State	No. of Most Admired Cos.
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	2
Arkansas	2
California	39
Colorado	3
Connecticut	7
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	1
Florida	10
Georgia	9
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	19
Indiana	5
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	2
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	7
Michigan	10
Minnesota	10
Mississippi	0
Missouri	6
Montana	0
Nebraska	3
Nevada	3
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	9
New Mexico	0
New York	37
North Carolina	7
North Dakota	0
Ohio	12
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	6
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	2
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	5
Texas	34
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	6
Washington	9
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	5
Wyoming	0

	Population
Best Places to Live in Michigan
Ann Arbor	113,300
Farmington Hills	80,200
Sterling Heights	128,000
Warren	138,000
West Bloomfield	65,000
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Company	City	Industry rank
Most Admired
Kellogg	Battle Creek	4
United Auto Group	Bloomfield Hills	3
Pulte Homes	Bloomfield Hills	2
General Motors	Detroit	5
Steelcase	Grand Rapids	4
Stryker	Kalamazoo	3
TRW Automotive Holdings	Livonia	4
Dow Chemical	Midland	4
Lear	Southfield	5
Herman Miller	Zeeland	1
Contenders
Whirlpool	Benton Harbor	9
Ford Motor	Dearborn	7
Comerica	Detroit	9
Spartan Stores	Grand Rapids	6
Universal Forest Products	Grand Rapids	6
La-Z-Boy	Monroe	7
Federal-Mogul	Southfield	8
ArvinMeritor	Troy	6
Delphi	Troy	7
Kelly Services	Troy	4
Visteon	Van Buren Township	10

Industry champions

Company	Industry
Nike	Apparel
Whole Foods	Food and Drug Stores
Cisco	Network Communications
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Most admired for people management

Company	Industry rank
FedEx	1
Procter & Gamble	1
Google	2
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Most admired for innovation

Company	Industry rank
Apple	2
Google	2
FedEx	1
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How we pick the Most Admired companies

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... (more)