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Detroit
State: Michigan
Country: United States
Detroit by the Numbers:
Population: 951,270
Elevation: 633 feet
Average Annual Rainfall: 32.3 inches
Average Annual Snowfall: 41.1 inches
Average January Temperature: 31 degrees F
Average July Temperature: 83 degrees F
Quick Facts:
Major Industries: Automobile manufacturing and trade as well as production of paints, non-electrical machinery and automation equipment, as well as pharmaceutical, rubber products, synthetic resins and garden seed.
Ethnic Mix: 12.26% Caucasian, 81.55% African-American, 0.97% Asian, 4.96% Hispanic
Time Zone: EST
Country Dialing Code: 1
Area Code: 313,248,734
Did You Know?
Detroit is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957. Detroit also installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909.
Orientation:
Detroit is located on the coast of Lake Erie across from the Canadian border; the city is south of Flint and southeast of the state capitol of Lansing.
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