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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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