Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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than half that of the general population, while that of multi-race respondents is considerably less. This fact is due to the large numbers of multi-race responses that occurred in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, home to large numbers of persons of Arab ancestry. An analysis of this population shows that it trends toward a younger age distribution, thus resulting in a higher likelihood for multi-race respondents to be younger as well. Table 5. Racial Distribution of Region 1-C’s Total and 60+ Populations, 2000 Number Total Population Minority Percent Share within 1-C Number 60+ Population Minority Percent Share within 1-C Total Population 1,008,216 171,279 Minority Population 131,720 13.1 11,542 6.7 African-American 72,040 7.1 54.7 7,359 4.3 63.8 Native American 4,221 0.4 3.2 341 0.2 3.0 Asian & PI 22,571 2.2 17.1 1,868 1.1 16.2 Other Race 7,352 0.7 5.6 348 0.2 3.0 Multi-Race 25,536 2.5 19.4 1,626 0.9 14.1 Latino/Hispanic 28,797 2.9 21.9 2,365 1.4 20.5 White, non-Hispanic 857,354 85.0 157,791 92.1 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. Region 1-C’s poverty rates were relatively low, compared to the other Table 6. Poverty Rate by Age Category, 1999 Region Total 55-64 65+ 65-74 75+ 1-A 24.9 11.9 17.4 17.0 17.8 1-B 6.3 2.9 6.5 3.5 6.8 1-C 7.5 3.6 6.1 4.4 6.1 2 8.2 4.2 7.5 4.8 7.5 3-A 12.0 3.7 6.3 4.5 5.7 3-B 9.6 5.3 8.2 5.6 7.6 3-C 10.5 6.0 7.1 4.5 6.9 4 11.8 5.9 9.4 6.1 9.1 5 11.3 5.4 7.7 5.2 6.3 6 11.0 3.6 6.4 3.4 6.5 7 12.1 6.1 8.8 5.6 8.9 8 9.5 4.8 7.9 5.1 7.6 9 11.9 9.3 7.8 5.9 6.7 10 7.9 5.4 6.8 3.9 7.0 11 11.8 6.4 9.3 6.0 10.4 14 8.4 3.9 6.7 3.7 7.3 A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-C 6
egions, across all age groups. Only one region (1B) had a lower poverty rate, and one (6) the same, in the 55-64 year cohort. Region 1-C had the lowest rate of any region for all persons 65 years of age and over. Looking further at this age group’s component cohorts, we see that Region 1-C was surpassed by four regions (1-B, 6, 10 and 14) in the 65-74 year cohort, and only one (3A) for persons 75 years and over. Due to 2000 Census tabulation issues, the only way to approximate the tabulation for 60+ is to perform an allocation based on population share. 4 Utilizing this estimation method we find that the poverty rate for seniors in Region 1-C continued the gradual decline that occurred in the previous decade (see Table 7). The drop of 0.5 percentage points (from 6.6 to 6.1 percent) during the 1990s followed a similar drop of 0.4 percentage points (from 7.0 to 6.6 percent) that occurred during the 1980s. In spite of the decrease in the region’s senior poverty rate during the 1990s, the larger decrease that occurred in Detroit (Region 1-A), 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- C and 1-B. Region 1-C’s share of the State increased from 7.2 to 8.1 percent. This followed a similar percentage point increase of 0.8 (from 6.4 to 7.2 percent) during the 1970s. This increase occurred primarily because of the large growth in the region’s senior population, as Detroit’s poverty rate went up during this time. Region 1-B also experienced growth in State share for similar reasons. Table 7. Trends in Poverty Rate of Population 60+ Population by Region, 1979 - 1999 Region 1979 1989 1999 Reg Share ST Share Reg Share ST Share Reg Share ST Share 1-A 15.5 24.1 19.0 23.7 17.8 20.4 1-B 7.5 14.9 6.7 16.3 6.1 19.8 1-C 7.0 6.4 6.6 7.2 6.1 8.1 2 11.0 3.2 10.2 3.1 7.2 2.8 3-A 8.4 1.5 8.6 1.8 6.3 1.7 3-B 10.2 2.0 9.2 1.9 8.1 2.1 3-C 9.9 1.1 9.3 1.0 7.4 1.1 4 12.7 4.0 11.4 3.8 9.2 3.8 5 10.5 4.9 9.4 4.9 7.9 5.6 6 9.7 3.0 8.7 3.0 6.3 2.9 7 12.5 8.6 11.4 8.5 8.8 8.7 8 11.8 9.0 10.1 8.3 7.9 8.4 9 15.9 4.4 13.5 4.3 8.3 3.9 10 14.8 3.7 10.7 3.1 7.0 3.0 11 14.7 6.3 13.9 5.9 9.2 4.8 14 9.1 3.0 8.7 3.1 6.6 3.3 Table 8 attempts to assess the severity of poverty that exists in the regions for the population 65 years and over. While one can determine the share that fall below the 4 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 in the 60-64 years 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-C 7
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