Metro Detroit

Metro Detroit is the American metropolitan area consisting of nine counties including the cities of Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor, Pontiac, and other outlying cities, villages, and townships in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area has about 5,516,124 inhabitants and is the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States. (Note: this does not include population figures for Windsor, Ontario or other nearby Canadian cities.)

Though this metropolitan area officially encompasses most of Southeast Michigan, residents of outlying communities (such as Flint, Port Huron and Monroe) may not consider where they live to be part of the "Detroit area." Michiganders have traditionally defined "Metro Detroit" as the three counties containing or bordering the city of Detroit--Wayne, Oakland and Macomb.

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The Detroit CMSA is colored in yellow. Anchor cities are identified and highlighted in red. Note that this map shows only the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Contents
1 Counties
2 Anchor cities
3 Windsor
4 Major airports
5 Major highways
6 Other major roads
7 Shopping malls and other major marketplaces
8 Colleges, Universities, and Trade Schools
9 Area codes
10 All cities, villages, townships, and communities within those counties

Counties

Anchor cities

Windsor

Windsor, Ontario, Canada lies across the Detroit River from Detroit. Because of its close proximity, it is usually included in the population of the Metro Detroit region for international lists. With a total population of about 5,800,000, the Detroit-Windsor metropolitan area is the 46th largest metropolitan area in the world. If the metropolitan area is extended farther (to create a geographic similarity) to include Chatham-Kent and Lambton County which lie across from areas included in the CMSA, the population increases to about 6,100,000 and would jump to the 43rd largest.

Major airports

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. This was also once true for the Chrysler, Fisher and Ford Freeways (and to a lesser extent the Jeffries and Reuther Freeways) before the Department of Transportation mandated deemphasization of the use of proper names on guide signs for Interstates. Other freeways are referred to only by number (I-275, M-59, I-69 and I-475) and their name, if any, was never in common everyday usage.

Other major roads

Shopping malls and other major marketplaces

Metro Detroit has numerous shopping malls.

Colleges, Universities, and Trade Schools

Area codes

Metro Detroit is served by six telephone area codes. The 313 area code serves principally Detroit and some inner suburbs. 313 has assumed something of a cult status (reinforced by the film 8 Mile) as many Detroiters say that they are from "the 3-1-3" to assert that they are "truly" from Detroit. The 248 area code serves most of Oakland County, along with the newer 947, which largely covers cellular phones. Macomb County is largely served by 586. St. Clair and Genessee counties are covered by 810. Washtenaw, Monroe, and Western Wayne counties are in the 734 area.

All cities, villages, townships, and communities within those counties

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Copper Country | Keweenaw Peninsula | Upper Peninsula | Lower Peninsula | Metro Detroit | Northern Michigan | The Thumb | Western Michigan
Largest cities
Ann Arbor | Canton | Clinton | Dearborn | Detroit | Flint | Grand Rapids | Kalamazoo | Lansing | Livonia | Pontiac | Rochester Hills | Shelby | Southfield | Sterling Heights | Taylor | Troy | Warren | West Bloomfield | Westland
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 | Schiawassee | St. Clair | St. Joseph | Tuscola | Van Buren | Washtenaw | Wayne | Wexford

See also: Metro Detroit, 8 Mile, 8 Mile Road, Addison Township, Michigan, Alcona County, Michigan, Alger County, Michigan, Algonac, Michigan, Allegan County, Michigan, Allen Park, Michigan