Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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Wayne County’s share of the State’s elderly in poverty grew slightly between 1979 and 1989, as the increase in Region 1-C’s share, due to increased population, outdistanced the decrease experienced in Region 1-A. This trend reversed itself between 1989 and 1999. While Region 1-C was increasing its overall share, in spite of a decrease in the total number of seniors, Region 1-A was losing at a rate eight times that of the previous decade (the State share fell by 0.4 percentage points between 1979 and 1989, as compared to 3.3 percentage points between 1989 and 1999). . The overall result was a loss of 2.4 percentage points in State share for the county from 30.9 percent to 28.5 percent. Wayne County and Area Agencies’ Shares of State’s Elderly in Poverty, 1979 – 1999 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1979 1989 1999 Wayne County 1-A 1-C This report, coupled with separate reports for PSA 1-A and PSA 1-C, provides a great deal more detail on the demographic, socioeconomic and housing trends of seniors in Wayne County. Many of the tables and maps also provide geographic detail – community-level in Wayne County and PSA 1-C, and community and subcommunity level for PSA 1-A. Demographic Summary for Wayne County 2
Total Population Trends Populations shifts within the State of Michigan in general, and within the inner core of the Detroit metropolitan area specifically, have resulted in a steady decline in Wayne County’s share of state seniors over the last 30 years (Table 1). While the county contained one of every three (33 percent) Michigan seniors in 1970, only one of five (20 percent) resided there as of 2000. This pattern did not occur uniformly throughout the county however. While Detroit and its core communities of Highland Park and Hamtramck 1 experienced losses over the three decades, rapidly growing communities in the suburbs of Wayne County (Livonia, Canton Township, etc.) led to increases in Region 1-C’s share in 1980 and 1990. The majority of available land was developed in many of these rapidly growing areas by 1990. Less land for development resulted in fewer new households and allowed the demographic trend of decreasing household size to lead to decreased rates of growth or, in some cases, population loss. This trend, combined with the continued decrease in Region 1-A, resulted in a four-percentage point drop for the county. Table 1. Share of State’s 60+ Population, 1970 - 2000 While general population trends in the state would predict such a shift, the 1990’s brought a variation in the region’s trend that is both disturbing and, unfortunately, not fully understandable. The rate of loss for seniors trailed that of the general population during the 1970s and 1980s. In fact, the number of seniors in Wayne County actually increased during the 1980s while the overall population was dropping by 10 percent. In the 1990s, however, a large variance occurred. While the rate of loss for the general population slowed to a quarter that of the 1980’s (2.4 vs. 9.7 percent), the 1.4 percent gain in seniors that occurred during the 1980s turned to an 11.4 percent loss during the 1990s, outdistancing general loss almost five-fold (Table 2). Table 2. Trends in Total and Elderly Population in Wayne County, 1970 – 2000 Year Region 1970 1980 1990 2000 Wayne County 33.0 27.2 23.9 20.0 1-A 24.9 17.2 12.7 9.3 1-C 8.2 10.0 11.2 10.7 Population Totals, by Decade Percent Change, Decade to Decade Michigan Wayne County Michigan Wayne County Total 60+ Total 60+ Total 60+ Total 60+ 1970 8,875,083 1,089,225 2,666,751 359,954 1980 9,262,078 1,305,636 2,337,891 355,224 4.4% 19.9% -12.3% -1.3% 1990 9,295,297 1,510,397 2,111,687 360,304 0.4% 15.7% -9.7% 1.4% 2000 9,938,444 1,596,162 2,061,162 319,085 6.9% 5.7% -2.4% -11.4% 1 While Hamtramck’s population losses continued through 1990, the large immigration wave of the 1990s led to a population turnaround and a resultant population increase of 25 percent between 1990 and 2000. While Detroit experienced an increase in its immigrant population, it was not enough to reverse the population losses that began during the 1950s. Demographic Summary for Wayne County 3
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Table 9. Population 60 Years+ At or
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Population Trends Region 1-C has ex
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Table 13. Ratio of Income to Povert
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Table 18 provides data on the total
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Table 20. Educational Attainment of
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whether these seniors are owning or
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Conclusions and Recommendations Whi
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TABLE 1. GENERAL POPULATION TRENDS
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TABLE 1. GENERAL POPULATION TRENDS
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TABLE 2. LIVING ARRANGEMENT TRENDS
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Appendix B Wayne County Maps
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Number of Persons 60 Years of Age a
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Percent of Population 60 Years and
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Population 60 Years of Age and Over
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Percent of Population 60 Years and
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