Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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Community Analysis Population and Socioeconomic Characteristics In order to better understand the changes that have occurred in Region 1-C, the analysis now addresses the region’s geographic components. Learning more about where the losses (and gains) have occurred, as well as the characteristics of the persons who reside in the region, will allow for a better understanding of these trends and a more focused approach to service delivery. Our sub-regional analysis is being conducted at the community-level, through an analysis of changes in the 60 and over population in each of the 34 communities in the region. Table 11. Region 1-C’s 60+ Population by Community, 1980-2000 Community Number 60 Years and Over Percent of Total Pop. 1980 1990 2000 1980-90 1990-00 Region 1-C 130,967 168,880 171,279 29% 1% Allen Park city 6,413 8,436 7,245 32% -14% Belleville city 482 700 757 45% 8% Brownstown township 1,051 1,430 1,988 36% 39% Canton township 2,457 4,002 6,469 63% 62% Dearborn city 20,648 20,687 18,391 0% -11% Dearborn Heights city 10,294 14,265 13,515 39% -5% Ecorse city 2,093 2,057 1,808 -2% -12% Flat Rock city 642 1,021 1,054 59% 3% Garden City city 3,318 5,089 5,162 53% 1% Gibraltar city 382 446 593 17% 33% Grosse Ile township 1,020 1,414 1,897 39% 34% Huron township 986 1,216 1,541 23% 27% Inkster city 4,181 4,823 4,252 15% -12% Lincoln Park city 7,156 8,301 6,965 16% -16% Livonia city 12,521 19,315 21,325 54% 10% Melvindale city 1,781 2,209 1,829 24% -17% Northville city 663 571 580 -14% 2% Northville township 1,375 2,488 3,899 81% 57% Plymouth city 1,848 2,004 1,741 8% -13% Plymouth township 2,192 3,479 4,600 59% 32% Redford township 10,151 12,066 9,263 19% -23% River Rouge city 2,068 1,819 1,403 -12% -23% Riverview city 1,681 2,691 3,232 60% 20% Rockwood city 277 402 451 45% 12% Romulus city 2,079 2,403 2,587 16% 8% Southgate city 3,448 5,967 6,133 73% 3% Sumpter township 1,078 1,187 1,261 10% 6% Taylor city 5,992 8,505 9,862 42% 16% Trenton city 2,889 4,368 4,774 51% 9% Van Buren township 1,506 2,102 2,286 40% 9% Wayne city 2,746 3,222 2,945 17% -9% Westland city 8,685 12,695 14,803 46% 17% Woodhaven city 557 912 1,288 64% 41% Wyandotte city 6,307 6,588 5,380 4% -18% A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-C 10
Population Trends Region 1-C has experienced a steady increase in its elderly population since 1970, though the decade of the 1990s brought with it the smallest numerical and percentage increases over the 30-year period. A review of Table 11 shows that, while three communities (Ecorse, Northville and River Rouge) lost elderly during the 1980s, eleven communities experienced losses during the 1990s. While both Ecorse and River Rouge experienced increases in their rate of loss, and Northville showed a slight gain, communities such as Allen Park, Lincoln Park and Melvindale experienced major reversals from double-digit gains in the 1980s to double-digit losses in the 1990s. Minority Trends The analysis to this point has looked at Region 1-C in terms of its overall characteristics and relation to the other regions in the State. However, we still need to better understand the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of this population. In order to do that we turn to the 2000 Census and seek to mine the applicable data. 6 Table 12 provides the racial (minority 7 overall) composition of Region 1-C by community. Minorities account for 7.9 percent of the Region’s population 60+, but only 6.1 percent of those 75+. This discrepancy is the result of a White, non-Hispanic population that is represented in higher numbers in the older age categories – particularly in the communities of Canton township, Dearborn, Inkster, Redford township, and most of the smaller downriver communities. The only communities to go counter to this trend were Ecorse, Romulus, Sumpter township and Wayne. The table also shows the wide variation in the racial makeup of the Region’s seniors across communities. Ecorse and Inkster were the only communities where minorities represented more than half of all seniors, while River Rouge, Romulus, Sumpter township and Wayne were the only other communities with minority shares, in any age group, that exceeded 10 percent. Nineteen of the 34 communities had minority elderly shares of less than 5 percent. Poverty Trends Table 13 allows for a finer analysis of the region’s poor seniors. While there are pockets of poverty in all communities, when communities are ranked by the number of seniors in poverty, it can be seen that more than half (4,512 out of 7,968, or 57 percent) live in just seven communities – Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Inkster, Livonia, Southgate, Taylor and Westland. The economic status of seniors differs greatly from community to community, with the highest rate of poverty found in Inkster, at 13.4 percent, and the lowest rate, 0 percent, in Rockwood. Only five other communities – Belleville, Ecorse, 6 The age categories that will be used for this analysis are dependent upon the tabulations offered by the Census Bureau. As is the case with poverty calculations, many of the tabulations do not allow for the complete universe of 60+ to be used. In most cases one is limited to universes of 65+ and 75+. 7 The definition of minority in this discussion is slightly different than that used in the previous discussion. Here we are excluding White, non-Hispanics from the total population. The overall share is slightly higher than that shown in Table 4 (73.0 vs. 72.1 percent) due to the fact that the definition used by the State Office of Services to the Aging includes Hispanics who also listed a race other than White. A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-C 11
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