civic Center Park * Freeway Park * Inglenook Park * John Grace Park & Community Center * John R. Miller Park * Lahser Woods Park * Lincoln Woods * Mary Thompson House & Farm * Pebble Creek Park * Simms Park * Stratford Woods Commons * Valley Woods Nature Preserve


Notable people

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Jay Adelson Jay Adelson (born Jay Steven Adelson, September 7, 1970) is an American Internet entrepreneur. In 2014 Adelson co-founded Center Electric with Andy Smith. In 2013 he founded Opsmatic, a technology company that improves productivity on operations ...
, entrepreneur *
Ingrid Andress Ingrid Elizabeth Andress (born September 21, 1991) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Her breakthrough single, " More Hearts Than Mine" peaked at number 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Andress released her debut studio album '' ...
, country singer-songwriter (born in Southfield, Michigan) *
Johnathon Banks Johnathon Banks is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He held the IBO cruiserweight title from 2008 to 2009 and challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2009. He currently works as a boxing traine ...
, boxer *
Jeff Blashill Jeff Blashill (born December 10, 1973) is an American professional ice hockey coach who is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was formerly the head coach for the Detroit R ...
, professional ice hockey head coach *
Selma Blair Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She played a number of roles in films and on television before obtaining recognition for her leading role in the film '' Brown's Requiem'' (1998). Her breakthrough came when she s ...
, actress * Harry J. Brooks (1902-1927), test pilot *
Jimmy Carson James Charles Carson (born July 20, 1968) is an American former professional hockey player. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League with five different teams. In 1988, he became only the second teenager in NHL history to score 50 goals ...
, professional hockey player *
Mike Chappell Michael Lawrence Chappell (born January 21, 1978) is a retired American professional basketball player born in Southfield, Michigan. College career After being recruited heavily by the top universities in America, Mike Chappell attended college ...
, professional basketball player * Elijah Connor, singer * Billy Davis, musician currently living in Southfield *
Erin Dilly Erin Dilly (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actr ...
, actress raised in Southfield *
Glenn Earl Glenn Earl (born June 10, 1981 in Southfield, Michigan) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He grew up in Lisle, Illinois and attende ...
, professional football player *
Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Nels Fieger (born December 23, 1950) is an American attorney based in Southfield, Michigan. Fieger is the senior partner at the law firm of Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington P.C., and is an occasional legal commentator for NBC and MS ...
, attorney for
Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not ...
based in Southfield *
Susie Garrett Susie Garrett (December 29, 1929 – May 24, 2002) was an American actress of theatre and television, jazz vocalist and acting teacher. She is best known for playing Cherie's grandmother Betty Johnson on the NBC series ''Punky Brewster''. Person ...
(1929-2002), actress *
Chris Getz Christopher Ryan Getz (born August 30, 1983) is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. Getz currently serves as the assista ...
, professional baseball player * Nicole Gibbons, TV personality *
Dan Gilbert Daniel Gilbert (born January 17, 1962) is an American billionaire businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage, founder of Rock Ventures, and owner of the National Basketball Association ...
, businessman raised in Southfield *
Jon Glaser Jonathan Daniel Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', creating and starring in the Adult Swim s ...
, actor raised in Southfield *
GRiZ Grant Richard Kwiecinski (born May 31, 1990), also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ, songwriter, and electronic music producer from Southfield Michigan. He is known for playing the saxophone along with producing funk, electro-soul, ...
, American DJ and electronic producer *
Yasmine Hanani Yasmine Hanani (born June 5, 1980) is an American actress. Hanani was born in Baltimore and grew up in Southfield, Michigan and later in Orange County, Southern California. Hanani has worked on documentaries "Voices of Iraq,". "My Country, M ...
, actress *
Carla Harvey Carla Harvey (born October 4, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, artist, actress, and former nude model. She is best known as co-vocalist of the American heavy metal band Butcher Babies. She landed her first job in Holly ...
, musician *
Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowed ...
, retired boxer living in Southfield * John James, politician *
I Prevail I Prevail is an American rock band formed in Southfield, Michigan, in 2013. They released their debut EP '' Heart vs. Mind'' (2014) and rose to popularity from releasing a metal cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" as a single, which eventuall ...
, metal band from Southfield *
Ben Kelso Ben Kelso (born April 11, 1949) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Detroit Pistons. He has coached basketball for schools in the Detroit area and was accused and acquitted of an alleged scandal in this capac ...
, professional basketball player *
Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series ''Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Netw ...
, actor *
Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American foil, sabre and épée fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pan American Games where he ...
(1920-2015), Olympic fencer *
Tony Leech Tony Leech (born May 28, 1968) is an American director, screenwriter and editor who currently lives in Los Angeles. Tony attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While a student there, Leech and fellow ORU student Mark Steele (c ...
, director, screenwriter, editor *
Eric Lefkofsky Eric Paul Lefkofsky (born September 2, 1969) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Tempus, and the co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), InnerWorkings (INWK), and Mediaocean. He is an early investor in Upt ...
, businessman * Raynetta Mañees, novelist, entertainer *
Devyn Marble Roy Devyn Marble (born September 21, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes. High school career Marble attended Southfield-Lathr ...
(born 1992), basketball player for
Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
*
Howard Markel Howard Markel (born April 23, 1960) is an American physician and medical historian. Markel is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan and Director of the University of Michigan's Center ...
, medical historian *
Roya Megnot Roya Megnot (May 29, 1962 - May 10, 2009) was an American actress who played mainly in television films and series. She died of a brain tumor in 2009. Filmography Television *1998 : ''Thirst'' *1991 : ''The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage'' (T ...
(1962-2009), actress *
Jeremy Moss Jeremy Allen Moss (born June 23, 1986) is an American Democratic politician from Michigan currently representing the 7th State Senate District, which includes Farmington, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Vil ...
, politician * Colette Nelson, body builder *
Chukwuma Okorafor Chukwuma Okorafor (born August 8, 1997) is a Nigerian professional American football offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Western Michigan. Early years Okorafor was bo ...
, professional football player *
Lawrence Payton Lawrence Albert Payton (March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops. In 1997, at 59 years old, Payton died of liver cancer. Bio ...
(1938-1997), musician *
Matt Pike Matt may refer to: *Matt (name), people with the given name ''Matt'' or Matthew, meaning "gift from God", or the surname Matt *In British English, of a surface: having a non-glossy finish, see gloss (material appearance) *Matt, Switzerland, a mu ...
, musician * Steven Pitt (1959-2018), American forensic psychiatrist *
Mike Posner Michael Robert Henrion Posner ( ; born February 12, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.For Posner's full name, see He released his debut album, '' 31 Minutes to Takeoff'', in 2010. The album includes the US ''Billboa ...
, singer-songwriter *
Bill Prady William Scott Prady (born June 7, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on American sitcoms and variety programs, including '' Married... with Children'', '' Dream On'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ' ...
, television writer raised in Southfield * Emily Samuelson, ice dancer * Debbie Schlussel, film critic *
Jay Sebring Thomas John Kummer (October 10, 1933 – August 9, 1969), known professionally as Jay Sebring, was an American celebrity hair stylist, and the founder of the hairstyling corporation Sebring International. Sebring was murdered by members of the M ...
(1933-1969), celebrity hair stylist and victim of the Manson Family *
Jason Stollsteimer Jason Elliott Stollsteimer (born April 22, 1978) is an American musician who was the vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Von Bondies, which took a break in 2011. Stollsteimer also was the main songwriter and producer of the Von Bo ...
, musician *
Jennifer Laura Thompson Jennifer Laura Thompson (born December 5, 1969) is an American actress and singer, best known for her theatrical performances. She originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the Tony Award-winning musical, ''Dear Evan Hansen'', and received a Tony ...
, actress *
Malaya Watson Malaya Tina Bandico Watson (born September 24, 1997) is an American singer from Southfield, Michigan, who finished in eighth place on the thirteenth season of ''American Idol.'' Early life Watson is of half-Filipino American and half-African- ...
, singer *
Rick Worthy Richard "Rick" Worthy (born March 12, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for appearing in a variety of science fiction and fantasy television shows. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Simon O'Neill cylon model number fo ...
, actor *
Sheldon Yellen Sheldon David Yellen (born January 16, 1958) is an American businessman, author and the CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration. He has appeared on an Emmy-nominated episode of ''Undercover Boss'' on CBS. Biography Yellen was born to a Jewish family, ...
, entrepreneur


See also

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Architecture of metropolitan Detroit The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike. With one of the world's recognizable skylines, Detroit's waterfront panorama shows a variety of architectural styles. The post-m ...
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Lawrence Technological University Lawrence Technological University (LTU) (Lawrence Tech) is a private university in Southfield, Michigan. It was founded in 1932 in Highland Park, Michigan, as the Lawrence Institute of Technology (LIT) by Russell E. Lawrence. The university move ...
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Metro Detroit The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. State of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the ...
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Tourism in metropolitan Detroit Tourism in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan is a significant factor for the region's culture and for its economy, comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs. About 15.9 million people visit Metro Detroit annually, spending an estimated ...
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History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit Black Detroiters are black or African American residents of Detroit. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Black or African Americans living in Detroit accounted for 79.1% of the total population, or approximately 532,425 people as of 2017 estim ...
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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 ...


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City of SouthfieldSouthfield Area Chamber of Commerce
* {{Authority control Cities in Oakland County, Michigan Metro Detroit Populated places established in 1823 1823 establishments in Michigan Territory