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The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area
United States metropolitan area

In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas." An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" ....
 located in Southeast
Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro Detroit....
 Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 centered on the city of Detroit. As the home of the "Big Three
Big Three automobile manufacturers

The Big Three Automotive industry may refer to:*The three major United States automakers: General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler Group, also known as the "US Big Three" or "Detroit Big Three"....
" American automakers (General Motors, Ford
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
, and Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
), it is the world's traditional automotive center and a key pillar of the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 economy.

ts core, Metro Detroit comprises the counties of Wayne
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
, Oakland, and Macomb.






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The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area
United States metropolitan area

In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas." An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" ....
 located in Southeast
Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro Detroit....
 Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 centered on the city of Detroit. As the home of the "Big Three
Big Three automobile manufacturers

The Big Three Automotive industry may refer to:*The three major United States automakers: General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler Group, also known as the "US Big Three" or "Detroit Big Three"....
" American automakers (General Motors, Ford
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
, and Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
), it is the world's traditional automotive center and a key pillar of the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 economy.

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At its core, Metro Detroit comprises the counties of Wayne
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
, Oakland, and Macomb. These counties are sometimes referred to informally as the Detroit Tri-County Area.

The Detroit Urban Area, which serves as the core of the Metropolitan Statistical Area, ranks as the 9th most populous
List of United States urban areas

List of United States Urban areas is a list of United States urban area in the United States as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ordered according to their 2000 Census populations....
 of the United States, with a population of 3,903,377 as of the 2000 census, and area of .

The United States Office of Management and Budget
United States Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is a United States Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States ....
 defines the Detroit–Warren–Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as the six counties
County (United States)

In the United States, a county is a local level of government below the U.S. state . Counties are used in 48 of the 50 states, while Louisiana is divided into List of parishes in Louisiana and Alaska into Borough ....
 of Lapeer
Lapeer County, Michigan

Lapeer County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 87,904; a 2007 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 92,012....
, Livingston
Livingston County, Michigan

Livingston County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is part of the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, Macomb
Macomb County, Michigan

Macomb County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. The United States 2000 Census recorded its population to be 788,149....
, Oakland
Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
, St. Clair
St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 164,235, with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 170,119....
, and Wayne
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 4,441,551. The Census Bureau's
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 2007 estimate placed the population at 4,467,592 million, which ranks it as the eleventh-largest MSA. The MSA covers an area of .

The nine-county area designated by the United States Census Bureau as the Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint Combined Statistical Area
Combined Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines United States micropolitan area and United States metropolitan area. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties ....
 (CSA) includes the three additional counties of Genesee
Genesee County, Michigan

Genesee County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 436,141, with the 2007 United States Census Bureau estimate showing the population to have slightly fallen to 434,715....
, Monroe
Monroe County, Michigan

Monroe County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 145,945 with the 2007 Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 153,608....
, and Washtenaw
Washtenaw County, Michigan

Washtenaw County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 322,895....
, the metropolitan areas of Flint
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
, and Monroe
Monroe, Michigan

Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,076. It is county seat of Monroe County, Michigan....
, plus the Detroit-Warren-Livonia MSA. It had a population of 5,357,538 as of the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 2007 estimate placed the population at 5,405,918. This CSA covers an area of . Lenawee County
Lenawee County, Michigan

Lenawee County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, it has a population of 98,890, with an estimated population of 101,243 as of the July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate....
 was removed from Detroit's CSA in 2000.

With the adjacent city of Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views of the Detroit skyline....
 and its suburbs, the combined Windsor-Detroit
Windsor-Detroit

The Detroit-Windsor region is an international urban area centered around the United States city of Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario....
 area has a population of about 5.9 million.

When the nearby Toledo Metropolitan Area
Toledo metropolitan area

The Toledo Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area centered in the United States city of Toledo, Ohio with 656,696 residents and four counties within Northwest Ohio....
 and its commuters are taken into account, the region constitutes a much larger population center with an estimated 46 million people living within a radius of Detroit proper.

Economy


The region's nine county area with its population of 5.4 million has a workforce of nearly 2.8 million with about 240,000 businesses. Metro Detroit has made Michigan's economy a leader in information technology, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing; Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
 ranks fourth nationally in high tech employment with 568,000 high tech workers, including 70,000 in the automotive industry. Michigan typically ranks third or fourth in overall Research & development (R&D) expenditures in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Metro Detroit is an important source of engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
 job opportunities. The domestic auto industry accounts, directly and indirectly, for one of ten jobs in the United States.

Metro Detroit shared in the economic difficulties brought on by the severe stock market decline following the September 11, 2001 attacks which had caused a pension and benefit fund crisis for American companies including General Motors, Ford
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
, and Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
. The American auto companies are proving to be more resilient than other affected industries as each implements its respective turnaround plan. Although retiree health care costs remain a significant issue, General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
' investment strategy has generated a $17.1 billion pension fund surplus, an increase of $9.6 billion in 2006, moving the company closer to achieving its turnaround plans. During the Economic crisis of 2008, President George W. Bush extended loans from the Troubled Assets Relief Program
Troubled Assets Relief Program

The Troubled Asset Relief Program is a program of the United States government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector....
 (TARP) funds in order to help the Big three automakers bridge the recession, after final passage of a similar proposal had been blocked by a Republican filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The President extended the loans to aid the auto industry's restructuring plans which include a goal to convert long term debt into equity and to make costs competitive.

Metro Detroit serves as the headquarters for the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, known as TACOM, with Selfridge Air National Guard Base
Selfridge Field

Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an United States Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens, Michigan....
. Detroit Metropolitan Airport (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 has major port status and an extensive toll-free expressway system. 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
Border

Borders define geography boundaries of political geography or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or Subnational entity. They may foster the setting up of buffer zones....
 crossing. A source of top talent, the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
 in Ann Arbor is one of the world's leading research institutions, and Wayne State University
Wayne State University

Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown, Detroit#Midtown Cultural Center, Detroit and is a 4th tier national university comprised of 12 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students....
 in Detroit has the largest single-campus medical school in the United States.

In 2004, led by Metro Detroit, Michigan ranked second nationally in new corporate facilities and expansions. From 1997 to 2004, Michigan was the only state to top the 10,000 mark for the number of major new developments. Metro Detroit is a leading corporate location with major office complexes such as the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center

The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected List of tallest buildings in Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters....
, the Southfield Town Center, and Cadillac Place
Cadillac Place

Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise office building in the New Center, Detroit area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of limestone, granite, and marble....
 with the Fisher Building
Fisher Building

The Fisher Building is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center, Detroit area of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble....
 in the historic New Center area. Both BorgWarner
BorgWarner

BorgWarner is a U.S. automotive parts supplier, known for its manual transmission and automatic transmissions and transmission components, , turbochargers, engine valve timing system components, and 4-wheel drive system components....
 and TRW Automotive Holdings
TRW Automotive Holdings

TRW Automotive Holdings , based in Livonia, MI, is a supplier of automotive parts to manufacturers and aftermarket dealers. . It was created out of a sell-off of parts of the former TRW corporation....
  chose Metro Detroit for their new headquarters. Quicken Loans
Quicken Loans

Quicken Loans Inc. consists of the QuickenLoans.com online lending site, the Rock Financial brand in southeast Michigan, One Reverse Mortgage, based in San Diego, California, and Title Source, a mortgage settlement service provider....
, National City Bank, Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and KPMG....
, GMAC, Visteon
Visteon

Visteon is an automotive parts company spun off from the Ford Motor Company in 2000.Visteon is to the Ford Motor Company as Delphi is to General Motors Corporation and Denso is to Toyota....
, and OnStar
OnStar

OnStar Corporation is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation that provides subscription-based telecommunication, in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems throughout the United States and Canada....
 are sources of growth. Compuware
Compuware

Compuware Corporation is a software company with products aimed at the information technology departments of large businesses. The company's services also include testing, development and management software for programs running on mainframe computer and client-server systems....
, IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
, Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
, and Covansys are examples information technology and software companies with a headquarters or major presence in Metro Detroit. Electronic Data Systems
Electronic Data Systems

Electronic Data Systems, an HP Company, commonly EDS, is a global business and technology services company headquartered in Plano, Texas that defined the outsourcing business when it was established in 1962 by Ross Perot....
 (EDS) makes Metro Detroit its regional headquarters, and one of its largest global employment locations. The area is home to Rofin-Sinar
Rofin-Sinar

Rofin-Sinar is a German-American company which produces lasers for processing industrial materials. The company is listed on the TecDAX and the NASDAQ....
, a leading maker of lasers. The metropolitan Detroit area has one of the nation's largest office markets with 147,082,003 square feet. Virtually every major U.S company and many from around the globe have a presence in Metro Detroit. Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
's largest corporate facility is its U.S. headquarters and technology center in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills. Downtown Detroit reported $1.3 billion in restorations and new developments for 2006.

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 resorts (MGM Grand Detroit
MGM Grand Detroit

The MGM Grand Detroit Casino Resort in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan is one of four casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area. The resort opened on October 3,2007 with a grand event which included models and celebrities such as Ashanti and Kid Rock, male model Cameron Gonzalez, Alex Martinez, Tiffany Braco, Detroit socialites, and fireworks....
, MotorCity Casino
MotorCity Casino

MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan is one of four casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area. The newly expanded and renovated $300 million casino hotel incorporates the historic Wagner Baking Company building circa 1915....
, Greektown Casino
Greektown Casino

Greektown Casino Resort in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan is one of four casinos in the Detroit-Windsor area. It is majority owned by the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians....
, and nearby Casino Windsor). Metro Detroit is tourist destination easily accommodating super-sized crowds to events such as the North American International Auto Show
North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. It is among the largest auto shows in North America....
, the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival
Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival

International River Days, a five day festival along the International Riverfront marked the 2007 opening of the Detroit River Walk along the east river leading up to the International Freedom Festival fireworks celebrated between the two countries....
, Tastefest, and Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XL

Super Bowl XL featured the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League champion for the 2005 NFL season....
. The Detroit International Riverfront
Detroit International Riverfront

__NOEDITSECTION__The Detroit International Riverfront is an area so designated by the nonprofit city sponsored managing entity, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy incorporated as a 501 organization....
 links the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center

The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected List of tallest buildings in Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters....
 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

Campus Martius Park is a re-established park in downtown Detroit, Michigan, Michigan. After the fire of 1805, Campus Martius was the focal point of judge Augustus Woodward's plans to rebuild the city....
 area downtown. Detroit's metroparks include fresh water beaches such as Metropolitan Beach, Kensington Beach, and Stony Creek Beach. Metro Detroit offers canoeing through the Huron-Clinton Metroparks as well as 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
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife refuge in North America. The Refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline....
 is the only international wildlife preserve in North America, uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The Refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along 48 miles of the Detroit River
Detroit River

The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system, about 32 miles long and 0.5 to 2.5 miles wide. The name comes from French language Rivi?re du D?troit, i.e....
 and Western Lake Erie shoreline.

Metro Detroit contains a number of shopping mall
Shopping mall

File:Nordstrom wing , Pentagon City Mall.jpgA shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings which contain retail units, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit....
s, including the upscale Somerset Collection
Somerset Collection

Somerset Collection is an exclusive upscale mall in the suburbs northwest of Detroit. The shopping mall is located in the Detroit suburb of Troy, Michigan....
 in Troy and the Great Lakes Crossing
Great Lakes Crossing

Great Lakes Crossing is an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Developed and owned by Taubman Centers, Great Lakes Crossing features over 180 stores and restaurants, a food court, and a 25-screen Star movie theater....
 outlet mall in Auburn Hills, both major draws for tourists.

The region's leading attraction is The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex....
, located in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, which is America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex. The recent renovation of the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center

The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected List of tallest buildings in Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters....
, a state of the art cruise ship dock, new stadiums, and a new RiverWalk have spurred economic development. Nearby Windsor has a 19 year old drinking age with a myriad of entertainment to complement Detroit's Greektown district
Greektown (Detroit, Michigan)

Greektown is a historic neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, located just northeast of the heart of downtown, along Monroe Avenue between Brush and St....
. Tourism planners have yet to tap the potential economic impact of the estimated 46 million people that live within a 300 mile (480 km) radius of Detroit.

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

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed The Big House, is the American football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan....
, home of the Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines football

The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan. They have the most all-time wins and highest all-time winning percentage in NCAA Division I-A history....
, is the largest American football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 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
1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. The United States was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1994 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in July 1988....
, Super Bowl XVI
Super Bowl XVI

Super Bowl XVI was an American football game played on January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Michigan to decide the National Football League champion following the 1981 NFL season....
, Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XL

Super Bowl XL featured the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League champion for the 2005 NFL season....
, the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 76th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-star game of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball....
, and the first two games of the 2006 World Series
2006 World Series

The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball's World Series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion, St....
.

ClubSportLeagueVenueLocation
Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
NFL
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 (National Football Conference
National Football Conference

The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League . The NFC was created after the league AFL-NFL Merger with the American Football League in 1970....
)
Ford Field
Ford Field

Ford Field is an indoor American football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan that is the current home field of the National Football League's Detroit Lions....
Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, who are the current Stanley Cup champions.They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
NHL
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 (Western Conference
Western Conference (NHL)

The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference ....
)
Joe Louis Arena
Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed The Joe and JLA, is a hockey arena located at 600 Civic Center Drive in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the National Hockey League franchise, the Detroit Red Wings....
Detroit
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 (Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NBA)

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, organized in three divisions of five teams each.The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records, with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8....
)
Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit, Michigan in ....
Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
MLB
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 (American League
American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada....
)
Comerica Park
Comerica Park

Comerica Park is an open air baseball park located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....
Detroit
Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
 (Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (WNBA)

The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of seven teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WN...
)
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Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The university is governed by an eight-member Board of Regents, who are appointed by the Governor of Michigan for eight-year terms....
variousNCAA (Mid-American Conference
Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I List of college athletic conferences with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from New York to Illinois....
)
various including Rynearson Stadium
Rynearson Stadium

Rynearson Stadium is a stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Eastern Michigan University Eagles....
 and The EMU Convocation Center
Convocation Center (Eastern Michigan University)

The Convocation Center is a multi-purpose arena in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The state-of-the-art, $29-million facility is the result of a decade-long effort to improve and upgrade University facilities and followed closely the opening of the $41-million Bruce T....
Ypsilanti
Oakland University Golden Grizzlies
Oakland Golden Grizzlies

Oakland University Golden Grizzlies consist of 16 sports teams competing in The Summit League and NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association....
variousNCAA (The Summit League)variousRochester
Rochester, Michigan

Rochester is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The population was 10,467 at the United States Census, 2000....
University of Detroit Mercy Titans
University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy is a comprehensive university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, created in 1990. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan....
various NCAA (Horizon League
Horizon League

The Horizon League is a ten school, National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I list of college athletic conferences, whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....
)
various, including Calihan Hall
Calihan Hall

Calihan Hall is an 8,295-seat multi-purpose arena in Detroit, Michigan. It is home to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team. The arena opened in 1952....
Detroit
University of Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines

The Michigan Wolverines comprise 24 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which compete...
variousNCAA (Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
, Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana and Nebraska....
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various, including Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed The Big House, is the American football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan....
Ann Arbor
Wayne State University Warriors
Wayne State University

Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown, Detroit#Midtown Cultural Center, Detroit and is a 4th tier national university comprised of 12 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students....
various NCAA (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division II....
, College Hockey America
College Hockey America

College Hockey America is a college athletic conference with teams ranging geographically from New York State to Alabama and Minnesota. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as a ice hockey-only conference....
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variousAuto racing
Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....
NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
, IRL
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
, ARCA
Automobile Racing Club of America

Automobile Racing Club of America is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States, founded in 1953 by John Marcum. The current president of ARCA is Ron Drager....
Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
Brooklyn
Brooklyn, Michigan

Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 1,176....
Detroit APBA Gold Cup
APBA

APBA is a game company located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was created in 1951 by Richard Seitz. The game company on their official website states that the letters stood for "American Professional Baseball Association"....
Hydroplane racing
Hydroplane racing

Hydroplane racing is a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers. It is a popular spectator sport in several countries....
APBA
American Power Boat Association

The American Power Boat Association is a New York non-profit, membership owned corporation that was created in 1903 by an act of the New York legislature as a racing association for powerboats....
Detroit River
Detroit River

The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system, about 32 miles long and 0.5 to 2.5 miles wide. The name comes from French language Rivi?re du D?troit, i.e....
Detroit
Detroit Ignition
Detroit Ignition

In April 2006, Greg Bibb, president of Hantz Group Sports and Entertainment, introduced the new Major Indoor Soccer League expansion team, the Detroit Ignition....
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer

Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink....
Major Indoor Soccer LeagueCompuware ArenaPlymouth Township
Plymouth Township, Michigan

Plymouth Township is a charter township of Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 27,798 at the United States Census, 2000....
Plymouth Whalers
Plymouth Whalers

The Plymouth Whalers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan, USA....
Hockey
Hockey

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a Hockey puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a hockey stick....
Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20....
Compuware ArenaPlymouth Township
Plymouth Township, Michigan

Plymouth Township is a charter township of Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 27,798 at the United States Census, 2000....
Detroit Waza
Detroit Waza

The Detroit Waza are an American indoor soccer team founded in 2008.The team is a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League , the first division of arena soccer in North America....
indoor soccer
Indoor soccer

Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink....
PASL
Professional Arena Soccer League

The Professional Arena Soccer League is an USA indoor soccer league recognized by FIFRA as a Division 1 league replacing the now defunct Major Indoor Soccer League ....
Total Soccer NoviNovi, Michigan
Novi, Michigan

Novi is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 47,386. In 2007, the city completed a special census which places the current population at 52,231....


Demographics

The first Europeans to colonize
European colonization of the Americas

The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492, although there was at least one earlier colonization effort....
 the Detroit area were French
French colonization of the Americas

The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a French colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere....
, and their legacy can be observed today in the names of many area cities (ex. Detroit, Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe refers to an area of Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States that comprises five adjacent individual communities. From southwest to northeast, they are:...
, Grosse Ile
Grosse Ile

Grosse Ile may refer to:* Grosse Ile Township, Michigan* Grosse Ile, Quebec, an island where many Irish Immigrants to Canada were housed and the site of the Irish Canadian#The_Irish_in_Canada...
) and streets (ex. Gratiot
Gratiot

There are a few places named Gratiot in the United States:Locations*Gratiot, Ohio*Gratiot, Wisconsin*Gratiot County, Michigan*Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan...
, Beaubien
Beaubien

Beaubien may refer to:...
, St. Antoine, Cadieux). Later, there was an influx of persons of British and German descent, followed later by Polish
Polish American

A Polish American is a Demographics of the United States of Poles descent. There are an estimated 10 million Americans of Polish descent.More than one million Poles immigrated to the United States, primarily during the late 19th and early 20th century....
, Irish
Irish American

Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. A total of 36,495,800 Americans reported Irish ancestry in the 2006 American Community Survey....
, Italian
Italian American

An Italian American is an United States of Italians descent and/or dual citizenship. The phrase refers to someone born in the United States or who has immigrated to the United States and is of Italian heritage....
, Lebanese, Greek
Greek American

Greek Americans are Citizenship of the United States of Greeks origin. According to the 2007 United States Census Bureau estimation, there were 1,380,088 people of Greek Ethnic groups in the United States, while the United States Department of State mentions that around 3,000,000 Americans claim Greek descent....
, Jewish, and Belgian immigrants who made their way to the city during the early 20 century and during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. There was also a large migration into the city of African-Americans from the rural South
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 following World War I. As in most large cities, there were distinct neighborhoods and even cities (Hamtramck was predominantly Polish, for example) dominated by the various ethnic groups.

Today, the Detroit suburbs in Oakland County
Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
, Macomb County
Macomb County, Michigan

Macomb County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. The United States 2000 Census recorded its population to be 788,149....
, and northeastern and northwestern Wayne County are predominantly white
White American

White American is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original peoples of Ethnic groups of Europe, the Ethnic groups of the Middle East, or Ethnic gro...
. Oakland County is among the most affluent counties in the United States. In Wayne County
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
, the city of Dearborn has a large concentration of Arab Americans, mainly Lebanese
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
. Recently, the area has witnessed some growth in Albanian American, Asian American
Asian American

Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
 and Hispanic
Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
 populations. The southwest side of the city contains a large Chicano
Chicano

Chicano is a word for a Mexican American . The terms Chicano and Chicana were originally used by and regarding U.S. citizens of Mexican descent....
 community, while significant populations of Chinese
Chinese American

Chinese Americans are United States of Han Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of Overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans....
, Indian
Indian American

Indian Americans are United States who are of Indian ancestry. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with "Indigenous peoples of the Americas"....
, Korean
Korean American

Korean Americans are United States of Koreans origin. The Korean American community is the fifth largest Asian American subgroup, after the Chinese American, Filipino American, Indian American, and Vietnamese American communities....
, Cambodian
Cambodian American

A Cambodian American is an American who is born, raise, or from Cambodia usually of Khmer people descent but also including Chinese Cambodians, Vietnamese Cambodians, Cham people and other ethnicity that reside in Cambodia....
, Iranian, and Filipino
Filipino American

Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino people ancestry. Filipino Americans reside mainly in the continental United States and form significant populations in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and Northern Marianas....
 ancestry are found in suburban communities in Oakland, Washtenaw, and western Wayne Counties.

The general areas of Bloomfield Hills/Birmingham, Grosse Pointe, and Rochester are known to be the most affluent areas of Metro Detroit.

Of the African-Americans who live in the area, about 70% live within the Detroit city limits. Other communities with large black populations include Inkster
Inkster, Michigan

Inkster is a city in Wayne County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 30,115....
, Highland Park
Highland Park, Michigan

Highland Park is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 16,746 at the United States Census, 2000. The city is completely surrounded by Detroit, Michigan except a small portion that touches the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, which is also surrounded by Detroit....
, Ecorse
Ecorse, Michigan

Ecorse is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan, named for the Ecorse River. The population was 11,229 at the United States Census, 2000....
, River Rouge
River Rouge, Michigan

River Rouge is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,917 at the United States census, 2000. It is named after the River Rouge , which flows through a portion of the city into the Detroit River....
, Southfield
Southfield, Michigan

Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and is part of the Metro Detroit area....
, Pontiac
Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 66,337....
 and Oak Park
Oak Park, Michigan

Oak Park is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, its population was 29,793....
. The Michigan Chronicle
Michigan Chronicle

The Michigan Chronicle is a weekly African-American run newspaper based in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded in 1936 by John Sengstacke, owner of the Chicago Defender....
, the state's largest black-owned newspaper, is based in Detroit. The Michigan Citizen is another paper which targets African American readers.

Area codes

Metro Detroit is served by eight telephone
Telephone

The telephone is a telecommunications device that is used to transmitter and receive electronically or digitally encoded sound between two or more people conversing....
 area codes (nine if Windsor is included). The 313
Area code 313

Area code 313 is the telephone area code serving the city of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, and some of the city's innermost townships , including Dearborn and Grosse Pointe....
 area code, which used to encompass all of Southeast Michigan, has been narrowed to the city of Detroit and a few close suburbs.
  • The 248
    Area code 248

    Area codes 248 and 947 are the area codes for Oakland County, Michigan a county that borders the city of Detroit to the north. The area code also encompasses part of northern Wayne County, Michigan....
     area code along with the newer 947 area code overlay mostly serve Oakland County.


  • Macomb County is largely served by 586
    Area code 586

    Area code 586 is the telephone area code serving Macomb County, Michigan, located in the state of Michigan.Major communities serviced by 586 include:...
    .


  • Genesee, St. Clair, and Lapeer counties, as well as eastern Livingston County are covered by 810
    Area code 810

    Area code 810 is the telephone area code serving eastern Michigan....
    .


  • Washtenaw, Monroe, and western Wayne are in the 734
    Area code 734

    U.S. area code 734 covers southern portions of southeast Michigan, including all of Washtenaw County, Michigan and Monroe County, Michigan counties, and southern and western portions of Wayne County, Michigan....
     area.


Transportation


Major airports

  • Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (ARB)
    Ann Arbor Municipal Airport

    Ann Arbor Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport located 3 miles south of the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan in Washtenaw County, Michigan, Michigan, United States....
  • Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET)
    Coleman A. Young International Airport

    Coleman A. Young International Airport , formerly known as Detroit City Airport, is a municipal airport in Detroit, Michigan. The airport was once served by Southwest Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines ....
     (Detroit) - General aviation only
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
    Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

    Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , sometimes called Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Detroit Metro Wayne Airport, Metro Airport, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in Romulus, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit....
     (Romulus
    Romulus, Michigan

    Romulus is a city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 24,269 at the United States Census, 2007. Romulus is home to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, a General Motors plant which opened in 1976, and is also the setting of the Sufjan Stevens song "Romulus" from his 2003 album Michigan ....
    ) - Major commercial airport, hub for Northwest Airlines
    Northwest Airlines

    Northwest Airlines, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major United States airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St....
     and Spirit Airlines
    Spirit Airlines

    Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra-low-cost airline operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida in the Miami metropolitan area....
  • Flint-Bishop International Airport(FNT)
    Bishop International Airport

    Bishop International Airport is a rapidly growing airport located in the city of Flint, Michigan. It is the third busiest airport in Michigan, surpassing competitor MBS International Airport in 2002....
     (Flint
    Flint, Michigan

    Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
    ) - Commercial airport
  • Oakland County International Airport (PTK)
    Oakland County International Airport

    Oakland County International Airport is a large General aviation airport located in Waterford Township, Michigan, Michigan, five miles west of Pontiac, Michigan in Oakland County, Michigan....
     Waterford Township
    Waterford Township, Michigan

    Waterford Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 73,150....
    ) - Charter passenger facility
  • St. Clair County International Airport
    St. Clair County International Airport

    St. Clair County International Airport is a public airport located five miles southwest of the central business district of Port Huron, Michigan, a city in St....
     (near Port Huron, Michigan
    Port Huron, Michigan

    Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 United States Census....
    ) - An international airport on the U.S. and Canadian Border.
  • Selfridge Air National Guard Base
    Selfridge Field

    Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an United States Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens, Michigan....
     (Mount Clemens
    Mount Clemens, Michigan

    Mount Clemens is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 17,312. It is the county seat of Macomb County, Michigan....
    ) - Military airbase
  • Willow Run Airport (YIP)
    Willow Run Airport

    Willow Run Airport is an airport located in Van Buren Township, Michigan near Ypsilanti, Michigan, Michigan, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation clients....
     (Ypsilanti
    Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,362....
    ) - Cargo, general aviation, charter passenger traffic


Major highways

The Metro Detroit area is criss-crossed by several major Interstate highways and freeways. Traditionally, Detroiters referred to their freeways by name rather than route number. Today, 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.

Other major roads

  • 8 Mile Road, known by many due to the film 8 Mile
    8 Mile (film)

    8 Mile is a United States hip-hop drama film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer....
    , forms the dividing line between Detroit on the south and the suburbs of Macomb and Oakland counties on the north. It is also known as Baseline Road outside of Detroit, because it coincides with the baseline
    Baseline (surveying)

    In the United States Public Land Survey System, a baseline is the principal east-west line that divides survey townships between north and south....
     used in surveying Michigan; that baseline is also the boundary for a number of Michigan counties as well as the boundary for Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
     and Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
    . Designated as M-102
    M-102 (Michigan highway)

    M-102 is a Michigan highway system in the U.S. state of Michigan, running along the northern boundary of Detroit, Michigan. It is known as 8 Mile Road for most of its length....
     for much of its length in Wayne County.
  • Gratiot Avenue (M-3)
    M-3 (Michigan highway)

    M-3 is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Metro Detroit area. For most of its length, M-3 is known as Gratiot Avenue....
     is a major road that runs from Port Huron to downtown Detroit.
  • Jefferson Avenue
    Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)

    Jefferson Avenue is a scenic road along the eastern part of the Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. It travels alongside Lake Erie, the Detroit River, and Lake Saint Clair ....
     is a scenic highway that runs parallel to the shore of the Detroit River
    Detroit River

    The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system, about 32 miles long and 0.5 to 2.5 miles wide. The name comes from French language Rivi?re du D?troit, i.e....
     and Lake St. Clair. It is also the principal thoroughfare for the Grosse Pointe
    Grosse Pointe

    Grosse Pointe refers to an area of Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States that comprises five adjacent individual communities. From southwest to northeast, they are:...
    s, where it is called Lake Shore Drive. Another important dividing line between Detroit and the city of Grosse Pointe Park
    Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan

    Grosse Pointe Park is an affluent city in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,443 at the United States Census, 2000....
     is Alter Road
    Alter Road

    Alter Road is a north-south thoroughfare of approximately four miles length in southeastern Michigan's Wayne County, Michigan. Although Alter Road itself is completely within the Detroit, Michigan city limits, it is a symbolic dividing line between the overwhelmingly Black people City of Detroit and the likewise overwhelmingly White City of...
    , where portions of some intersecting streets have been reconfigured or walled-off in order to thwart vehicular and pedestrian movement from Detroit into Grosse Pointe Park.
  • Michigan Avenue
    Michigan Avenue

    Michigan Avenue may refer to:*Michigan Avenue *Michigan Avenue , a designation for much of both current and former U.S. Route 12 in Michigan...
    /US 12 runs from downtown Detroit through the western suburbs toward Ypsilanti, passes south of Ann Arbor, and eventually reaches Chicago, Illinois.
  • Woodward Avenue (M-1)
    M-1 (Michigan highway)

    M-1, more commonly known as Woodward Avenue, is a north-south Michigan Highway System in the U.S. state of Michigan. Until a few years ago, the northern terminus of M-1 was at Interstate 75 Business and U.S....
     is considered the Detroit area's main thoroughfare. It is the dividing line between the East Side and the West Side. Woodward stretches from downtown Pontiac to the Detroit River
    Detroit River

    The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system, about 32 miles long and 0.5 to 2.5 miles wide. The name comes from French language Rivi?re du D?troit, i.e....
     near Hart Plaza. In Downtown Detroit, the Fox Theatre
    Fox Theatre (Detroit)

    The Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan is a 1928 movie palace and performing arts center located at 2111 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, near Grand Circus Park....
     and Detroit Institute of Arts are located on Woodward as well as the Detroit Zoo just outside of the city. The Woodward Dream Cruise
    Woodward Dream Cruise

    The Woodward Dream Cruise is a classic car event held annually on the third Saturday of August. The WDC Event spans much of Woodward Avenue from Pontiac, Michigan through Ferndale, Michigan in Oakland County, Michigan, Michigan, all the way to the State Fair Grounds inside the Detroit city limits, just south of 8 Mile Road....
    , a classic car cruise from Pontiac to Ferndale
    Ferndale, Michigan

    Ferndale is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms part of the Metro Detroit. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 22,105....
     is held in August and is the largest single day classic car cruise in America.
  • Telegraph Road
    Telegraph Road (Michigan)

    In the U.S. state of Michigan, U.S. Route 24, also known as Telegraph Road, is a major north-south Michigan Highway System; it is mostly divided highway....
     (US 24) is a major north-south road extending from Toledo, Ohio
    Toledo, Ohio

    Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
     through Monroe, Wayne, and Oakland Counties to Pontiac
    Pontiac, Michigan

    Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 66,337....
    . It has gained notoriety in a song (Telegraph Road) by the group Dire Straits
    Dire Straits

    Dire Straits were a United Kingdom Rock music, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers , and managed by Ed Bicknell....
    .
  • Dixie Highway
    Dixie Highway

    The Dixie Highway was a United States automobile highway first planned in 1914, to connect the US Midwest with the Southern United States. It was part of the National Auto Trail system, and grew out of an earlier Miami, Florida to Montreal highway....
     or (Dix-Toledo) is one of America's historic highways. Its eastern division extended from Miami, FL to Sault Ste. Marie, MI. The remnants of this highway exist northbound and southbound through the Detroit metropolitan area.
  • Fort Street (M-85)
    M-85 (Michigan highway)

    M-85, also known as Fort Street or Fort Road for its entire length, is a state highway route in the U.S. state of Michigan.M-85 was designated to service Downriver communities southwest of Detroit, Michigan bordering the Detroit River as the Interstate 75 in Michigan was being completed further inland....
     is the only Michigan highway in Downriver.It extends from Flat Rock to Detroit.
  • Grand River Avenue
    Grand River Avenue

    Grand River Avenue is one of the principal pre-Interstate Highway roads in the state of Michigan. The modern road cuts across the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in a southeast-to-northwest fashion from Detroit, Michigan to Grand Rapids, Michigan....
     connects the suburbs of Brighton, Novi, and Farmington to downtown Detroit. It is one of the 5 roads planned by Judge August Woodward to radiate out from Detroit and connect the city to other parts of the state.


Mile roads

Surface street navigation in Metro Detroit is commonly anchored by "mile roads", major east-west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile 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.

Mass transit

Please see articles: Detroit People Mover
Detroit People Mover

The Detroit People Mover is a 2.9 mile people mover system which operates a single-track, one-way loop through the central business district of downtown Detroit, Michigan, Michigan....
, Detroit Department of Transportation
Detroit Department of Transportation

The Detroit Department of Transportation is the public transit operator in Detroit, Michigan, and the largest in the state....
 (DDOT), and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation

The 'Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation' is the public transit operator serving suburban Detroit, Michigan. Beginning operations in 1967 as the "SouthEastern Michigan Transportation Authority" or "SEMTA", it operates 44 "linehaul" and three "park-and-ride" bus routes in Wayne County, Michigan, Oakland County, Michig...
 (SMART).

Education


  • Ave Maria College
    Ave Maria College

    'Ave Maria University - Latin American Campus' is a branch campus of Ave Maria University in Florida. It is located in the small town of San Marcos, Carazo, Nicaragua....
    , Ypsilanti
    Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,362....
  • Cleary University
    Cleary University

    Cleary University is a business university with campuses in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Howell, Michigan, Michigan ....
    , Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
     and Howell
    Howell, Michigan

    Howell is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 9,232. It is the county seat of Livingston County, Michigan and is located mostly within Howell Township, Michigan, but is politically independent....
  • College for Creative Studies
    College for Creative Studies

    College for Creative Studies is a leading art school in the United States. It is a private, fully accredited, four-year college located in Detroit, Michigan....
    , Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • Concordia University
    Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Concordia University is a private liberal arts university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Its 187 acre campus sits on the banks of the Huron River , about ten minutes outside downtown Ann Arbor....
    , Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
    Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    Bloomfield Hills is an affluent city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 3,940....
  • Davenport University
    Davenport University

    Davenport University is a Private university, non-profit, multi-location university located Northern Indiana and throughout Michigan. It was established in 1866 and currently offers Master's Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, Associate's Degrees, diplomas, and post-grad certification programs in business, technology, health professions, and gradua...
  • Dorsey Business School
  • Eastern Michigan University
    Eastern Michigan University

    Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The university is governed by an eight-member Board of Regents, who are appointed by the Governor of Michigan for eight-year terms....
    , Ypsilanti
    Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,362....
  • Henry Ford Community College
    Henry Ford Community College

    Henry Ford Community College is a public school community college located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school, established in 1938, is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Michigan Commission on College Accreditation....
    , Dearborn
    Dearborn, Michigan

    Dearborn is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in the Metro Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, and is the tenth largest city in the U.S....
  • Kettering University
    Kettering University

    Kettering University is a university in Flint, Michigan, offering degrees in engineering, math, science, and business. The campus is located along the Flint River on property that used to be the main manufacturing location for General Motors Corporation....
    , Flint
    Flint, Michigan

    Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
  • Lawrence Technological University
    Lawrence Technological University

    Lawrence Technological University is a private university located in Southfield, Michigan. The school offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in engineering, science, mathematics, architecture, and business....
    , Southfield
    Southfield, Michigan

    Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and is part of the Metro Detroit area....
  • Macomb Community College
    Macomb Community College

    Macomb Community College is a community college with several locations in Michigan....
    , Warren
    Warren, Michigan

    Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, Michigan, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit largest suburb....
     and Clinton Township
    Clinton Township, Michigan

    Clinton Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan:*Clinton Charter Township, Michigan in Macomb County*Clinton Township, Lenawee County, Michigan...
  • Madonna University
    Madonna University

    Madonna University is a private, non-profit, Catholic university located in suburban Livonia, Michigan, Michigan, on the western perimeter of metropolitan Detroit....
    , Livonia
    Livonia, Michigan

    Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways....
  • Marygrove College
    Marygrove College

    Location and PurposeMarygrove College is an independent, Catholic, liberal arts college located in Detroit, Michigan. The college is sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary....
    , Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • Michigan State University
    Michigan State University

    Michigan State University is a public university research university in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan United States. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act....
    , Troy
    Troy, Michigan

    Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The population was 80,959 at the 2000 United States Census, making it the 12th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the second-largest city in Oakland County after Farmington Hills, Michigan....
  • Monroe County Community College
    Monroe County Community College

    Monroe County Community College is a public, two year community college, located in Monroe, Michigan, USA. It was founded in 1964. MCCC also has another location, the Whitman Center, which is located in nearby Temperance, Michigan....
    , Monroe
    Monroe, Michigan

    Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,076. It is county seat of Monroe County, Michigan....
  • Mott Community College
    Mott Community College

    Charles Stewart Mott Community College is a public school community college located in Flint, Michigan. Its district is the same as the Genesee Intermediate School District and is governed by an elected board of Trustees....
    , Flint
    Flint, Michigan

    Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
  • Northwood University
    Northwood University

    Northwood University is a private university with multiple locations. The school has four residential campuses: Midland, Michigan , Cedar Hill, Texas , West Palm Beach, Florida and a joint program with Hotel Institute Montreux in Montreux, Switzerland began in 2001....
  • Oakland Community College
    Oakland Community College

    Oakland Community College is a community college established June 8 1964 in Oakland County, Michigan. It opened September 1965 with two campuses - Highland Lakes, a renovated hospital in Union Lake, Michigan, and Auburn Hills, a former US Army Nike missile site in Auburn Hills, Michigan....
  • Oakland University
    Oakland University

    Oakland University is a public university located between Rochester Hills, Michigan and Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the only major research university in Oakland County, Michigan, from which OU derives its name....
    , Rochester
    Rochester, Michigan

    Rochester is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The population was 10,467 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Rochester College
    Rochester College

    Rochester College is a private four-year college located in Rochester Hills, MI, Michigan and affiliated with the Church of Christ. The college was founded in 1959....
    , Rochester Hills
    Rochester Hills, Michigan

    Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 68,825....
  • Schoolcraft College
    Schoolcraft College

    Schoolcraft College is a two-year community college located in Livonia, Michigan with a satellite campus in Garden City, MI. Schoolcraft College was established in 1961....
    , Livonia
    Livonia, Michigan

    Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways....
  • Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts
    Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts

    The Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts is an educational institution, dedicated to preparing people for a career in radio and television broadcasting....
    , Southfield
    Southfield, Michigan

    Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and is part of the Metro Detroit area....
  • Sacred Heart Major Seminary
    Sacred Heart Major Seminary

    Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a Catholic institution of higher learning associated with the Archdiocese of Detroit. It is located at 2701 West Chicago Boulevard, at the western edge of the Boston-Edison Historic District in Detroit, Michigan....
    , Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary
    SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary

    SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary is a four-year private Poland seminary in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan. SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary was founded in 1885 in Detroit, Michigan, to prepare candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood primarily to serve Polish American immigrant communities....
    , Orchard Lake
  • University of Detroit Mercy
    University of Detroit Mercy

    University of Detroit Mercy is a comprehensive university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, created in 1990. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan....
    , Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • University of Michigan
    University of Michigan

    The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
    , Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
  • University of Michigan–Dearborn
  • University of Michigan-Flint
    University of Michigan-Flint

    The University of Michigan?Flint is a selective public institution located in Flint, Michigan, United States. It is one of three campuses in the University of Michigan system....
  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School
    Thomas M. Cooley Law School

    Thomas M. Cooley Law School, whose main campus is located in Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, is the largest law school as measured by full-time and part-time student enrollment, in the United States....
    , Auburn Hills
    Auburn Hills, Michigan

    Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,837 at the United States Census, 2000. The city was formed in 1983 from the now defunct Pontiac Township, Michigan....
  • Walsh College of Accountancy and Business
    Walsh College of Accountancy and Business

    Walsh College of Accountancy and Business is a private, non-profit business college based in Troy, Michigan, Michigan. The school was founded in 1922 by Mervyn B....
    , Troy
    Troy, Michigan

    Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The population was 80,959 at the 2000 United States Census, making it the 12th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the second-largest city in Oakland County after Farmington Hills, Michigan....
  • Washtenaw Community College
    Washtenaw Community College

    Washtenaw Community College is a community college located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1965, the school has comprehensive training partnerships with local and national businesses and organizations, and transfer agreements with the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and University of Michigan?Dearborn....
    , Ann Arbor
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
  • Wayne County Community College
    Wayne County Community College

    Wayne County Community College or WC3 & WCCCD is a two year school located in south eastern Michigan. It was founded in 1967.The College has six campuses: Eastern, Downtown, Downriver, Northwest,Western, and University Square....
    ,
  • Wayne State University
    Wayne State University

    Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown, Detroit#Midtown Cultural Center, Detroit and is a 4th tier national university comprised of 12 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students....
    , Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....


Notable high schools

  • Cass Technical High School
    Cass Technical High School

    Lewis Cass Technical High School is a four-year high school in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States. The school is named in honor of Lewis Cass, an United States military officer and politician who served as governor of the Michigan Territory from 1813 until 1831....
  • Cranbrook Kingswood School
  • Detroit Country Day School
    Detroit Country Day School

    Detroit Country Day School is a private, secular school located in Beverly Hills, Michigan, Michigan, north of Detroit.DCDS was founded in Detroit in 1914, inspired by the Country Day School movement....
  • International Academy
    International Academy

    The International Academy, or IA, is a high school located in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan, with additional campuses in White Lake Township and Troy, Michigan, Michigan....
    , Bloomfield Hills
    Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    Bloomfield Hills is an affluent city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 3,940....
  • Detroit Catholic Central High School
    Detroit Catholic Central High School

    Detroit Catholic Central High School is a private, Roman Catholic Church, all-male, college preparatory high school in Novi, Michigan, Michigan....
    , Novi, Michigan
    Novi, Michigan

    Novi is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 47,386. In 2007, the city completed a special census which places the current population at 52,231....
  • De La Salle Collegiate High School
    De La Salle Collegiate High School

    De La Salle Collegiate High School is an all-boys Catholic high school run by the Lasallian Brothers . Founded in 1926, the school was located on the east side of Detroit before moving to its current location in Warren, Michigan in 1982....
    , Warren, Michigan
    Warren, Michigan

    Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, Michigan, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit largest suburb....
  • University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
    University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy

    The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, founded in 1877, is one of two Society of Jesus high schools in the city of Detroit, Michigan ....
    , Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • Greenhills School
    Greenhills School

    Greenhills School is a small independent college preparatory school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA....
  • Grosse Pointe South High School
    Grosse Pointe South High School

    Grosse Pointe South High Schoolis one of two public high schools located in the Grosse Pointes, suburban cities adjacent to Detroit, Michigan. The first public high school in the area, Grosse Pointe South was later joined by Grosse Pointe North High School in 1968....
    , Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
    Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

    Grosse Pointe Farms is an upscale suburban city bordering Detroit, Michigan located in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,764 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Henry Ford Academy
    Henry Ford Academy

    Henry Ford Academy is the first charter school in the United States to be developed jointly by a global corporation, public education, and a major nonprofit cultural institution....
    , Dearborn, Michigan
    Dearborn, Michigan

    Dearborn is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in the Metro Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, and is the tenth largest city in the U.S....
  • Mercy High School
    Mercy High School (Farmington Hills, Michigan)

    Mercy High School is a private school, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit and is recognized as a national Exemplary Private High School by the United States Department of Education....
    , Farmington Hills, Michigan
    Farmington Hills, Michigan

    Farmington Hills is an affluent community and the most populous city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 82,111....
  • Southfield Christian School (Southfield, Michigan)
  • Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory High School
  • Arts Academy in the Woods- Warren, Michigan
    Warren, Michigan

    Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, Michigan, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit largest suburb....
    , now Fraser, Michigan
    Fraser, Michigan

    Fraser is a city in Macomb County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,297 at the 2000 census. The city is part of the Metro Detroit region....
  • Regina High School (Michigan)
    Regina High School (Michigan)

    Regina High School is a Roman Catholic, private, four year college preparatory high school for girls in Warren, Michigan. From the school's founding in 1956 through June, 2007, Regina was located in Harper Woods, Michigan, but moved to Warren, Michigan at the start of the 2007-2008 school year....
     — Harper Woods, Michigan
    Harper Woods, Michigan

    Harper Woods is a city located on the eastside of suburban Detroit. The city is located in Wayne County, Michigan in the state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 14,254....
    , now Warren, Michigan
    Warren, Michigan

    Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, Michigan, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit largest suburb....
  • The Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy, West Bloomfield
    West Bloomfield

    West Bloomfield can refer to several places in the United States:* West Bloomfield Township, Michigan* West Bloomfield, New York...
    , Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....


See also

  • Images of metropolitan Detroit


External links

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