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Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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A <strong>Demographic</strong> <strong>Pr<strong>of</strong>ile</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Senior</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Implications for Fund<strong>in</strong>g and Service Delivery<br />

Key F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Population shifts with<strong>in</strong> the State <strong>of</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> <strong>in</strong> general, and with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ner core <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Detroit metropolitan area specifically, have resulted <strong>in</strong> a steady decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>’s share <strong>of</strong> state seniors over the last 30 years, from 33 to 20 percent. This decl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

has not been experienced evenly throughout the county. The large population losses <strong>in</strong><br />

Detroit over the period led to a decrease <strong>of</strong> 15.6 percentage po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> share for PSA 1-A<br />

from 24.9 to 9.3 percent, while movement to the suburbs led to a slight <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>of</strong> 2.5<br />

percentage po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> PSA 1-C’s share from 8.2 to 10.7. In spite <strong>of</strong> the overall 30-year<br />

ga<strong>in</strong>, PSA 1-C experienced its first loss <strong>in</strong> share dur<strong>in</strong>g the 1990s.<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong> and Area Agencies’ Shares <strong>of</strong> State’s 60+ Population, 1970 - 2000<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

1-A<br />

1-C<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

1970 1980 1990 2000<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong> also experienced a 7.7 percentage po<strong>in</strong>t drop <strong>in</strong> its share <strong>of</strong> the State’s<br />

m<strong>in</strong>ority elderly over the decade <strong>of</strong> the 1990s, from 68.1 to 60.4 percent. Once aga<strong>in</strong> the<br />

driv<strong>in</strong>g force was population loss <strong>in</strong> Detroit which, coupled with <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g numbers <strong>of</strong><br />

m<strong>in</strong>ority elderly <strong>in</strong> the Detroit suburbs, led to a decrease <strong>of</strong> 8.4 percentage po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> PSA<br />

1-A’s share from 62.9 to 54.5 percent, and an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>of</strong> 0.7 percentage po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> PSA 1-<br />

C’s share from 5.2 to 5.9 percent.<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong> and Area Agencies’ Shares <strong>of</strong> State’s M<strong>in</strong>ority <strong>Senior</strong>s, 1990 and 2000<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

1990 2000<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

1-A<br />

1-C<br />

<strong>Demographic</strong> Summary for <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>County</strong> 1

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