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Fast Facts
Demographics
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| Oakland County consists of 910 square miles and is located just north of Detroit. |
| Land use in Oakland County is 42% residential, 13.9% recreational and conservation, 6.3% commercial and industrial, and 6% is water. |
| Oakland County's 2004 population was estimated to be 1.2 million. Fifty-one percent of Oakland County residents are female and 49% are male. |
| In 2005, the median age of Oakland County residents was 38.5. |
Oakland County has more people than each of these nine "states":
- Alaska
- Montana
- South Dakota
- Delaware
- North Dakota
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- Vermont
- District of Columbia
- Rhode Island
- Wyoming
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| There are an estimated 496,069 households located in Oakland County; one third of these households have children. |
| The estimated median housing value for a single family home in Oakland in 2005 was $229,000. |
| In 2003, Oakland County's Total Effective Buying Income (EBI) of $33.4 billion was higher than 14 states and the District of Columbia. |
| In 2005, only seven metro areas nationwide had a median EBI higher than Oakland County's $54,804. |
| Oakland ranked fourth in per capita income in 2005 for counties with populations greater than one million. The estimated per capita income of Oakland County residents in 2005 was $52,274. |
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Labor Force
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| In 2007, 12.6% of all people employed in Michigan worked in Oakland County. |
| More than 720,000 people work in Oakland County's 41,812 business establishments and government agencies. |
| Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance led service sectors in employment growth increasing employment by 29.9% and 11.3% respectively. |
| The fastest growing occupation in the Detroit Region is network systems & data communications analysts. Several other technology-related fields are also quickly adding employees including ship engineers, aerospace engineers, biomedical engineers, database administrators and network and computer systems administrators. |
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Development Activity
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| Oakland County had 10 million square feet of floor space either completed or under construction in 2006, accounting for 26% of Southeast Michigan's total nonresidential development. |
| Four of the county's top five new commercial development projects are health care facilities. These expansions will add 2.8 million square feet in health related services to the community and add to the existing 46,000 hospital and medical center jobs currently in the county. |
| Completed projects totaled 2.6 million square feet, and developments under construction totaled 7.8 million square feet. Industrial/Hi-tech, medical, institutional and retail development accounted for approximately 67% of the county's development. |
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Business Activity
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| Oakland County's payroll in 2005 for its 720,201 employees was over $35 billion. |
| Retail sales in Oakland during 2002 totaled $19.1 billion. This exceeded the total retail sales of 14 different states and the District of Columbia. |
| Sixty percent of Fortune 500 companies and 50% of Global Fortune 500 companies have business locations in the county. |
| Oakland County is Michigan's leading center for international commercial activity with over 700 companies representing 33 countries doing business in the county. |
| Sixty-seven percent of foreign owned firms in Southeast Michigan are located in Oakland County. |
| Over 70% of Southeast Michigan's top OEM parts suppliers are headquartered in Oakland County. |
| Oakland County has 46% of all Michigan Research and Development firms. |
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Health Care
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| Oakland County's nationally recognized hospitals provide 4,195 overnight-stay beds for routine procedures and critical care. The region's state-of-the-art medical training facilities lead the way in robotic surgery and advanced care technologies. |
| Total Hospital and Medical Center employees for Oakland County number more than 46,000. |
| In addition to its 16 major hospitals, Oakland County encompasses over 25 emergency and urgent care medical care facilities. |
| Oakland County's overall crime rate has decreased over 22% in the past ten years. Index crimes are down 16.7% and non-index crimes are down 25.7% since 1996. |
| Oakland's violent crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 in population compared with 4.7 per 1,000 for the U.S. Our property crime rate is 25% below the national average. |
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Natural Environment
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| Oakland County recycles over 350,000 tons of residential, commercial and industrial waste materials each year in an ongoing effort to preserve its natural resources. |
| Oakland's pedestrian-friendly communities offer 3,090 miles of paved sidewalk in our neighborhoods and downtowns, nearly 370 miles of trails, water trails and park paths, and an additional 540 miles of safety/side paths. There are 155 miles of bike lanes/bike routes. Equestrians enjoy 63 miles of horse-friendly trails plus 850 miles of scenic unpaved rural roads. |
| Oakland County has more natural lakes than any other county in the state. There are more than 1,400 lakes and the headwaters of five major rivers within the 900 square mile area of Oakland County. |
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Arts & Culture
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| Oakland County has 168 historic districts which are registered with the state; 50 of the districts are registered nationally. This also includes 32 historic museums. |
| There are 208 non-profit cultural organizations and institutions in the county. |
| Oakland County plays the host to several marquee, annual events: Arts, Beats & Eats, Woodward Dream Cruise, Quake on the Lake, and the Michigan Renaissance Festival. |
| Premiere cultural entertainment venues include the Palace of Auburn Hills (which hosts concerts, Disney on Ice, and other major entertainment events), Meadow Brook Theatre and the Meadow Brook Music Festival and the outdoor DTE Energy Music Theatre. |
| Included among Oakland County's museums are the world-renowned Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, the Cranbrook Institute of Science, and the W.P. Chrysler Automotive Museum. |
| The county is home to an extensive collection of malls and shopping centers ranging from the small village malls and popular local downtown shopping districts, to multi-floor regional malls found in most major cities. |
| Great Lakes Crossing is a 200 store mall and entertainment venue that is one of Michigan's most popular tourist attractions. It is home to Bass Pro Shop's "Outdoor World," along with a 25 theatre movie complex. |
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Sports & Recreation
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| More than 89,000 acres of parkland offer year round outdoor recreation. In addition, three major downhill ski areas operate in the county. |
| There are 26 private and 56 public golf courses with more than 1,400 holes in Oakland County. |
| Included among the county's elite golf clubs are Oakland Hills Country Club and Indianwood Country Club. Indianwood was home to the 1994 LPGA U.S. Open. Oakland Hills has hosted ten PGA majors, its most recent was the 2004 Ryder Cup. It is slated to host the 2008 PGA Championship. |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills is home to the Detroit Pistons, who won the NBA Championship in 2004. Other professional sports teams playing at the Palace include the Detroit Shock of the WNBA and the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League. |
| Oakland County residents are devout fans of the 2006-2007 Central Division Champion Detroit Red Wings, and the American League Champion Detroit Tigers and our hometown Detroit Lions. |
| The world-class Palazzo di Bocce offers 10 championship quality Bocce courts and a fine Italian restaurant. |
| Oakland County has more than 100 active horse farms, 30 equine boarding facilities, 10 training facilities and 6 breeding facilities. With roughly 7,000 horses, Oakland County has more horses than any other county in Michigan. |
| The historic Ellis Barn project, winner of a National Parks and Recreation Association preservation Award, will be a welcome addition to the proposed Oakland County Equestrian Center in Springfield Township. |
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Business Parks
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| Over 10,000 acres in Oakland County are currently contained in more than 180 business parks. Classifications for these business parks include Research and Development/Hi-tech, Light and Heavy Industrial, and Office. |
| Novi now leads the county with 30 business parks, followed by the cities of Troy and Auburn Hills both with 21 parks; Wixom Farmington Hills, and Commerce Township have 17, 16, and 14 parks respectively. |
| By 2007, industrial parks occupied 570 acres in Novi, 545 acres in Troy, 526 acres in Wixom, 521 acres in Auburn Hills, and 520 acres in Farmington Hills. Oakland County's R&D/High Tech Parks are primarily located in Auburn Hills, which boasts 1,616 acres of these parks, followed by Rochester Hills (392 acres), Novi (333 acres) and Troy (246 acres). |
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Multi-Tenant Office Buildings
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| In 2005 and 2006, Oakland County lead the Southeast Michigan region with nearly 3 million square feet of office development either completed or under construction. |
| Birmingham had the lowest vacancy rate in 2006 for multi-tenant office space at 5.2%. |
| In 2006, the major suburban markets for office space in Oakland County consisted of more than 45 million square feet; more than nine million square feet of this space was available to rent; and the vacancy rate was 17.4%. |
| During 2006, the mean cost for multi-tenant office space in Oakland County was $22.69 per square foot. |
| Southfield/Bingham Farms has the most space available to rent, followed by Troy and Farmington Hills/West Bloomfield. |
| The decline in the overall vacancy rate in multi-tenant office space since 2004 can be linked to the higher demand for office space in Oakland County as opposed to the remaining Metro-Detroit region and the recent decline in new non-residential construction. |
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Source: BEA REIS, U.S. Census Bureau, SEMCOG
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