Metro Detroit DetroitWarrenLivonia MSA DetroitAnn ArborFlint CSA   CSA   Cranbrook Art Museum (top left) in Bloomfield Hills and The Henry Ford (top center) in Dearborn are National Historic Landmarks. A simulated-color satellite image of Metro Detroit with Windsor across the river taken on NASA's Landsat 7 satellite. Country  United States State Michigan Largest city Detroit Counties List In MSA: Lapeer Livingston Macomb Oakland St. Clair Wayne   Additional in CSA: Genesee Monroe Washtenaw Area  - Urban 1261.4 sq mi (3267 km2)  - MSA 3913 sq mi (10134.6 km2)  - CSA 5814 sq mi (15058.2 km2) Elevation 5691280 ft (173390 m) Population (2010)1  - Urban 3903377 (9th)  - MSA 4296250 (11th)  - CSA 5218852 (11th)   MSA/CSA 2010 Urban 2000 Time zone EST (UTC-5)  - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) Area code(s) 248 313 586 734 810 947

The Detroit metropolitan area often referred to as Metro Detroit is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area linking the Great Lakes system. As a major metropolitan area it is known for its automotive heritage arts entertainment and popular music and sports legacies. The area includes a variety of natural landscapes parks and beaches with a recreational coastline linking the Great Lakes. Contents 1 Definitions 2 Economy 3 Tourism 4 Demographics 5 Transportation 5.1 Major airports 5.2 Transit systems 5.3 Roads and freeways 6 Education 7 Area codes 8 Sports 9 See also 10 Notes and references 11 External links Definitions See also: Michigan census statistical areas

The Detroit Urban Area which serves as the core of the Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks as the 9th most populous of the United States with a population of 3903377 as of the 2000 census and area of 1261.4 square miles (3267 km2). This urbanized area includes the counties of Wayne Oakland and Macomb.2 These counties are sometimes referred to informally as the Detroit Tri-County Area and had an estimated population of 3962783 as of 2009. Michigan map: MSA counties in dark yellow with additional CSA counties in light yellow.

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines the DetroitWarrenLivonia Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as the six counties of Lapeer Livingston Macomb Oakland St. Clair and Wayne. As of the 2000 census the MSA had a population of 4441551. The Census Bureau's 2009 estimate placed the population at 4403437 which ranks it as the eleventh-largest MSA.1 The MSA covers an area of 3913 square miles (10130 km2).

The nine-county area designated by the United States Census Bureau as the DetroitAnn ArborFlint Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes the three additional counties of Genesee Monroe and Washtenaw the metropolitan areas of Flint Ann Arbor and Monroe plus the Detroit-Warren-Livonia MSA. It had a population of 5357538 as of the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's 2009 estimate placed the population at 5327764.1 This CSA covers an area of 5814 square miles (15060 km2). Lenawee County was removed from Detroit's CSA in 2000.

With the adjacent city of Windsor Ontario and its suburbs the combined Detroit-Windsor area has a population of about 5.7 million.3 When the nearby Toledo Metropolitan Area and its commuters are taken into account the region constitutes a much larger population center. An estimated 46 million people live within a 300-mile (480 km) radius of Detroit proper.4 Metro Detroit is at the center of the Great Lakes Megalopolis. Economy Main article: Economy of metropolitan Detroit See also: List of companies based in Michigan

The region's nine county area with its population of 5.4 million has a workforce of about 2.6 million with about 247000 businesses.5 Metro Detroit has made Michigan's economy a leader in information technology biotechnology and advanced manufacturing; Michigan ranks fourth nationally in high tech employment with 568000 high tech workers including 70000 in the automotive industry.67 Michigan typically ranks second or third in overall Research & development (R&D) expenditures in the United States.89 Metro Detroit is an important source of engineering job opportunities. As the home of the "Big Three" American automakers (General Motors Ford and Chrysler) it is the world's traditional automotive center and a key pillar of the U.S. economy.101112 For 2010 the domestic automakers have reported significant profits indicating the beginning of rebound.13 141516

In November 2010 the metro area unemployment rate was 12 percent during the recession.1718 Metro Detroit shared in the economic difficulties brought on by the stock market drop following the September 11 2001 attacks which had impacted the pension and benefit funds of American companies including General Motors Ford and Chrysler.19 In the 2000s the domestic auto industry accounts directly and indirectly for one of ten jobs in the United States making it a significant component for economic recovery.20 The Renaissance Center GM's world headquarters

During the Economic crisis of 2008 President George W. Bush extended loans from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds in order to help the Big three automakers bridge the recession. 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.21

In spite of these efforts the severity of the recession required Detroit's automakers to take additional steps to restructure including idling many plants. With the U.S. Treasury extending the necessary debtor in possession financing Chrysler and GM filed separate 'pre-packaged' Chapter 11 restructurings in May and June 2009 respectively.22 Southfield Town Center Metro Detroit serves as the headquarters for the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM) with Selfridge Air National Guard Base. 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 is a major U.S. port23 with an extensive toll-free expressway system.2425 A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150000 jobs in the Detroit-Windsor region and $13 billion in annual production depend on Detroit's international border crossing.26 A source of top talent the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is one of the world's leading research institutions27 and Wayne State University in Detroit has the largest single-campus medical school in the United States.28 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 10000 mark for the number of major new developments.29 Metro Detroit is a leading corporate location with major office complexes such as the Renaissance Center the Southfield Town Center and Cadillac Place with the Fisher Building in the historic New Center area. Both BorgWarner and TRW Automotive Holdings chose Metro Detroit for their new headquarters. Quicken Loans Ernst & Young Ally Financial Visteon and OnStar are sources of growth. Compuware IBM Google and Covansys are examples information technology and software companies with a headquarters or major presence in Metro Detroit. HP Enterprise Services makes Metro Detroit its regional headquarters and one of its largest global employment locations. The metropolitan Detroit area has one of the nation's largest office markets with 147082003 square feet.30 Virtually every major U.S company and many from around the globe have a presence in Metro Detroit. Chrysler's largest corporate facility is its U.S. headquarters and technology center in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills. In decade leading up to 2006 downtown Detroit gained more than $15 billion in new investment from private and public sectors.31 Tourism Main articles: Architecture of metropolitan Detroit Tourism in metropolitan Detroit and Culture of Detroit Tourism is an important component of the region's culture and economy comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs.32 About 15.9 million people visit metro Detroit annually spending about $4.8 billion.33 Detroit is the largest city or metro area in the U.S. to offer casino resort hotels (MGM Grand Detroit MotorCity Casino Greektown Casino and nearby Caesars Windsor).34 The Detroit Zoo's Arctic Ring of Life. Metro Detroit is a tourist destination easily accommodating super-sized crowds to events such as the North American International Auto Show the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival 2009 NCAA Final Four and Super Bowl XL. The Detroit International Riverfront links the Renaissance Center 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 area downtown.35 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 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 (77 km) of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline. Detroit Institute of Arts. Metro Detroit contains a number of shopping malls including the upscale Somerset Collection in Troy and the Great Lakes Crossing outlet mall in Auburn Hills both major draws for tourists. The region's leading attraction is The Henry Ford located in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn which is America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex.3637 The recent renovation of the Renaissance Center 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. 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.438 Demographics A view of the Detroit International Riverfront from Belle Isle. See also: Michigan locations by per capita income Historical populations Census Pop. % 1950 3016197 1960 3762360 24.7% 1970 4307470 14.5% 1980 4353365 1.1% 1990 4382299 0.7% 2000 4452557 1.6% Est. 2010 4296250 3.5% In 1701 French officer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac along with fifty-one additional French-Canadians founded a settlement called Fort Ponchartrain du Dtroit naming it after the comte de Pontchartrain Minister of Marine under Louis XIV. The French legacy can be observed today in the names of many area cities (ex. Detroit Grosse Pointe Grosse Ile) and streets (ex. Gratiot Beaubien St. Antoinedisambiguation needed Cadieux). Later came an influx of persons of British and German descent followed by Polish Irish Italian Lebanese Assyrian/Chaldean Greek Jewish and Belgian immigrants who made their way to the area in the early 20 century and during and after World War II.39 There was a large migration into the city of from the rural South following World War I.39 Today the Detroit suburbs in Oakland County Macomb County and northeastern and northwestern Wayne County are predominantly Caucasian. Oakland County is among the most affluent counties in the United States with populations over one million.40 In Wayne County the city of Dearborn has a large concentration of Arab Americans mainly Lebanese. Recently the area has witnessed some growth in Albanian Asian and Hispanic populations. Immigration continues to play a role in the region's projected growth with the population of Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint (CMSA) estimated to be 6191000 by 2025.41 In the 2000s 115 of the 185 cities and townships in Metro Detroit were over 95% white. Of the more than 240000 suburban blacks in Metro Detroit 44% lived in Inkster Oak Park Pontiac and Southfield; most of the African American population in the area resided in Detroit Highland Park Inkster Pontiac and Southfield.42 v d eMetro Detroit Major city Detroit Municipalities over 80000 Canton Township Clinton Township Dearborn Farmington Hills Livonia Sterling Heights Troy Warren Westland Municipalities 5000080000 Dearborn Heights  Farmington Hills   Grosse Pointe   Macomb Township  Novi   Pontiac  Redford Township  Rochester Hills  Royal Oak  Saint Clair Shores  Shelby Township  Southfield  Taylor  Waterford Township  West Bloomfield Township Satellite cities Adrian  Ann Arbor  Brighton  Flint  Howell  Jackson  Lapeer  Monroe   Port Huron Toledo Windsor Counties in MSA Lapeer  Livingston   Macomb  Oakland  St. Clair  Wayne Counties in CSA Genesee Monroe Washtenaw Region Southeast Michigan Great Lakes Outlying regions Central Michigan  Flint/Tri-Cities  Northwest Ohio Southwestern Ontario Topics Architecture  Culture  Detroit River  Economy  Freeways  History  Historic places  International Riverfront  Lake St. Clair  Media  Music  Parks and beaches  People  Skyscrapers  Sports  Theatre  Tourism Transportation - Wayne County Seat. Transportation Main article: Transportation in metropolitan Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Airport is the region's major international airport. The McNamara Terminal's ExpressTram is used to transport passengers from one end of the terminal to the other Major airports Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (ARB) Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) (Detroit) - General aviation only Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) (Romulus) - Major commercial airport hub for Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines Flint-Bishop International Airport(FNT) (Flint) - Commercial airport Oakland County International Airport (PTK) Waterford Township) - Charter passenger facility St. Clair County International Airport (near Port Huron Michigan) - An international airport on the U.S. and Canadian Border. Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Mount Clemens) - Military airbase Willow Run Airport (YIP) (Ypsilanti) - Cargo general aviation charter passenger traffic Transit systems Bus service for the metropolitan area is provided jointly by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) which operate under a cooperative service and fare agreement. The Woodward Avenue Light Rail beginning in 2013 will serve as a link between the Detroit People Mover monorail which encircles the downtown and SEMCOG Commuter Rail which extends from Detroit's New Center area to The Henry Ford Dearborn Detroit Metropolitan Airport Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor43 Roads and freeways Main article: Roads and freeways in metropolitan Detroit The Metro Detroit area is linked by a advanced network of major roads and freeways which include Interstate highways. Traditionally Detroiters refer to some of their freeways by name rather than route number. The Davison Lodge and Southfield freeways are almost always referred to by name rather than route number. Detroiters commonly precede freeway names with the word 'the' as in the Lodge the Southfield and the Davison. Those without names are referred to by number. Surface street navigation in Metro Detroit is commonly anchored by "mile roads" major east-west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile (1.6 km) intervals and increment as one travels north and away from the city center. Mile roads sometimes have two names the numeric name (ex. 15 Mile Road) used in Macomb County and a local name (ex. Maple Road) used in Oakland County mostly. v d eFreeways in metropolitan Detroit Fisher (I-75)  Edsel Ford (I-94)  Jeffries (I-96)  I-275  Chrysler (I-375)  Walter Reuther (I-696) M-5  Davison (M-8)  Lodge (M-10)  M-14  Southfield (M-39)  Van Dyke (M-53)  M-59 Education See also: List of high schools in Michigan University of Michigan . Ave Maria College Ypsilanti Baker College Allen Park Auburn Hills Clinton Township and Flint Cleary University Ann Arbor and Howell College for Creative Studies Detroit Concordia University Ann Arbor Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills Davenport University Dorsey Business School Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti Henry Ford Community College Dearborn Kettering University Flint Lawrence Technological University Southfield Macomb Community College Warren and Clinton Township Madonna University Livonia Marygrove College Detroit Michigan State University Management Education Center Troy Monroe County Community College Monroe Mott Community College Flint Northwood University Oakland Community College Oakland University Rochester Rochester College Rochester Saint Clair County Community College Port Huron Schoolcraft College Livonia Specs Howard School of Media Arts Southfield Sacred Heart Major Seminary Detroit SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary Orchard Lake University of Detroit Mercy Detroit University of Michigan Ann Arbor University of MichiganDearborn University of Michigan-Flint Thomas M. Cooley Law School Auburn Hills Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Troy Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor Wayne County Community College Wayne State University Detroit Area codes Metro Detroit is served by eight telephone area codes (ten if Windsor is included). The 313 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 along with the newer 947 area code overlay mostly serve Oakland County. Macomb County is largely served by 586. Genesee St. Clair and Lapeer counties eastern Livingston County and part of northern Oakland County are covered by 810. Washtenaw Monroe and western Wayne are in the 734 area. The Windsor area (and most of southwestern Ontario) is served by 519 and 226. Sports See also: Sports in metropolitan Detroit 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 home of the Michigan Wolverines is the largest American football 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 Super Bowl XVI Super Bowl XL the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the first two games of the 2006 World Series. Club Sport League Venue Location Detroit Lions Football NFL (National Football Conference) Ford Field Detroit Detroit Red Wings Ice hockey NHL (Western Conference) Joe Louis Arena Detroit Detroit Pistons Basketball NBA (Eastern Conference) The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills Detroit Tigers Baseball MLB (American League) Comerica Park Detroit Eastern Michigan University various NCAA (Mid-American Conference) various including Rynearson Stadium and The EMU Convocation Center Ypsilanti Oakland University Golden Grizzlies various NCAA (The Summit League) various Rochester University of Detroit Mercy Titans various NCAA (Horizon League) various including Calihan Hall Detroit University of Michigan Wolverines various NCAA (Big Ten Conference Central Collegiate Hockey Association) various including Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Wayne State University Warriors various NCAA (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference College Hockey America) various Detroit various Auto racing NASCAR IRL ARCA Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Detroit APBA Gold Cup Hydroplane racing APBA Detroit River Detroit Detroit Ignition Indoor soccer Xtreme Soccer League Compuware Arena Plymouth Township Plymouth Whalers Hockey Ontario Hockey League Compuware Arena Plymouth Township Detroit Waza indoor soccer PASL Compuware Arena Plymouth Township See also Metro Detroit portal Detroit travel guide from Wikitravel Images of Metro Detroit Notes and references a b c "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1 2000 to July 1 2009". US Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/CBSA-est2009-annual.html. Retrieved July 18 2010.  Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau Windsor Ontario. Retrieved on July 18 2010. a b Cities located close to Detroit.Time and Date world clock distances. Retrieved on September 2 2007. Regional Profile Detroit Regional Chamber. Retrieved on June 17 2009. MEDC (2009).Michigan: High Technology Focus State of Michigan. Retrieved on June 17 2009. Metro Detroit Michigan score high in biotech VC rankings. Metromode 12-17-2009. Retrieved on July 14 2010. MEDC(2009).Michigan Advantage State of Michigan. Retrieved on June 17 2009. NSF 01-320 (2001).R&D Spending is Highly Concentrated in a Small Number of States National Science Foundation "Michigan Cities". Encyclopedia Britannica Online. http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-204598/Michigan. Retrieved December 26 2008. "Detroit is the automobile capital of the world"  "SAE World Congress convenes in Detroit". http://www.sae.org/congress/. Retrieved December 26 2008.  Lawrence Peter (2009).Interview with Michigan's Governor Corporate Design Foundation. Retrieved on May 2 2009. "Michigan is known as the world's automotive center." Shoenberger Robert (May 25 2010).Rebounding auto industry boosts Shiloh Industries' second-quarter sales profit. Cleveland.com. Retrieved on September 18 2010. Schroeder Robert (July 30 2010).Obama says U.S. auto industry on rebound. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on September 9 2010. GM posts profit CEO Whitacre to retire.CNN Money. Retrieved on September 18 2010. Cwiek Sarah (November 30 2010).New study shows strong economic recovery in Metro Detroit. NPR Michigan. Retrieved December 4 2010. Bureau of Labor Statistics (January 2011). Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas. U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved January 12 2011. 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MEDC (2005) Michigan #2 in the Nation for New Corporate Facilities and Expansions in 2004 Globeinvestor.com PR NEWS WIRE Colliers International Market report 2006 The Urban Markets Initiative Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program The Social Compact Inc. University of Michigan Graduate Real Estate Program (October 2006).Downtown Detroit In Focus: A Profile of Market Opportunity. Downtown Detroit Partnership. Retrieved on July 14 2010. "Detroit: Economy Major Industries and Commercial Activity". Advameg Inc.. http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Midwest/Detroit-Economy.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12.  Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau statistics Mink Randy and Karen Mink (July 2001).Detroit Turns 300 - Detroit 300 Festival. Travel America World Publishing Co. Gale Group. Fifth Third Bank rocks the Winter Blast.Michigan Chronicle.(March 14 2006). America's Story Explore the States: Michigan (2006). Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Library of Congress State of Michigan: MI Kids (2006).Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Audi Tamara (September 26 2007). What Happens In Detroit. The Wall Street Journal B6. "But the market at issue as MGM Mirage sees it includes a 300-mile radius of potential overnight clients across the region" a b Baulch Vivian M. (September 4 1999). Michigan's greatest treasure -- Its people. Michigan History The Detroit News. Retrieved on April 4 2009. "200405 Community profile Oakland County". Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070709220902/http://www.oakgov.com/peds/assets/docs/communityprofiles/OakCounty.pdf#search%22Oakland%20County%20richest%22. Retrieved 11 July 2007. "Oakland County also ranks as the fourth wealthiest county in the nation among counties with populations of more than one million people."  Metro Area Factsheet: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint Michigan CMSA.Federation for Immigration Reform. Retrieved on April 12 2011. Towbridge Gordon. "Racial divide widest in US." The Detroit News. January 14 2002. Retrieved on March 30 2009. Ann Arbor - Detroit Regional Rail Project SEMCOG. Retrieved on February 4 2010. External links Southeast Michigan Council of Governments Clarke Historical Library Central Michigan University Bibliography on Michigan (arranged by counties and regions) Michigan Geology -- Clarke Historical Library Central Michigan University. Michigan's Official Economic Development and Travel Site. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp.  Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format. v d eCity of Detroit Architecture  Culture  Detroit River  Economy  Freeways  Government  History  Historic places  International Riverfront  Media  Music  Neighborhoods  Parks and beaches  People  Skyscrapers  Sports  Theatre  Tourism  Transportation Metro Detroit Michigan United States v d eMetro Detroit Topics Architecture  Culture  Detroit River  Economy  Freeways  History  Historic places  International Riverfront  Lake St. Clair  Media  Music  Parks and beaches  People  Skyscrapers  Sports  Theatre  Tourism Transportation Major city Detroit Municipalities over 80000 Canton Township  Clinton Township  Dearborn  Livonia  Sterling Heights  Troy  Warren  Westland Municipalities 50000 to 80000 Dearborn Heights  Farmington Hills  Grosse Pointe  Macomb Township  Novi  Pontiac  Redford Township  Rochester Hills  Royal Oak  Saint Clair Shores  Shelby Township  Southfield  Taylor  Waterford Township  West Bloomfield Township Satellite cities Ann Arbor  Brighton  Flint  Howell  Lapeer  Monroe  Port Huron  Toledo  Windsor  Ypsilanti Counties in MSA Lapeer  Livingston  Macomb  Oakland  St. Clair  Wayne Counties in CSA Genesee  Monroe   Washtenaw Regions Southeast Michigan  Great Lakes Outlying regions Central Michigan  Flint/Tri-Cities  Northwest Ohio  Southwestern Ontario  Michigan  United States v d e State of Michigan Lansing (capital) Topics Congressional delegation  Geography  Governors  History  Islands  Legislature  Lieutenant Governors  Lighthouses  Museums  National Historic Landmarks  National Register of Historic Places listings  People  State Historic Sites  State parks  Supreme Court  Tallest buildings  Timeline  Topics  Visitor attractions Regions Upper Peninsula Copper Country  Keweenaw Peninsula  Gogebic Range Lower Peninsula Central Michigan  Southern Michigan  Flint/Tri-Cities  The Thumb  The Greater Tri Cities  Michiana  Northern Michigan  Southeast Michigan  Metro Detroit  West Michigan Largest Municipalities Alpena  Ann Arbor  Battle Creek  Bay City  Bloomfield Township  Canton Township  Chesterfield Township  Clinton Township  Commerce Township  Dearborn  Dearborn Heights  Detroit  East Lansing  Eastpointe  Farmington Hills  Flint  Flint Township  Georgetown Township  Grand Rapids  Holland  Jackson  Kalamazoo  Kentwood  Lansing  Lincoln Park  Livonia  Macomb Township  Meridian Township  Midland  Muskegon  Novi  Pontiac  Portage  Redford  Rochester Hills  Roseville  Royal Oak  Saginaw  Saginaw Township  St. Clair Shores  Shelby Township  Southfield  Sterling Heights  Taylor  Troy  Warren  Waterford Township  West Bloomfield  Westland  Wyoming  Ypsilanti Township Counties Alcona  Alger  Allegan  Alpena  Antrim  Arenac  Baraga  Barry  Bay  Benzie  Berrien  Branch  Calhoun  Cass  Charlevoix  Cheboygan  Chippewa  Clare  Clinton  Crawford  Delta  Dickinson  Eaton  Emmet  Genesee  Gladwin  Gogebic  Grand Traverse  Gratiot  Hillsdale  Houghton  Huron  Ingham  Ionia  Iosco  Iron  Isabella  Jackson  Kalamazoo  Kalkaska  Kent  Keweenaw  Lake  Lapeer  Leelanau  Lenawee  Livingston  Luce  Mackinac  Macomb  Manistee  Marquette  Mason  Mecosta  Menominee  Midland  Missaukee  Monroe  Montcalm  Montmorency  Muskegon  Newaygo  Oakland  Oceana  Ogemaw  Ontonagon  Osceola  Oscoda  Otsego  Ottawa  Presque Isle  Roscommon  Saginaw  Sanilac  Schoolcraft  Shiawassee  St. Clair  St. Joseph  Tuscola  Van Buren  Washtenaw  Wayne  Wexford v d e50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the United States by population     New York Los Angeles Chicago DallasFort Worth Philadelphia Houston Miami Washington Atlanta Boston Detroit Phoenix San FranciscoOakland RiversideSan Bernardino Seattle MinneapolisSt. Paul San Diego St. Louis TampaSt. Petersburg Baltimore Denver Pittsburgh Portland Cincinnati Sacramento Cleveland Orlando San Antonio Kansas City Las Vegas San Jose Columbus Charlotte Indianapolis Austin Virginia BeachNorfolk Providence Nashville Milwaukee Jacksonville Memphis Louisville Richmond Oklahoma City Hartford New Orleans Birmingham Salt Lake City Raleigh Buffalo Coordinates: 422129N 831254W / 42.358N 83.215W / 42.358; -83.215