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Global Detroit
Cleveland Symposium on Global Affairs:International Politics, Business, and Law
May 4, 2011
GLOBAL DETROIT IS AN EFFORT TO REVITALIZE
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN’S ECONOMY BY
PURSUING STRATEGIES THAT STRENGTHEN
DETROIT’S CONNECTIONS TO THE WORLD AND
THAT MAKE THE REGION MORE ATTRACTIVE
AND WELCOMING TO IMMIGRANTS,
INTERNATIONALS, AND FOREIGN TRADE AND
INVESTMENT AS A MEANS TO PRODUCE JOBS
AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
Mission
HOW’S THAT GOING?
Immigration? ?
Number
of Shows
Including
Discussion
of Illegal
Immigration
in 2007
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Proportions
of
Discussions
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Immigration
Mentioning
Crime in
2007
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52%45%
39%
Immigration and Crime FACTS
San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso, and Austin
Immigrant Incarceration Rates are one-fifth the incarceration rates of people born in the U.S.
• 37% college educated vs. 23.7% non-immigrants; 1.5x as likely to have 4-year degree
• 64.4% of Michigan’s immigrants are working age vs. 50% of the non-immigrant population.
• 3x as likely to start a business in Michigan and 1.89x as likely to start one in the U.S.
Michigan Immigrants: THE FACTS
Michigan Immigrants: THE FACTS
• University students 3x as likely to be majoring in the STEM fields (38% vs. 13%)
• 44% of all masters degrees in engineering and 62% of all PhD’s awarded in Michigan (47% of engineering PhD’s in the U.S. workplace)
• 40% of all international patents filed from Michigan, 7x as likely to file an international patent
Michigan Immigrants: THE FACTS
• 25% of all public, venture-backed firms in U.S.
• 32.8% of all high-tech firms in Michigan, ranking Michigan #3 in the U.S.
• 6x as likely to start a high-tech firm in Michigan
Immigration & Cities:
THE FACTS
Metro Detroit: THE FACTS
• 2nd largest foreign born population in Great Lakes region (after Chicago)
• 3rd largest percent foreign born in Great Lakes region (after Chicago and Minn./St. Paul)
• 3rd highest economic contribution ratio of 1.30 of the 25 largest metros
Percent Foreign Born by Metro
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source - 2008 American Community Survey
Percent Foreign Born
Total Number of Foreign Born by Metro Area
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100,000
150,000
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250,000
300,000
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500,000 source - 2008 American Community Survey
Foreign Born Population
Rank in US TotalFOREIGN STUDENTS IN MICHIGAN #8 23,617
(up 3.3%)
ESTIMATED FOREIGN STUDENTS EXPENDITURE IN MICHIGAN (in millions of dollars)
$592.4
Foreign Students in Michigan, National Rank and Economic Impact
Institution City Total
University of Michigan Ann Arbor 5,790Michigan State University East Lansing 4,757
Wayne State University Detroit 2,632Western Michigan University Kalamazoo 1,354Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti 1,006
Michigan Institutions with the Highest Number of Foreign Students
Percent of Michigan’s Foreign Student’s in STEM Fields of Study: 38.4%Percent of U.S. Undergraduate Student’s in STEM Fields of Study: 13.7%
1. Make the region welcoming to the international community and immigrants.
2. Attract international investment and businesses that create jobs.
3. Strengthen, grow, and revitalize neighborhoods in the city of Detroit and in the region’s core communities.
4. Attract and retain international talent in the region.
4 Strategic Outcomes
Global Detroit
Struggling Region, State, and Cities
New Strategies for the New Economy
Are We Getting It Right?
