Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

Table 16. Living Arrangements by Detailed Age Group in Region 1-C, 2000
60+ Living
alone
Percent of
60+
65+ Living
alone
Percent of
65+
75+ Living
alone
Percent of
75+
Region 1-C 47,308 39.2 40,901 42.2 24,558 49.0
Allen Park city 1,952 39.6 1,781 42.0 1,162 45.3
Belleville city 305 53.0 260 55.2 149 60.1
Brownstown township 466 31.7 355 34.8 180 39.5
Canton township 1,617 33.7 1,325 38.3 721 44.5
Dearborn city 5,968 44.2 5,416 47.2 3,816 53.6
Dearborn Heights city 3,441 37.2 3,033 39.3 1,796 45.0
Ecorse city 562 39.7 465 41.7 232 44.6
Flat Rock city 323 41.3 274 44.6 157 50.0
Garden City city 1,287 35.2 1,115 37.3 552 43.3
Gibraltar city 127 30.1 95 33.7 48 42.5
Grosse Ile township 366 28.1 303 33.0 165 42.0
Huron township 295 27.1 235 30.2 127 36.7
Inkster city 1,245 38.2 1,029 40.4 545 45.3
Lincoln Park city 2,115 41.2 1,828 43.0 1,084 46.9
Livonia city 4,773 34.8 4,216 37.8 2,536 45.5
Melvindale city 677 48.0 570 49.7 340 57.1
Northville city 187 46.2 164 51.4 123 61.5
Northville township 862 34.2 730 37.6 412 43.5
Plymouth city 646 54.1 574 56.3 381 65.0
Plymouth township 1,152 35.6 994 39.8 585 49.0
Redford township 2,620 40.1 2,342 42.3 1,576 48.3
River Rouge city 392 36.0 325 38.4 178 41.7
Riverview city 885 44.5 803 49.2 545 62.2
Rockwood city 129 39.4 108 44.1 56 51.4
Romulus city 735 37.6 604 42.3 313 48.0
Southgate city 2,054 45.6 1,810 49.0 1,092 56.1
Sumpter township 230 25.3 187 28.1 85 29.2
Taylor city 2,322 33.9 1,878 36.7 895 43.3
Trenton city 1,317 40.7 1,151 43.1 642 51.5
Van Buren township 491 29.6 355 30.8 174 34.9
Wayne city 834 41.8 685 45.4 406 53.9
Westland city 4,913 46.0 4,134 48.9 2,439 57.1
Woodhaven city 263 31.3 183 32.6 76 33.6
Wyandotte city 1,757 44.2 1,574 47.0 970 51.3
People who do not reside in households live in group quarters 9 . The most frequent form
of group quarters arrangement for seniors is that of nursing homes. Region 1-C had a
total of 5,482 seniors (65+) living in group quarters in 2000. Nursing homes accounted
9
Group Quarters - The group quarters population includes all people not living in households. Two
general categories of people in group quarters are recognized: (1) the institutionalized population and (2)
the non-institutionalized population. The institutionalized population includes people under formally
authorized, supervised care or custody in institutions at the time of enumeration; such as correctional
institutions, nursing homes, and juvenile institutions. The noninstitutionalized population includes all
people who live in group quarters other than institutions, such as college dormitories, military quarters, and
group homes. Also, included are staff residing at institutional group quarters.
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