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| name                     = Southfield, Michigan
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| image_caption            = Left to right from top: [[Southfield Town Center]], [[American Center]], [[Southfield Public Library]], One Towne Square, and [[Lawrence Technological University]].
| image_flag               = Flag of Southfield, Michigan.svg
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| motto                    = ''The Center of it All''
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| map_caption              = Location within [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]]
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| subdivision_name2        = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Oakland County, Michigan.svg}} [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]]
| established_title        = Organized
| established_date         = 1830 (as [[Southfield Township, Michigan|Southfield Township]])
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1958
| government_type          = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Kenson Siver [[Independent politician#United States|(I)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=kenson siver party affiliation |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=401241 |website=Our Campaigns |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title1            = [[City manager|Manager]]
| leader_name1             = Frederick Zorn| area_magnitude           = 
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 68.01
| area_land_km2            = 67.99
| area_water_km2           = 0.01
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| population_total         = 76618
| population_density_km2   = 1126.83
| population_density_sq_mi = 2918.45
| population_metro         = 4296250 ([[Metro Detroit]])
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
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| area_land_sq_mi          = 26.25
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
| elevation_m              = 208
| elevation_ft             = 682
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code              = 48033–48034, 48037, 48075–48076, 48086
| area_codes                = [[Area codes 248 and 947|248 and 947]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-74900<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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| blank1_info              = 0638439<ref>{{Cite GNIS|0638439|Southfield}}</ref>
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'''Southfield''' is a city in [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Southfield borders Detroit to the north, roughly {{convert|15|mi|km|1}} northwest of downtown [[Downtown Detroit|Detroit]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 76,618.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southfield city, Michigan |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2674900 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=September 16, 2022}}</ref>

Southfield home to multiple business districts, including the [[Southfield City Centre]] (an [[edge city]] which contains the tallest building in Detroit's suburbs) and the area surrounding the former [[Northland Center]] shopping mall. It is also home to  [[Lawrence Technological University]]. The city was originally part of [[Southfield Township, Michigan|Southfield Township]] before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of [[Lathrup Village, Michigan|Lathrup Village]] is an enclave within Southfield.

==History==
Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor [[Lewis Cass]].<ref name="Southfield">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/Visitors/AboutSouthfield/HistoryofSouthfield/tabid/143/Default.aspx |title=City of Southfield website, History of Southfield webpage |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402174805/https://cityofsouthfield.com/visitors/aboutsouthfield/historyofsouthfield/tabid/143/default.aspx |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first settlers came from nearby [[Birmingham, Michigan|Birmingham]] and [[Royal Oak, Michigan]], as well as New York and [[Vermont]]. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among the [http://www.pioneercem.com founders] were the Heth, Stephens, Harmon, McClelland and Thompson families.

Town 1 north, 10 east was first organized as [[Southfield Township, Michigan|Ossewa Township]] on July 12, 1830, but the name was changed to [[Southfield Township, Michigan|Southfield Township]] 17 days later.<ref name="Southfield"/> The [[civil township|township]] took its name from its location in the "south fields" of [[Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan|Bloomfield Township]]. A US post office was established in 1833 and the first town hall built in 1873.

[[File:Travelers Tower 1 (Southfield).jpg|thumb|left|100px|Travelers Tower 1]]
The Southfield Fire Department was formed on April 6, 1942, and the Southfield Police Department in 1953.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cityofsouthfield.com/departments/police-department/history | title=History &#124; City of Southfield }}</ref> In the 1950s, cities and villages began to incorporate within the township, including [[Lathrup Village]] in 1950, and [[Beverly Hills, Michigan|Beverly Hills]] in 1957. Most of what was left of the township was formally incorporated as a city on April 28, 1958, to protect it from annexation attempts by Detroit; whites who had migrated to the suburbs did not want to be associated with Detroit's expanding black community.<ref>Sugrue, T. (1996). ''The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.</ref>

City Hall was built in 1964 as part of the new Civic Center complex, which also became home to Southfield's police headquarters. The Civic Center was expanded in 1971 to include a sports arena with swimming pool. Evergreen Hills Golf Course was added in 1972, and in 1978, a new public safety building, the [[Southfield Pavilion]], and a new court building were added. In 2003, an expanded and redesigned [[Southfield Public Library]] opened to the public on the Civic Center grounds, featuring state-of-the-art facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-24 |title=Historical Timeline |url=https://southfieldlibrary.org/about-us/your-library/southfield-history/historical-timeline/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Southfield Public Library |language=en-US}}</ref> Outside the Civic Center complex, Southfield has municipal parks and recreation facilities, largely developed in the 1970s, including Beech Woods Recreation Center and John Grace Community Center.

[[Duns Scotus College]] is now the home of Word of Faith Christian Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=joe |date=2016-05-09 |title=From Friary to Church... To Urban Oilfield? |url=https://www.ferndalefriends.net/from-friary-to-church-to-urban-oilfield/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Ferndale Friends |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, the site was the center of local controversy over a proposed oil drilling site. Due to sustained opposition and environmental concerns, the plan was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-07 |title=Developer abandons oil, gas drilling in Southfield |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2017/03/07/developer-abandons-oil-gas-drilling-in-southfield/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Oakland Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Economy==
{{Further|Economy of metropolitan Detroit}}
[[File:Southfield Town Center3.jpg|thumb|left|[[Southfield Town Center]] across from [[Lawrence Technological University]]]]
[[File:SouthfieldMiWordofFaithChapelSouth.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield, formerly [[Duns Scotus College]]
[[File:SouthfieldMiWordofFaithChapelEntrance.jpg|150px]]]]
Southfield is a commercial and business center for the metropolitan Detroit area, with {{convert|27000000|sqft|m2|-2|sp=us}} of office space, second in the Detroit metro area to Detroit's central business district of {{convert|33,251,000|ft2|m2|abbr=off|sp=us}}. Several internationally recognized corporations have major offices and headquarters in Southfield, including [[Veoneer]], [[Huf Hülsbeck and Fürst]], [[Denso]], [[Peterson Spring]], [[Federal-Mogul]], [[Lear Corporation|Lear]], [[R.L. Polk & Co.]], International Automotive Components, [[Stefanini, Inc.]], and [[Guardian Alarm]]. More than 100 [[Fortune 500]] companies have offices in Southfield.

On October 28, 2014, [[Fifth Third Bank]] announced plans to move its Michigan regional headquarters from Southfield to [[downtown Detroit]] in what will be named the [[One Woodward Avenue|Fifth Third Bank Building at One Woodward]].<ref name="Pinho">{{cite news| title=Fifth Third Bank to move 150 employees downtown as part of $85M investment in Detroit| url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20141028/NEWS/141029864/fifth-third-bank-to-move-150-employees-downtown-as-part-of-85m| last=Pinho| first=Kirk| work=[[Crain Communications|Crain's Detroit Business]]| date=28 October 2014| access-date=2014-10-28}}</ref> The office had 150 employees.<ref>Gallagher, John. "[http://www.freep.com/story/money/real-estate/2014/10/27/bedrock-tenant/18027763/ Fifth Third Bank to move to downtown Detroit]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151026003837/http://www.freep.com/story/money/real-estate/2014/10/27/bedrock-tenant/18027763/ Archive]). ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. October 27, 2014. Retrieved on November 27, 2015.</ref>

[[Northland Center]], one of the nation's first shopping malls, opened in Southfield in 1954 and closed in 2015. As of 2022, the property is being redeveloped as a mixed-use residential and commercial complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Northland City Center {{!}} Live. Work. Play. {{!}} Southfield, MI |url=https://www.northlandcitycenter.com/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Northland City Center |language=en}}</ref> Southfield is home to over {{convert|780|acre|sqkm}} of parkland and a nationally recognized public school district.{{who|date=August 2014}}

== Architecture ==
Southfield has various [[Mid-century modern]] style architecture<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art & Architecture {{!}} City of Southfield |url=https://www.cityofsouthfield.com/art-architecture-0 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.cityofsouthfield.com}}</ref> buildings including [[Percival Goodman]]'s brutalist [[Congregation Shaarey Zedek]] and many early works by [[Minoru Yamasaki]], including his [[Reynolds Aluminum]] building. 
[[File:Shaarey Zadek.jpg|thumb|[[Congregation Shaarey Zedek]] designed by [[Percival Goodman]] opened in 1962]]
[[File:Reynolds Building.JPG|thumb|[[Minoru Yamasaki]]'s Reynolds Aluminum Sales Office.]]

== Southfield City Centre ==
Prominent in Southfield is [[Southfield City Centre]], a mixed-use area consisting of a major business center, private university, and residential neighborhoods, near the intersection of [[Interstate 696]] (I-696, Walter P. Reuther Freeway) and the [[M-10 (Michigan highway)|M-10]] (Lodge Freeway).

Southfield City Centre was created in 1992 as a special assessment district, and was originally planned to improve pedestrian amenities and facilitate economic development.

==Diplomatic missions==
The [[Diplomatic missions of Macedonia|Consulate of Macedonia in Detroit]] and Consulate of Lebanon in Detroit are located in the [[Southfield Town Center]],<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20210122063827/http://consularcorpsofdetroit.com/macedonia.html Macedonia]." ''Consular Corps of Detroit''. Retrieved on January 26, 2009.</ref> and the [[List of diplomatic missions of Iraq|Consulate of Iraq in Detroit]] is in Southfield.<ref>"[http://www.iraqiembassy.us/ConsularSection.htm CONSULAR SERVICES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404152229/http://www.iraqiembassy.us/ConsularSection.htm |date=April 4, 2011 }}." [[List of diplomatic missions of Iraq|Embassy of Iraq in Washington, DC]]. Retrieved on November 22, 2010.</ref>

==Conventions==
[[Penguicon]] has been held in Southfield regularly since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=History - Penguicon.org |url=https://penguicon.org/about/history/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=penguicon.org |language=en-US}}</ref> {{relevance inline|date=February 2024}}

==Geography==
[[File:StJohnArmenianChurchRear.jpg|thumb|150px|St. John Armenian Church in Southfield, founded by [[Alex Manoogian]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|26.28|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|26.27|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.04%) is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-25}}</ref>

The main branch of the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|River Rouge]] runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by [[Eight Mile Road]], its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road. Southfield's northern border does not follow a single road, but lies approximately along Thirteen Mile Road. The city is bordered by Detroit and [[Redford Charter Township, Michigan|Redford Township]] to the south, [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]] to the west, [[Franklin, Michigan|Franklin]], [[Bingham Farms, Michigan|Bingham Farms]], and [[Beverly Hills, Michigan|Beverly Hills]] to the north and [[Royal Oak, Michigan|Royal Oak]], [[Berkley, Michigan|Berkley]] and [[Oak Park, Michigan|Oak Park]] to the east. The separate city of [[Lathrup Village, Michigan|Lathrup Village]] sits as an [[enclave]] in the eastern part of the city, completely surrounded by Southfield.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 31531
|1970= 69298
|1980= 75608
|1990= 75745
|2000= 78322
|2010= 71758
|2020= 76618
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Southfield city, Michigan – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Southfield city, Michigan |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US2674900&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Southfield city, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US2674900&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Southfield city, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US2674900&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|30,025
|17,537
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,126
|38.35%
|24.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.05%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|42.259
|50,181
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53,713
|53.97%
|69.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.10%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|147
|135
|style='background: #ffffe6; |132
|0.19%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,404
|1,217
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,790
|3.07%
|1.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.34%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|24
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|309
|154
|style='background: #ffffe6; |535
|0.39%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,194
|1,542
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,580
|2.80%
|2.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|934
|957
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,709
|1.19%
|1.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.23%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''78.296'''
|'''71,739'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''76,618'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-25}}</ref> of 2010, there were 71,739 people, 31,778 households, and 18,178 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2730.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 35,986 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1369.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 70.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 24.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 31,778 households, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.96.

The median age in the city was 42. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.7% male and 55.3% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 78,296 people, 33,987 households, and 19,780 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,984.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 35,698 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,360.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 54.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 38.83% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.64% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.99% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

Of the city's 33,987 households, 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.01.

The age distribution in the city's population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $51,802, and the median income for a family was $64,543. Males had a median income of $48,341 versus $37,949 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,096. About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

===Socioeconomic status===
The most common occupations for people in Southfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. A relatively large number of people living in Southfield work in office and administrative support (16.00%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (9.72%). Southfield's populace is very well-educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation. Whereas 21.84% of the average community's adult population holds a 4-year degree or higher, 38.73% of Southfield's adults have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. Southfield's per capita income in 2010 was $28,995.<ref>Williams, Corey. "[http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mi/southfield/#description 'Neighborhood profile'].</ref>

===Ethnic groups===

====African Americans====
{{see also|History of the African Americans in Detroit}}
In 2002 Southfield had 42,259 black people, the second-largest black population in [[Metro Detroit]] and third-largest in Michigan.<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAAp8>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf African Americans in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072805/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf |date=November 9, 2013 }}." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072805/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/AAwork8.pdf Archive]) Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. February 2002. Working Paper Series, No. 8. p. 8. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.</ref>

As of 2011, many African Americans from Detroit were moving into Southfield and other suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties. Tensions have occurred between existing middle-class blacks in Southfield and incoming Detroiters.<ref>Dawsey, Darrell. "[http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/02/housing_crisis_in_metro_detroi.html Housing crisis in metro Detroit creating black class tensions in Southfield]." ''[[MLive.com]]''. February 28, 2011. Retrieved on February 18, 2014.</ref>

====Chaldean Catholic Assyrians====
{{see also|History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit}}
As of 2001 many [[Assyrian people|Chaldo-Assyrians]] live in Southfield; they are descended from the ancient [[Nineveh]] region of the Assyrian homeland in North Iraq. The Chaldean Federation of America, an umbrella organization for most regional Chaldean groups, is in Southfield. As of that year, the largest Chaldean church, by number of congregants, was based here. The city also had the area's sole Chaldean retirement home.<ref>Smith, Natalie Jill. "Ethnicity, Reciprocity, Reputation and Punishment: An Ethnoexperimental Study of Cooperation among the Chaldeans and [[Hmong people|Hmong]] of Detroit (Michigan)" (PhD dissertation). [[University of California, Los Angeles]], 2001. p. 41. UMI Number: 3024065.</ref>

Southfield is also home to the Detroit area's Consulate-General of [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consulate General – Detroit {{!}} Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.iraqiembassy.us/page/consulate-general-detroit |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.iraqiembassy.us}}</ref>

==== Jewish Americans ====
{{See also|History of the Jews in Metro Detroit}}
Since the rapid suburbanization of the 1950s and 1960s, many Jewish Americans from Northwest Detroit (particularly the Dexter-Davison neighborhood) moved to Southfield and other inner-ring suburbs such as [[Oak Park, Michigan|Oak Park]] and [[Huntington Woods, Michigan|Huntington Woods]]. [[Congregation Shaarey Zedek]] moved from Detroit to Southfield in 1962 to a modernist synagogue building designed by [[Percival Goodman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-31 |title=Our History {{!}} Congregation Shaarey Zedek - Southfield, MI Conservative Synagogue |url=https://www.shaareyzedek.org/welcome/our-history/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> The city was also previously home to Congregation Beth Achim on 12 Mile Road until its merger with Congregation Adat Shalom. The building was later purchased and demolished by a Jewish day school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Headapohl |first=Jackie |title=History of Beth Achim Synagogue {{!}} The Detroit Jewish News |url=https://thejewishnews.com/2017/03/09/history-beth-achim-synagogue/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=thejewishnews.com/ |date=March 9, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Though much of the Conservative and Reform Jewish population has since spread out to suburbs such as [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan|West Bloomfield]] and [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]], the city maintains a thriving [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] and [[Lubavitch]] community. It is also home to [[Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva]], a kosher grocery store, and many independent synagogues.

==Government==
Southfield uses the [[Council-Manager|council-manager]] form of government, and thus is governed by a [[City Council]] consisting of seven council members. The city council appoints a [[City Administrator]], who manages the day-to-day operations of the city. The popularly elected mayor, who does not vote on council actions, has the right to veto council actions and appoints the city's planner, assessor, attorney, and members of various commissions. The city's [[City clerk|clerk]] and treasurer are also popularly elected officials. All these officials hold nonpartisan positions.

* City officials
**Mayor [[Kenson Siver]] (term expires November 2025)
* City Council
**Council President [[Linnie Taylor]] (term expires November 2025)
**Council President Pro Tem [[Michael "Ari" Mandelbaum]] (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member [[Nancy Banks]] (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member [[Daniel Brightwell]] (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member [[Lloyd C. Crews]] (term expires November 2025)
**Council Member [[Myron Frasier]] (term expires November 2023)
**Council Member [[Coretta Houge]] (term expires November 2023)
* Other elected officials 
**City Clerk Allyson Bettis (term expires November 2023)
**City Treasurer [[Irv M. Lowenberg]] (term expires November 2025)

=== Federal, state, and county legislators ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Eric |date=2024-11-06 |title=Rep. Rashida Tlaib wins reelection in Michigan 12th District race, CBS News projects |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/rashida-tlaib-james-hooper-michigan-12th-district-race-results/ |access-date= |website=[[WWJ-TV|CBS News Detroit]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 12th congressional district|12th]]
|[[Rashida Tlaib]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Michigan Senate]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan State Senate Districts (Linden) |url=https://data.michigan.gov/download/i67p-mi6f/application%2Fpdf |website=Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Senators |url=https://senate.michigan.gov/senators/senators/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Michigan Senate}}</ref>
!District
!Senator
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 7th Senate district|7th]]
|[[Jeremy Moss]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2019{{efn|Moss has represented Southfield since 2019, but has only represented the 7th district since 2023.|name=fn1|group=lower-alpha}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Michigan House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan State House Districts (Hickory) |url=https://data.michigan.gov/download/fjje-2wv6/application%2Fpdf |website=Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=2024 MI State House General Election Results |url=https://www.freep.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/michigan/state-house |access-date= |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref>
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|[[Michigan's 5th House of Representatives district|5th]]
|[[Natalie Price (politician)|Natalie Price]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|-
|[[Michigan's 18th House of Representatives district|18th]]
|Jason Hoskins
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|-
|[[Michigan's 19th House of Representatives district|19th]]
|[[Samantha Steckloff]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Oakland County Board of Commissioners]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner Districts |url=https://oakgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4f848e8372074b6b864d919929127fe4 |access-date= |website=Oakland County |via=[[ArcGIS]]}}</ref>
!District
!Commissioner
!Party
!Since
|-
|17
|Yolanda Smith Charles
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|-
|18
|Linnie Taylor
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic
|2023
|}

==Education==
[[Southfield Public Schools]] operates area public schools. [[Southfield High School|Southfield Senior High School for the Arts and Technology]] (commonly known as Southfield A&T) is the district's sole high school. There were originally two high schools in the district, Southfield and [[Southfield-Lathrup High School|Southfield-Lathrup]], but they were consolidated after the 2015–16 school year.<ref>"[https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2015/06/10/southfield-public-schools-merge-two-high-schools/71023920/]" [[Article in the Detroit Free Press]]. Retrieved on June 27, 2018.</ref> Students living in parts of Northern Southfield attend schools in the [[Birmingham City School District]], while students living in the southeast corner of Southfield attend schools in the [[Oak Park School District]].<ref>"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st26_mi/c26125_oakland/DC10SD_C26125_001.pdf SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Oakland County, MI]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160113171844/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st26_mi/c26125_oakland/DC10SD_C26125_001.pdf Archive]). [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on June 29, 2015.</ref> Southfield A&T also competes in the [[Oakland Activities Association]] in the Red Division for high school sports, and has membership in the MHSAA.<ref name="League Lineup">{{cite web |url=http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=oaa |title=Oakland Activities Association Football |access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref>

[[AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School]] is an [[Armenian school|Armenian]] [[charter school|charter]] in Southfield.

[[Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva]] is a private Jewish school in Southfield.

[[Southfield Christian School]] is a private school in Southfield.

[[Southfield Public Library]] operates public libraries in the city.{{anchor|hospital}}Providence Medical Center offers [[residency (medicine)|residency]] training in various fields of medicine.

=== Colleges and universities ===
Southfield is home to eight colleges, including [[Lawrence Technological University]], [[Abcott Institute]], Everest Institute and [[Oakland Community College]]. The [[Specs Howard School of Media Arts]] is in Southfield.

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Detroit}}

Southfield is the broadcast media center for the Detroit area, with studios and broadcast facilities for several television stations, including [[WXYZ-TV]], [[WJBK]], [[WKBD-TV]], [[WMYD-TV]], [[WWJ-TV]], and City Cable 15. Metro Detroit's [[regional sports network]] [[Bally Sports Detroit]] is in Southfield on 11 Mile and Evergreen roads. A transmitter for [[WDIV-TV]] is in the city; it is the only television station based in downtown Detroit.

The city is home to [[Audacy]]'s Detroit studios. Southfield is also served by [[WSHJ]] 88.3 FM, a student-run radio station sponsored by Southfield Public Schools.

In 1970, radio pioneer and entertainer [[Specs Howard]] founded the [[Specs Howard School of Media Arts]] in Southfield.<ref name=tws01>{{cite web
| title = Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts Inc – School Description
| publisher = Campus Explorer
| date = August 27, 2009
| url = http://www.campusexplorer.com/colleges/B36ACB3A/Michigan/Southfield/Specs-Howard-School-of-Broadcast-Arts-Inc/
| access-date =August 27, 2009
}}</ref><ref name=tws03>{{cite web
| author = Kaylee Hawkins
| title = Specs Howard honored with MAB Lifetime Achievement Award
| publisher = Detroiter Online
| date = August 25, 2009
| url = http://www.detroiteronline.com/your-say/news/2065-Specs-Howard-honored-with-MAB-Lifetime-Achievement-Award
| access-date = August 27, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090921225232/http://www.detroiteronline.com/your-say/news/2065-Specs-Howard-honored-with-MAB-Lifetime-Achievement-Award
| archive-date = September 21, 2009
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

In addition to ''[[The Detroit News]]'' and [[Detroit Free Press|''Free Press'']], Detroit's two metropolitan daily newspapers, Southfield is served by the ''[[Southfield Eccentric]]'', a suburban paper that reports on local and community events, which is published twice a week, on Sunday and Thursday.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The headquarters of ''[[The Detroit Jewish News]]'' is in Southfield.<ref>"[http://www.thejewishnews.com/contact-us/ Contact Us]." ([https://archive.today/20131203044208/http://www.thejewishnews.com/contact-us/ Archive]) ''[[The Detroit Jewish News]]''. Retrieved on December 2, 2013. "Detroit Jewish News 29200 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034"</ref> The ''[[Chaldean News]]'' is also headquartered in Southfield.<ref>"[http://www.chaldeannews.com/contact/ Contact]." ''[[Chaldean News]]''. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. "29850 Northwestern Hwy.
Southfield, MI 48034"</ref>

==Transportation==
{{Further|Transportation in metropolitan Detroit}}
[[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation]] (SMART) operates local and regional bus transit.

The major thoroughfares in the city include the John C. Lodge Freeway ([[M-10 (Michigan highway)|M-10]]), which is among the first urban to suburban highways constructed in the United States. The city also contains [[Interstate 696|I-696]], Southfield Freeway ([[M-39 (Michigan highway)|M-39]]), and [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|US 24]] (Telegraph Road). The city has several freeway interchanges connecting local roads to the freeways. Most prominently, "The Lodge" freeway connects downtown Detroit to "The Mixing Bowl," the sprawling interchange of I-696, US 24, M-10, Lahser Road, and Franklin Road, all of which are in Southfield.

Most major streets adhere to a north–south/east–west orientation, forming a grid of major streets spaced {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} apart from each other. The major east–west streets are [[8 Mile Road]] (which forms the southern boundary of the city), [[Mile Road System (Detroit)|9 Mile Road]] (which is split by the Southfield Freeway), 10 Mile Road, 11 Mile Road (which is split by the Lodge), and 12 Mile Road. Major north–south streets are Telegraph Road, Lahser Road, Evergreen Road, Southfield Road (the northern extension of the Southfield Freeway) and Greenfield Road (which forms the eastern boundary of the city).

==Religion==
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]] formerly operated the Church of St. Bede. By 2013 there was a debate on how the property should be rezoned, and therefore reused.<ref>{{cite web|author=Strachan, Jessica|url=https://www.candgnews.com/news/what-happens-next-st-bede|title=What happens next to St. Bede?|work=[[Southfield Sun]]|publisher=[[C & G Newspapers]]|date=2013-02-06|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref>

Jewish places of worship in Southfield include [[Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Michigan)|Congregation Shaarey Zedek]], Ahavas Olam, Congregation Yagdil Torah, [[List of synagogues named Young Israel|Young Israel of Southfield]], Congregation Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Ahavas Yisrael Society, Congregation Shomrey Emunah, and the F.R.E.E. Russian Jewry Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Places of Worship {{!}} City of Southfield |url=https://www.cityofsouthfield.com/residents/community/places-worship |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.cityofsouthfield.com}}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
{{expand section|date=November 2013}}
The Southfield Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for 775 acres of parks, nature preserves and open space and historic properties at 33 sites within the city. There are numerous ball fields, tennis and handball courts, picnic areas and shelters. There are soccer fields, play lots and sand volleyball courts throughout the city.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105210420F7CD693&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Southfield welcomes culture]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. September 8, 2004. Retrieved on Sunday November 10, 2013. ID: det19737754. "Brad Parks, 43, brought his family to the Japan Festival because he's[...]"</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofsouthfield.com/CityDepartments/LZ/ParksRecreation/tabid/196/Default.aspx|title=City of Southfield - Parks & Recreation|website=www.cityofsouthfield.com}}</ref>

* Bauervic Woods Park 
* Bedford Woods Park 
* Beech Woods Park
* Brace Park
* Burgh Historical Park
* Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve 
* Civic Center Park
* Freeway Park
* Inglenook Park
* John Grace Park & Community Center
* John R. Miller Park
* Lahser Woods Park
* Lincoln Woods
* Mary Thompson House & Farm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southfieldlibrary.org/about-us/your-library/southfield-history/mary-thompson-farmhouse/|title=Mary Thompson Farmhouse|date=June 21, 2010|website=Southfield Public Library}}</ref>
* Pebble Creek Park
* Simms Park
* Stratford Woods Commons
* Valley Woods Nature Preserve

==Notable people==
{{div col}}
* [[Jay Adelson]], entrepreneur
* [[Fatai Alashe]], soccer player
* [[Ingrid Andress]], country singer-songwriter (born in Southfield, Michigan)
* [[Johnathon Banks]], boxer
* [[Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)|Tom Barrett]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for Michigan<ref>{{cite web |title=BARRETT, Tom |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001321 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Blashill]], professional ice hockey head coach
* [[Selma Blair]], actress
* [[Harry J. Brooks]] (1902-1927), test pilot
* [[Jimmy Carson]], professional hockey player
* [[Mike Chappell]], professional basketball player
* [[Elijah Connor]], singer
* [[Billy Davis (guitarist)|Billy Davis]], musician currently living in Southfield
* [[Erin Dilly]], actress raised in Southfield
* [[Glenn Earl]], professional football player
* [[Geoffrey Fieger]], attorney for [[Jack Kevorkian]] based in Southfield
* [[Susie Garrett]] (1929-2002), actress
* [[Chris Getz]], professional baseball player
* [[Nicole Gibbons]], TV personality
* [[Dan Gilbert]], businessman raised in Southfield
* [[Jon Glaser]], actor raised in Southfield
* [[GRiZ]], American DJ and electronic producer
* Yasmine Hanani, actress
* [[Carla Harvey]], musician
* [[Thomas Hearns]], retired boxer living in Southfield
* [[John James (Michigan politician)|John James]], politician 
* [[I Prevail]], metal band from Southfield
* [[Ben Kelso]], professional basketball player
* [[Keegan-Michael Key]], actor
* [[Byron Krieger]] (1920-2015), Olympic fencer
* [[Tony Leech]], director, screenwriter, editor
* [[Eric Lefkofsky]], businessman
* [[Raynetta Mañees]], novelist, entertainer
* [[Devyn Marble]] (born 1992), basketball player for [[Maccabi Haifa B.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Howard Markel]], medical historian
* [[Roya Megnot]] (1962-2009), actress
* [[Jeremy Moss]], politician
* [[Colette Nelson]], body builder
* [[Chukwuma Okorafor]], professional football player
* [[Lawrence Payton]] (1938-1997), musician
* [[Matt Pike]], musician
* [[Steven Pitt (psychiatrist)|Steven Pitt]] (1959-2018), American forensic psychiatrist
* [[Mike Posner]], singer-songwriter
* [[Bill Prady]], television writer raised in Southfield
* [[Emily Samuelson]], ice dancer
* [[Debbie Schlussel]], film critic
* [[Jay Sebring]] (1933-1969), celebrity hair stylist and victim of the [[Manson Family]]
* [[Jason Stollsteimer]], musician
* [[Jennifer Laura Thompson]], actress
* [[Malaya Watson]], singer
* [[Rick Worthy]], actor
* [[Sheldon Yellen]], entrepreneur
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Michigan}}
*[[Architecture of metropolitan Detroit]]
*[[Lawrence Technological University]]
*[[Metro Detroit]]
*[[Tourism in metropolitan Detroit]]
*[[History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit]]
*[[Specs Howard School of Media Arts]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/ City of Southfield]
*[http://www.southfieldchamber.com Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce]
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