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Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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River Rouge, Romulus and Sumpter township – have poverty rates exceed<strong>in</strong>g 10 percent.<br />

Fourteen communities, <strong>in</strong> addition to Rockwood, have rates less than 5 percent.<br />

When the poverty analysis moves up to the 150% threshold, all communities, with the<br />

exception <strong>of</strong> Allen Park, and the townships <strong>of</strong> Grosse Ile, Northville and Plymouth, have<br />

rates exceed<strong>in</strong>g 10 percent, with Belleville, Ecorse and Romulus shar<strong>in</strong>g the highest rate<br />

<strong>of</strong> 28 percent.<br />

Table 12. Region 1-C’s M<strong>in</strong>ority Population 60+ Population by Community, 2000<br />

Community<br />

Total Population<br />

Percent M<strong>in</strong>ority<br />

60+ 65+ 75+ 60+ 65+ 75+<br />

Region 1-C 171,279 134,175 64,522 7.9 7.2 6.1<br />

Allen Park city 7,245 6,136 3,434 3.5 3.3 3.0<br />

Belleville city 757 606 295 3.0 3.5 2.7<br />

Brownstown township 1,988 1,333 547 7.8 7.6 7.5<br />

Canton township 6,469 4,531 1,953 11.2 9.5 6.3<br />

Dearborn city 18,391 15,232 8,842 5.9 5.0 3.2<br />

Dearborn Heights city 13,515 10,914 5,232 4.6 4.1 4.0<br />

Ecorse city 1,808 1,385 583 53.4 54.4 55.6<br />

Flat Rock city 1,054 809 377 2.6 2.3 1.6<br />

Garden City city 5,162 4,065 1,513 3.2 2.9 2.5<br />

Gibraltar city 593 381 137 2.4 1.3 0.7<br />

Grosse Ile township 1,897 1,292 491 3.3 2.2 1.8<br />

Huron township 1,541 1,063 408 2.9 2.4 2.0<br />

Inkster city 4,252 3,251 1,422 66.0 63.8 60.3<br />

L<strong>in</strong>coln Park city 6,965 5,640 2,784 5.9 5.5 5.2<br />

Livonia city 21,325 16,988 8,027 3.0 2.8 2.4<br />

Melv<strong>in</strong>dale city 1,829 1,448 686 9.4 9.2 8.2<br />

Northville city 580 448 262 1.7 1.3 0.4<br />

Northville township 3,899 2,920 1,387 3.2 2.5 2.5<br />

Plymouth city 1,741 1,465 839 2.3 1.9 1.3<br />

Plymouth township 4,600 3,420 1,449 3.6 2.6 2.3<br />

Redford township 9,263 7,698 4,205 4.8 3.9 2.7<br />

River Rouge city 1,403 1,053 484 42.6 41.4 41.5<br />

Riverview city 3,232 2,619 1,380 4.0 3.5 3.4<br />

Rockwood city 451 324 128 2.7 2.5 0.8<br />

Romulus city 2,587 1,804 749 26.9 28.7 28.0<br />

Southgate city 6,133 4,890 2,347 3.6 3.2 2.9<br />

Sumpter township 1,261 876 350 24.5 24.7 25.7<br />

Taylor city 9,862 7,237 2,798 6.2 5.6 5.5<br />

Trenton city 4,774 3,837 1,630 1.8 1.7 1.6<br />

Van Buren township 2,286 1,551 593 8.8 7.2 6.1<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> city 2,945 2,230 1,071 11.5 11.7 13.1<br />

Westland city 14,803 11,456 5,436 7.8 7.6 6.6<br />

Woodhaven city 1,288 872 399 6.4 4.8 2.5<br />

Wyandotte city 5,380 4,401 2,284 2.0 1.7 1.3<br />

A <strong>Demographic</strong> <strong>Pr<strong>of</strong>ile</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Senior</strong>s <strong>in</strong> PSA 1-C 12

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