Michigan
Top 100 finalists
City Population
Ann Arbor 113,300
Farmington Hills 80,200
Sterling Heights 128,000
Warren 138,000
West Bloomfield 65,000
Other cities
City Population
Battle Creek 53,409
Canton 81,417
Clinton 100,956
Dearborn 95,709
Dearborn Heights 56,075
Detroit 913,577
Flint 122,789
Grand Rapids 201,835
Kalamazoo 76,644
Lansing 118,716
Livonia 98,342
Macomb 59,876
Novi 51,036
Pontiac 65,441
Redford 49,622
Rochester Hills 69,701
Roseville 49,833
Royal Oak 59,265
Saginaw 59,273
Shelby 69,526
Southfield 77,693
St. Clair Shores 63,945
Taylor 63,272
Troy 80,835
Waterford 74,087
Westland 84,415
Wyoming 71,064
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Michigan companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company Best Companies
2006 Rank
Plante & Moran 12
Quicken Loans 13
Republic Bancorp 17
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FORTUNE 500
Company F500 rank
General Motors 3
Ford Motor 5
Dow Chemical 36
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Biggest employers
Company Employees
Delphi Automotive Systems, Llc 9,300
Affinia Group Inc. 6,500
Spectrum Health Hospitals 4,000
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  Median household income
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  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
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  Median price
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Most educated
  % residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA 35.7%
Davis, CA 34.6%
Brookline, MA 32.5%
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Most singles
  % single residents
Bloomington, IN 58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 54.6%
College Station, TX 54.3%
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  Median age
Jacksonville, NC 22.90
Provo, UT 23.28
New Brunswick, NJ 24.16
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