Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb.

Warren has two over 20% populations of Polish-Americans and German Americans. The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including General Motors Technical Center. The current mayor is Mark A. Steenbergh, who was elected to his third four-year term in November 2003 . Eminem attended Warren Lincoln High School from 1986-1989. Warren is the home of the United States Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the National Automotive Center (NAC), and the headquarters of Big Boy Restaurants International and Asset Acceptance.

History

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Warren was incorporated as a city in 1957 and consists of what was previously Warren Township, less the city of Center Line. Between 1950 and 1960, Warren's population soared from 42,653 to 89,426. This population explosion was fueled in part by white flight from its southern neighbor of Detroit in that decade. This can be easily seen as one travels north on Van Dyke Road (M-53). When you start off at 8 Mile Road, the southern city limit, you can see many houses from the 1920s and 1930s behind the businesses lining Van Dyke. As you travel farther north the houses become newer, and by the time you reach 12 Mile Road the houses are of the 1960s era. This population explosion continued into the next decade when the city's population doubled again. As the community has matured, its population has begun to gradually decline.

Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, Warren has a total area of 88.9 km² (34.3 mi²). 88.8 km² (34.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water.

The city covers a six mile-by-six mile (10 km x 10 km) square in the southwest corner of Macomb County in suburban Detroit. The city of Center Line is entirely enclosed within Warren. Other cities bordering on Warren are Detroit, Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Sterling Heights, Fraser, Roseville, and Eastpointe.

Demographics

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As of the census of 2000, there were 138,247 people, 55,551 households, and 36,719 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,556.6/km² (4,031.8/mi²). There were 57,249 housing units at an average density of 644.6/km² (1,669.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.29% White, 3.09% Asian, 2.67% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 2.23% from two or more races. 1.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Ancestries: Polish (21.0%), German (20.4%), Irish (11.5%), Italian (10.6%), English (7.3%), French (5.3%).

There were 55,551 households out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9%...