Southfield, Michigan

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The 2000 Census showed that Southfield had a population of 78,296 people^<1>. This represents 0.79% of the total population of Michigan, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Westland	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	78,961	8.82% decrease
11	Farmington Hills	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	78,522	4.37% decrease
12	Troy	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	80,264	0.86% decrease
-13-	Southfield			75,392	3.71% decrease
14	Kalamazoo	W	119 mi [191.5 km]	72,179	6.44% decrease
15	Wyoming	W	127 mi [204.4 km]	70,462	1.58% increase
16	Rochester Hills	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	69,014	0.27% increase

Southfield had 35,698 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Southfield has an area^<4> of 26.23 square miles [67.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Southfield had a 2000 population density of 2,984 people per square mile [1,152 people/km²], making it the state's 72nd most densely populated area.

Oakland County

The city of Southfield is located in Oakland County.

The county had a population of 1,196,488 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 78,296 people, Southfield contained 6.54% of the Oakland County total.

In addition, where the community of Southfield has a population density of 2,984 people per square mile [1,152 people/km²], Oakland County averages 1,371 people per square mile [529 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Oakland County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Southfield and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Southfield. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Southfield. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Southfield, it also contains a comparison between Southfield and the state of Michigan.

Click here for the Southfield QuickFact (QF-2674900).

The following communities are nearby Southfield and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Oak Park	QF-2659920	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	30,547	2.53% increase
	Farmington Hills	QF-2627440	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	78,522	4.37% decrease
	Royal Oak	QF-2670040	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	57,110	4.91% decrease
	Livonia	QF-2649000	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	91,220	9.27% decrease
	Madison Heights	QF-2650560	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	29,531	5.05% decrease
	Troy	QF-2680700	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	80,264	0.86% decrease
	Dearborn Heights	QF-2621020	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	51,972	10.8% decrease
	Detroit	QF-2622000	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	912,062	4.12% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Southfield.

A Census Quickfact is available for Oakland County (QF-26125).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Oakland County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Genesee	QF-26049	NW	428,790	1.85% decrease
	Lapeer	QF-26087	N	90,875	2.91% increase
	Livingston	QF-26093	W	182,575	15.24% increase
	Macomb	QF-26099	E	830,663	5.04% increase
	Washtenaw	QF-26161	SW	347,376	7.05% increase
	Wayne	QF-26163	S	1,949,929	5.29% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Southfield:

Southfield is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Southfield.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Southfield. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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