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Oakland County's population grew 10.2% between 1990 and 2000, while the state of Michigan grew 5.1%. 13.4% of all people employed in Michigan work in Oakland County. 38% of the Fortune 500 companies do business in Oakland County, and is Michigan's leading center for international commercial activity with 565 foreign-owned firms from 25 countries. More than 59,250 businesses and government agencies are located in the county, including 1/3 of Michigan's R&D firms. There are more than 89,000 acres of park land and 450 lakes. Year round recreation includes 3 downhill ski areas and 60 public golf courses.

General Data

DISTANCE	MILES	KM
Chicago	290	466
Cleveland	190	305
Detroit	20	32
Indianapolis	300	482
Lansing	70	112

YEARS	POPULATION
1970	907,871
1980	1,011,793
1990	1,083,592
2000	1,194,156
Source:Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data, 2000

WORKFORCE
LABOR	2000
Total Workforce	697,150
Number Employed	681,725
Number Unemployed	15,425
Unemployment Rate	2.2
Source:Michigan Employment Service Agency, 2000

CHARACTERISTICS OF LABOR FORCE
LABOR	1990
Workers 16 years and over	546,636
Percentage who work outside of county	30.9%
Percentage who work at home	2.2%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1990

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
CLASSIFACTION	1990
Persons 25 years of age or older	717,210
Percentage with high school diploma	84.6%
Percentage with bachelor's degree	30.15%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1990

TRANSPORTATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
Main Highways	I-275, I-96, I-696, I-75, US-10, M-102, M-15, M-59, M-159, M-24
Bus Lines	Greyhound
Truck Lines	55
Rail Lines	Chesapeake & Ohio; Grand Trunk Western
Ports	Detroit (20 mi-Detroit River)
Airports	Detroit Metro (Wayne Co.), Oakland International, Bishop Flint
Airlines	American, Delta, Eastern, Northwest, Pan American, Piedmont, TWA, United, British Airways, USAir, Southwest
Source:Oakland County Planning & Economic Development Division 2001

Economy

EARNING LEVELS/LABOR RATES AVERAGE HOURLY RATES
CLASSIFICATION	MINIMUM*	MAXIMUM
Applications Software Specialist	7.75	15.00
Assembler - Light	4.75	8.50
Drafter (CAD)	7.00	14.75
Electrician - Industrial	8.00	15.50
Electronic Technician	7.75	14.00
Forklift Operator	5.25	10.25
General Office Clerk	4.50	8.50
General Laborer	5.00	9.25
Injection Molding Machinist	5.25	9.50
Machine Operator	5.50	9.75
Machinist	6.75	12.50
Mechanical Engineer	14.25	25.00
Production Manager/Supervisor	8.00	15.75
Quality Control Technician	8.25	15.00
Sales - Non-Technical	7.00	12.50
Secretary	5.25	12.00
Tool and Die Maker	8.25	16.50
Word Processor/Typist	5.00	11.50
Source: 1996 Survey of the Michigan Employment Security Commission
*This survey was done in 1996, before the hourly minimum wage was increased to $5.15 in September 1997.

PRINCIPLE EMPLOYERS
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYERS
SIC	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
3711	Chrysler Technology Center	Auburn Hills	7,000	Minivan, sm & lg car eng & prd
3711	General Motors Corp	Lake Orion	4,600	Automobile assembling
3713	General Motors Corp	Pontiac	4,000	Truck assembly
8734	General Motors Corp	Milford	4,000	Testing, research & dvlpt: autos
3711	Ford Motor Co	Wixom	3,700	Automobile assembly
3711	Chrysler Corp	Auburn Hills	3,000	Automobile & truck assemblies
3713	General Motors Corp	Pontiac	2,000	Trucks & parts
3714	ITT Automotive Inc	Auburn Hills	1,500	Brake systs, auto body hdwe
3441	General Motors Corp	Troy	1,200	Structural metal fabr & eng
3679	Jabil Circuit Inc	Auburn Hills	1,200	Circuit boards & harness assem
3089	Cadillac Products Inc	Troy	1,000	Plastic auto prdts, thermoform
3699	Fanuc Robotics North America	Rochester Hills	1,000	Robotics, vision, offline progr
3714	Meritor Automotive Inc	Troy	1,000	Truck axles, clutches, trans,etc
3559	Progressive Tool & Industries	Southfield	900	Spec mach, tooling, & robotics
3714	General Motors Corp	Pontiac	800	Automotive components
3679	Eaton Corp	Rochester	775	Automotive electromechanical
3494	Mac Valves Inc	Wixom	750	Air control valves
8731	B A S F Corp	Southfield	700	Research & dvlpt lab; coatings
3366	Federal-Mogul Corp	Detroit	700	Bushings, antifriction bearings
8731	Du Pont Automotive	Troy	650	Research & dvlpt: polymers
Source: Harris Publishing Company, 1998 Industrial Directory

OTHER MJAOR EMPLOYERS
SIC	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
8062	William Beaumont Hospital	Royal Oak & Troy	9,887	Health care
9100	U.S. Government	Multiple	4,569	Various federal government offices
8734	DaimlerChrysler AG	Auburn Hills	22,388	Testing labs & headquarters
7389	General Motors Corporation	Milford	25,966	Testing labs
9111	County of Oakland	Pontiac	3,591	Executive offices
8062	St. John Health System	Multiple	4366	Health care
7373	Electronic Data Systems	Troy	9,300	Information technology services
8062	Mercy Health Services	Pontiac	4,059	Health care
4813	Ameritch-Michigan	Multiple	5,570	Telecommunications
6324	Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI	Multiple	3,591	Nonprofit prepaid  health-care insurance plans
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Type of Service	1999
Total	41811
Forestry, fishing, hunting, and agriculture support	40
Mining	25
Utilities	22
Construction	3953
Manufacturing	2319
Food mfg	76
Beverage & tobacco product mfg	2
Textile mills	15
Textile product mills	23
Apparel manufacturing	32
Leather & allied product mfg	5
Wood product mfg	33
Paper mfg	13
Printing & related support activities	258
Petroleum & coal products mfg	7
Chemical mfg	64
Plastics & rubber products mfg	114
Nonmetallic mineral product mfg	63
Primary metal mfg	31
Fabricated metal product mfg	519
Machinery mfg	456
Computer & electronic product mfg	112
Electrical equip, appliance & component mfg	67
Transportation equipment mfg	163
Furniture & related product mfg	73
Miscellaneous mfg	193
Wholesale trade	3455
Retail trade	5608
Transportation & warehousing	473
Information	869
Publishing industries	172
Motion picture & sound recording industries	150
Broadcasting & telecommunications	316
Information & data processing services	231
Finance & insurance	2728
Real estate & rental & leasing	1876
Professional, scientific & technical services	6058
Management of companies & enterprises	407
Admin, support, waste mgt, remediation services	2592
Educational services	388
Health care and social assistance	4210
Arts, entertainment & recreation	504
Accommodation & food services	2420
Other services (except public administration)	3287
Auxiliaries (exc corporate, subsidiary & regional mgt)	106
Unclassified establishments	471
Source:U.S. Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, Issued May 2001

Quality of Life

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Auburn Hills	Avondale School District	3,100	185	1
Berkley	Berkley School District	4,420	232	1
Birmingham	Birmingham Public Schools	7,327	549	2
Bloomfield Hills	Bloomfield Hills Public Schools	5,648	445	3
Clarkston	Clarkston Community Schools	5,617	290	1
Clawson	Clawson School District	1,950	117	1
Farmington	Farmington Public Schools	11,314	749	3
Ferndale	Ferndale School District	4,822	320	1
Hazel Park	Hazel Park Public Schools	6,723	320	1
Highland	Huron Valley Schools	10,116	400	2
Holly	Holly Area Schools	4,285	208	1
Lake Orion	Lake Orion Community Schools	4,672	269	1
Livonia	Clarenceville Schools	1,712	104	1
Madison Heights	Madison District Public Schools	3,210	132	1
Madison Heights	Lamphere Schools	2,426	152	1
Novi	Novi Community Schools	4,471	284	1
Oak Park	Oak Park Public Schools	3,100	209	1
Ortonville	Brandon Schools	3,111	147	1
Oxford	Oxford Community Schools	2,668	140	1
Pontiac	Pontiac School District	13,253	900	2
Rochester	Rochester Community Schools	11,903	713	2
Royal Oak	Royal Oak Public Schools	8,844	524	2
South Lyon	South Lyon Community Schools	4,612	230	1
Southfield	Southfield Public Schools	9,060	510	2
Troy	Troy School District	11,590	702	2
Walled Lake	Walled Lake Comm Schools	11,539	705	2
Waterford	Waterford School District	11,480	600	2
West Bloomfield	West Bloomfield School District	5,273	333	1
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Oakland Community College	Bloomfield Hills	32,062
Central Bible College-Detroit	Farmington Hills	60

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
William Tyndale College	Farmington Hills	500
Walsh College of Accountancy and	Troy	3,887
SS Cyril and Methodius Secondary	Orchard Lake	94
St. Mary's College	Orchard Lake	291
Lawrence Technological University	Southfield	4,503
Oakland University	Rochester	42,500
Michigan Christian College	Rochester Hills	400
Cranbrook Academy of Art	Bloomfield Hills	60
Baker College of Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	435
Central Bible College - Detroit	Farmington Hills	60
Siena Heights College	Southfield	725
Midwest Baptist College
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	13	3,576
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (1990)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
298,377	$95,400	112,111	$495
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 1990

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	15F./-9C.	30F./-1C.
July	61F./16C	84F./29C.
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	29in./74cm.	35in./89cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
163	11	7
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Michigan Renaissance Festival; Arts and Apples Art Fair, Detroit Zoological park; 8 museums including: Crandbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Chrysler Automotive Museum, and the Jewish Memorial Holocaust Museum; .   89,000 acres of park land, 450+ lakes; Huron-Clinton Metro Parks; Bald Mountain, Highland, Pontiac Lake and Proud Lake Recreation Areas; Alpine Valley, Pine Knob and Holly ski areas; Dodge Bros. No. 4 State Park; 60 public & 30 private golf courses; U.S. Open PGA Tournament and Ryder Cup (Oakland Hills Country Club)   Entertainment and Sports venues such as: DTE Energy Music Theatre, Pontiac Silverdome (home of Detroit Lions NFL team), Palace of Auburn Hills (home of Detroit Pistons NBA team), Hazel Park Raceway; Meadow Brook Hall; Woodward Dream Cruise;  Major Shopping venues including: Great Lakes Crossing and the Sommerset Collection.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

Municipal Services

UTILITIES
COMMUNITY	ELECTRIC	GAS
Springfield, Groveland, Rose, Holly	Consumers Power	Consumers Power
Novi, Avon, Bloomfield, Brandon, Commerce, Groveland,	Detroit Edison	Consumers Power
Independence, Addison, Milford, White Lake, Oakland, Orion,
Pontiac, Rose, Royal Oak, Southfield, Springfield, Waterford,
West Bloomfield, Lyon
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Local Phone Companies	Ameritech, GTE
Long Distance Companies	AT&T, MCI, Sprint, and others
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

LICENSED LANDFILLS
COMMUNITY	OWNER/MANAGER
Orion	Weber Sand and Gravel
Pontiac	Wayne Disposal-Oakland, Inc.
Pontiac	City of Pontiac
Source: MDEQ Waste Management Division, 1998

PROPERTY TAX (1997)
Agriculture	Comercial	Industrial	Residential	Other
0.30%	21.92%	10.66%	66.80%	0.33%
Source:MI Department of Treasury, 1997

GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER	COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER
Addison Twp	(248) 628-3317	Auburn Hills (City of)	(248) 370-9400
Berkley (City of)	(248) 546-2410	Beverly Hills (City of)	(248) 646-6404
Bingham Farms	(248) 644-0044	Birmingham (City of)	(248) 644-1800
Bloomfield Charter Twp	(248) 433-7700	Bloomfield Hills	(248) 644-1520
Brandon Charter Twp	(248) 627-2851	Clarkston	(248) 625-1559
Clawson (City of)	(248) 435-4500	Commerce Charter Twp	(248) 624-0110
Farmington (City of)	(248) 474-5500	Farmington Hills (City of)	(248) 474-6115
Ferndale (City of)	(248) 546-2360	Franklin	(248) 626-9666
Groveland Twp	(248) 634-4152	Hazel Park (City of)	(248) 546-4064
Highland Charter Twp	(248) 887-3791	Holly Twp	(248) 634-9331
Holly Village	(248) 634-9571	Huntington Woods (City	(248) 541-4300
Independence Charter Twp	(248) 625-5111	Keego Harbor	(248) 682-1930
Lake Angelus	(248) 335-5396	Lake Orion	(248) 693-8391
Lathrup Village	(248) 557-2600	Leonard (Village of)	(248) 628-7380
Lyon Charter Twp	(248) 437-2240	Madison Heights (City of)	(248) 588-1200
Milford Charter Twp	(248) 685-8731	Milford Village	(248) 684-1515
Northville	(248) 349-1300	Novi (City of)	(248) 347-0460
Novi Twp	(248) 348-0365	Oak Park (City of)	(248) 691-7400
Oakland Charter Twp	(248) 651-4440	Orchard Lake Village	(248) 682-2400
Orion Charter Twp	(248) 391-0304	Ortonville	(248) 627-4976
Oxford Twp	(248) 628-9787	Oxford Village	(248) 628-2543
Pleasant  Ridge	(248) 541-2900	Pontiac (City of)	(248) 857-7601
Rochester (City of)	(248) 651-9061	Rochester Hills (City of)	(248) 656-4600
Rose Twp	(248) 634-8701	Royal Oak (City of)	(248) 246-3000
Royal Oak Charter Twp	(248) 547-9800	South Lyon (City of)	(248) 437-1735
Southfield (City of)	(248) 354-1000	Southfield Twp	(248) 540-3420
Springfield Twp	(248) 634-3111	Sylvan Lake	(248) 682-1440
Troy (City of)	(248) 524-3300	Walled Lake (City of)	(248) 624-4847
Waterford Charter Twp	(248) 674-3111	W. Bloomfield Charter Twp	(248) 451-4800
White Lake Charter Twp	(248) 698-3300	Wixom (City of)	(248) 624-4557
Wolverine Lake	(248) 624-1710

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

Business: Oakland County Development and Planning Division

Address: Executive Office Building

1200 North Telegraph, Department 412

Pontiac, MI 48341-0412

Phone: (248) 858-0720

Fax: (248) 975-9555

www.co.oakland.mi.us/c_serv/ced

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact