Fortune's Best Companies to Work for in Michigan - 2010

Fortune is out with its annual list of "Fortune 100 Best Companies" to work for - 2010. There are 3 companies in the list with their Headquarters in Michigan. The Companies are

• Quicken Loans
• Livonia, MI
• Best Company to Work For rank: 29
• Employees: 2,890

• Plante & Moran
• Southfield, MI
• Best Company to Work For rank: 66
• Employees: 1,558

• Herman Miller
• Zeeland, MI
• Best Company to Work For rank: 97
• Employees: 5,646

Plymouth Township leads in Michigan - Best Places to live in United States -2009

Michigan has 5 cities listed in this year's "Best Places to live in United States". Coming in at #28 is Plymouth Township, MI followed by (38)Gross Ile, (52)Rochester, (68)Saline, (93)Tecumseh.

Even though Fortune has mapped out the data on Google Maps, I have taken the same data and created a Google Maps Mashup with "numbered" markers and also added a search capability (located on the left of the map) which narrows your results by "states".

(data source: FORTUNE)

Troy - Michigan's Top Ranked City to Live in - 2008

Fortune is out with its list of Top 100 cities to live - 2008. Michigan has 6 cities listed. Topping the list in Michigan is Troy. Here's the list with the ranking and population information:

• 22 - Troy - Population 81,100
• 27 - Ann Arbor - Population 113,200
• 36 - West Bloomfield Township - Population 65,900
• 48 - Novi - Population 54,100
• 61 - Sterling Heights - Population 127,900
• 62 - Shelby - Population - 72,200

For the entire list visit Fortune website.

Fortune 1000 Companies in Michigan

Fortune is out with its annual list of "Fortune 1000 Companies". There are 33 companies in Michigan which made it to Fortune 1000 list. General Motors leads the list in Michigan (4th in Fortune 1000 list). Here's a Google Maps View of Michigan's Fortune 1000 list.

Michigan's most admired companies

Fortune magazine has published a list of Michigan's most admired companies. Here they are:

Name	Location
Autoliv	Auburn Hills
Kellogg	Battle Creek
Penske Automotive Group	Bloomfield Hills
Steelcase	Grand Rapids
Universal Forest Products	Grand Rapids
Stryker	Kalamazoo
TRW Automotive Holdings	Livonia
Dow Chemical	Midland
ArvinMeritor	Troy
Herman Miller	Zeeland

Quicken Loans from Livonia, MI one of the Best Companies to work for in 2008

Fortune has come out with its list of 100 Best Companies to work for in 2008. Michigan has just 3 companies listed. And the winners in Michigan are:

• Quicken Loans - Ranked #2 (Livonia, MI)
• Plante & Moran - Ranked #44 (Southfield, MI)
• Herman Miller - Ranked #96 (Zeeland, MI)

Note: Quicken Loans had already announced that it would be moving its Headquarters to Detroit, MI soon. Take a look at this Google Maps Street View of Quicken Loans offices in Livonia, MI (For Lease sign is already up :-))