Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

One community that needs to be looked at more closely is Highland Park. Previous data
demonstrated that its elderly residents had the highest need, based on high levels of
poverty. Table 15 shows that half of all age categories are also living alone.
Table 16. Living Arrangements by Detailed Age Group in Region 1-A, 2000
60+ Living
alone
Percent of
60+
65+ Living
alone
Percent of
65+
75+ Living
alone
Percent of
75+
Region 1-A Total 43,714 39.2 35,891 40.6 19,330 44.0
Detroit city 37,874 38.8 30,824 40.1 16,185 43.2
Grosse Pointe city 375 44.5 330 48.7 212 53.3
Grosse Pointe Farms city 513 34.4 458 37.1 274 42.4
Grosse Pointe Park city 428 33.8 364 36.6 213 42.3
Grosse Pointe Shores 138 25.4 124 28.2 81 37.7
Grosse Pointe Woods city 800 32.0 705 33.6 461 38.5
Hamtramck city 1,247 49.1 1,065 51.4 690 55.9
Harper Woods city 1,158 50.0 1,056 51.2 741 54.8
Highland Park city 1,181 49.8 965 50.0 473 52.1
People who do not reside in households live in group quarters. The most frequent form of
group quarters arrangement for seniors is that of nursing homes. Region 1-A had a total
of 5,256 seniors (65+) living in group quarters in 2000. Nursing homes accounted for 81
percent of group quarters residents and the City of Detroit accounted for 89 percent of the
total group quarters population.
Table 17. Group Quarters Population, 65 Years and Over, in Region 1-A, 2000
Total
Institutional Correctional
Institutions
Nursing
Homes
Non-
Institutional
Region 1-A Total 5,256 4,359 33 4,265 897
Detroit city 4,696 3,822 30 3,733 874
Grosse Pointe city 0 0 0 0 0
Grosse Pointe Farms city 0 0 0 0 0
Grosse Pointe Park city 2 0 0 0 2
Grosse Pointe Shores 0 0 0 0 0
Grosse Pointe Woods city 62 58 0 58 4
Hamtramck city 199 193 3 190 6
Harper Woods city 130 124 0 124 6
Highland Park city 167 162 0 160 5
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