Global Detroit
Cleveland Symposium on Global Affairs:
International Politics, Business, and Law
May 4, 2011
Mission
G LO B A L D E T R O I T I S A N E F F O R T TO R E V I TA L I Z E
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN’S ECONOMY BY PURSUING
S T R AT E G I E S T H AT S T R E N G T H E N D E T R O I T ’ S
C O N N E C T I O N S TO T H E W O R L D A N D T H AT M A K E T H E
R E G I O N M O R E AT T R A C T I V E A N D W E LC O M I N G TO
I M M I G R A N T S , I N T E R N AT I O N A L S , A N D F O R E I G N
T R A D E A N D I N V E S T M E N T A S A M E A N S TO P R O D U C E
JOBS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH .
Immigration? ?
HOW’S THAT
GOING?
182
Number
146
of Shows
Including
74
Discussion
of Illegal
Immigration
in 2007
Lou
Dobbs
Tonight
O'Reilly
Factor
Glenn
Beck
52%
45%
Proportions
39%
of Discussions
on Illegal
Immigration
Mentioning
Crime in 2007
Lou
Dobbs
Tonight
O'Reilly
Factor
Glenn
Beck
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.
Michigan Immigrants: THE FACTS
•
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
• 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
20.0%
source - 2008 American Community Survey
17.7%
18.0%
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
11.2%
10.0%
8.7%
8.3%
8.0%
6.0%
5.7%
5.2%
6.4%
6.8%
6.1%
5.8%
5.0%
4.1%
3.5%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Ann Arbor
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Des Moines
Detroit-Warren-Livonia
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Total Number of Foreign Born by
Metro Area
source - 2008 American Community Survey
500,000
450,000
400,000
350,000
Ann Arbor
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
300,000
Columbus
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
-
Des Moines
Detroit-WarrenLivonia
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis/St.
Paul
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Foreign Students in Michigan, National Rank and
Economic Impact
FOREIGN STUDENTS IN MICHIGAN
Rank in US
#8
ESTIMATED FOREIGN STUDENTS EXPENDITURE IN
MICHIGAN (in millions of dollars)
Total
23,617
(up 3.3%)
$592.4
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%
Michigan Institutions with the Highest Number of Foreign Students
Institution
City
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan State University East Lansing
Wayne State University
Detroit
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Total
5,790
4,757
2,632
1,354
1,006
4 Strategic Outcomes
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.
Global
Detroit
 Struggling Region, State, and
Cities
 New Strategies for the New
Economy
Are We Getting It Right?
Steve Tobocman
New Solutions Group, LLC
(313) 516-9681
steve.tobocman@gmail.com