Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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Minority Population Trends Decreases in Region 1-A’s share of the state’s minority population, while much less, have also been the rule. Table 4 summarizes the trend in minority share across the State’s 16 regions between 1990 and 2000 1 . While Region 1-A’s minorities increased their share of the 60+ population (from 60 to 72 percent), due primarily to a loss of over half the region’s white, non-Hispanic elderly, the region’s share of the State’s minority elderly decreased from 62.9 to 54.5 percent. This decrease was a result of growing numbers of minority elderly in most areas of the state – particularly in the greater Detroit metropolitan area - as measured by growth in Regions 1-B, 1-C and 5. Table 4. Share of Minority Population 60 Years+ by Region, 1990 - 2000 Region 1990 2000 Reg Share ST Share Reg Share ST Share 1-A 60.0 62.9 72.1 54.5 1-B 4.5 9.3 6.6 14.1 1-C 5.6 5.2 6.7 5.9 2 4.0 1.1 3.7 1.0 3-A 5.5 1.0 7.1 1.3 3-B 7.0 1.3 7.6 1.3 3-C 3.0 0.3 2.5 0.2 4 9.9 2.8 10.0 2.7 5 11.1 5.0 12.8 5.9 6 6.1 1.8 7.3 2.2 7 5.4 3.4 5.2 3.4 8 4.6 3.2 5.3 3.8 9 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.3 10 1.1 0.3 1.3 0.4 11 1.6 0.6 2.7 0.9 14 6.0 1.9 5.9 2.0 A further analysis of the region’s racial/ethnic makeup (see Table 5) details the composition of the region’s minority population. Just under 96 percent of the region’s total minority elderly population is African-American. 2 Native Americans, Asians and Other (undefined) races accounted for less than 1 percent each. Multi-racial responses accounted for 1.4 percent. While not included in the count of minorities, 3,014 elderly (2.0 percent) identified themselves as Latino/Hispanic. 1 The 2000 Census allowed respondents for the first time to choose more than one race. The Office of Services to the Aging tabulated minority population to include these multi-race respondents, in addition to the single-race respondents who listed African-American, Native American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Other Race. 2 Race identification in Table 5 is associated with single race responses. In other words, the count of African-Americans is based on the number of respondents who listed only African-American on their census questionnaire. If they listed African-American and another race they were counted as Multi-racial. A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-A 7
The racial/ethnic composition of the elderly differs from that of the general population. The elderly population tends to be much more heavily White, non-Hispanic – 27 vs. 16 percent, and trails in all minority categories. In spite of the large decrease in White, non- Hispanic elderly in Detroit over the last decade (just over 50 percent), their share of Detroit’s elderly population (19 percent) was almost double their representation in the total population (10.5 percent). Table 5. Racial Distribution of Region 1-A’s Total and 60 Years+ Populations, 2000 Total Population 60+ Population Number Percent Minority Share within 1-A Number Percent Minority Share within 1-A Total Population 1,052,946 147,806 Minority Population 863,835 82.0 106,499 72.1 African-American 796,952 75.7 92.3 101,816 68.9 95.6 Native American 3,406 0.3 0.4 435 0.3 0.4 Asian & PI 13,076 1.2 1.5 1,045 0.7 1.0 Other Race 24,668 2.3 2.9 1,080 0.7 1.0 Multi-Race 25,733 2.4 3.0 2,123 1.4 2.0 Latino/Hispanic 48,410 4.6 5.6 3,014 2.0 2.8 White, non-Hispanic 171,630 16.3 39,880 27.0 Poverty Trends Measurement of trends in the elderly poor have been complicated by the way age-related poverty data were tabulated by the Census Bureau in the 2000 Census. Rather than breaking out the 55-64 year age cohort into two groups – 55-59 and 60-64 – allowing for tabulations of the 60 and over population (as done in 1980 and 1990), the Census Bureau chose to keep it as one. Table 6 shows the distribution of poverty by age groups from the 2000 Census. It is clear that Region 1-A’s poverty rates far exceed those of any other region in all age categories. The poverty rate for the total population in Region 1-A stands at 24.9 percent, more than double that of the next highest, Region 7, at 12.1 percent. This 2:1 ratio essentially holds for the 65+ cohort (17.4 vs. 9.4 percent), but drops slightly in the 75+ cohort – 17.8 vs. 10.4 percent. The largest ratio exists for 65-74 year olds – 2.8:1 (17 percent for Region 1-A and 6.1 percent for Region 4). Due to 2000 Census tabulation issues, the only way to approximate the tabulation for 60+ is to perform an allocation based on population share. 3 Utilizing this estimation method we find that the poverty rate for seniors in Region 1-A fell slightly to 17.8 percent from the previous value of 19 percent (see Table 7). This decrease followed the significant rise that occurred during the 1980s. The decrease in the overall poverty rate, coupled with the numbers of seniors moving out into the Detroit suburbs, led to a decreasing share of poor seniors in Region 1-A and increasing state shares for regions 1-B and 1-C. 3 In order to approximate the 60-64 year cohort in poverty, an allocation was performed based on each region’s share of total population 55-64 years represented by the 60-64 subgroup. Each share was then applied to the number of poor in the 55-64 year range, with the result being an estimate of poor between 60 and 64 years. A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-A 8
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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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