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Metro Detroit, Oakland, Macomb and Lapeer county information
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Detroit and Wayne County
 Wayne County is located in Southeastern Michigan and contains approximately 623 square miles. Oakland and Macomb Counties border Wayne County on the north, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River form a natural boundary on the east, Monroe County lies on the south, and Washtenaw County on the west.
The city of Detroit is located in the northeast section of the county and at 139 square miles, accounts for 22 percent of the total land area and nearly 50 percent of the total county population. Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and the tenth largest city in the nation.
The largest airport in Michigan, the Detroit-Wayne County Metropolitan Airport is 13th in the world for total airport operations and one of the nation's ten largest international airports. Detroit City Airport provides corporate and private flights close to downtown Detroit. Two other airports offer general aviation services for private executive planes in Wayne County, Mettetal Airport in Canton Township and Grosse Ile Airport on the island township of Grosse Ile.
The metro Detroit area is also home to:
· 9 Universities, 7 colleges and 10 community colleges
· 64 hospitals
· 30 art museums including the Detroit Institute of Art - the 6th largest fine art museum in the country
· 18 professional theaters, including the beautifully restored Fox Theater in downtown Detroit
· The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, a massive indoor-outdoor complex housing an incomparable collection of American artifacts and memorabilia
· The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Opera House
· A well-maintained system of metropolitan parks, including Detroit's beautiful Belle Isle
· Over 200 golf courses, and several marinas with more registered boats in Michigan than any other state in the country
· 18 major shopping malls
Oakland County
Oakland county, home to a mix of urban and rural communities, with its 30 downtown areas and many scenic natural settings, provides a high quality of life for any lifestyle. Countless outdoor recreation opportunities are available including: 3 ski areas, 27 public fishing sites, over 60 public golf courses, more than 1468 lakes and approximately 89,000 acres of public recreation land. Significant entertainment and sports venues include DTE and Meadowbrook outdoor theaters, the Pontiac Silverdome- domed attraction venue, the Palace of Auburn Hills - home to the Detroit Pistons, Cranbrook Institutions and the Detroit Zoological Park. Oakland county also ranks as the fifth wealthiest county in the nation among counties with populations of more than one million people. Like all of Michigan, the county enjoys the variety of four distinct seasons with an average temperature of 51 degrees Fahrenheit, a high of 77 degrees in July and a low of 23 in January.
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Michigan, upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E).
Area, 58,216 sq mi (150,779 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 9,938,444, a 6.9% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Lansing.
Largest city, Detroit.
Motto, Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice [If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look about You].
State bird, robin.
State flower, apple blossom.
State tree, white pine. 
The northern Michigan wilds, numerous inland lakes, and some 3,000 mi (4,800 km) of shoreline, combined with a pleasantly cool summer climate, have long attracted vacationers. In the winter Michigan's snow-covered hills bring skiers from all over the Midwest. Places of interest in the state include Greenfield Village, a re-creation of a 19th-century American village, and the Henry Ford Museum, both at Dearborn ; Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes national lakeshores; and Isle Royal National Park.
Lansing is the capital, and Detroit is the largest city. Other major cities are Grand Rapids, Warren, Flint and Ann Arbor.
Manufacturing accounts for 30% of Michigan's economic production, more than twice as much as any other sector. The manufacture of automobiles and transportation equipment is by far the state's chief industry, and Detroit, Dearborn, Flint, Pontiac, and Lansing are historic centers of automobile production, although the industry is now in dramatic decline throughout the state. The automobile industry's mass-production methods, developed here, were the core of the early-20th-century industrial revolution. The chemical industry in Midland is one of the nation's largest; Kalamazoo is an important paper-manufacturing and pharmaceuticals center; Grand Rapids is noted for its furniture, and Battle Creek for its breakfast foods.
Although mining contributes less to income in the state than either agriculture or manufacturing, Michigan still has important nonfuel mineral production, chiefly of iron ore, cement, sand, and gravel, and is a leading producer of peat, bromine, calcium-magnesium chloride, gypsum, and magnesium compounds.
*Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright (c) 2003. | |
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