1.1 Companies Founded in Flint

• Tucows
• Buick
• Team of Destiny

2 Culture

Flint hosts a cultural center, large for a city of this size, funded by the revenue from the auto industry in the 1950s. It boasts:

• Whiting Auditorium, a 2100-seat auditorium
• Sloan Museum, a large portion of which is dedicated to rare automobiles
• Longway Planetarium, the largest planetarium in Michigan
• Flint Institute of Arts, a well stocked art museum and learning facility

and others (Bower Theater, Flint Institute of Music, Pierce Cultural Center) all set on a 30-acre site near downtown. Flint is also host to the University of Michigan's Flint campus, Kettering University formerly GMI, and Mott Community College.

Noteworthy annual events include the Flint Jazz Festival and the Crim Festival of Races.

Flint has also produced a host of local artists and musicians, many taking on a political perspective. Some examples include Michael Moore, Ben Hamper , author Edmund Love from nearby Flushing, musical acts such as the Grand Funk Railroad, and rap outfits M.C. Breed, the Dayton Family, and Top Authority.

3 Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 88.2 km² (34.1 mi²). 87.1 km² (33.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.26% water.

Flint lies just to the northeast of the Flint hills. The terrain is low and rolling along the south and east sides, and flatter to the northwest.

For a city of its size, Flint has many neighborhoods, generally grouped on one of the four cardinal "sides." The North Side and Near South Side are predominantly African American, with such historic districts as Buick City and Civic Park on the North, and Sugar Hill, Floral Park, and Kent and Elm Parks on the south. Many of these neighborhoods were original centers of early Michigan blues. The East Side is the site of the Mott Estate and Community College, the Cultural Center, and East Village, one of Flint's more prosperous areas. Just to the north is the East Side, which is rapidly diversifying. The West side includes the main site of the 1937 sitdown strike and the historic Woodcroft neighborhood, home in the past to influential engineers and automotive executives.

4 Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there are 124,943 people, 48,744 households, and 30,270 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,434.5/km² (3,714.9/mi²). There are 55,464 housing units at an average density of 636.8/km² (1,649.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 41.39% White, 53.27% Black or African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.11% from other races, and 3.14% from two or more races. 2.99% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 48,744 households out of which 33.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% are married couples living together, 27.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% are non-families. 31.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.51 and the average family size is 3.16.

In the city the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $28,015, and the median income for a family is $31,424. Males have a median income of $34,009 versus $24,237 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,733. 26.4% of the population and 22.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 37.4% of those under the age of 18 and 13.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

5 External links

• City of Flint
• Cultural Center
• Mayors of Flint
• Pictures of Flint's Mott Park and 3rd Avenue Neighborhoods
• The FlintSkinny
• Flint Local 432

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