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Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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Table 21. Language Spoken by the Population 65+, <strong>in</strong> Region 1-C, 2000<br />

Community<br />

Persons<br />

65 years<br />

and over<br />

Only<br />

English<br />

Percent<br />

<strong>of</strong> total<br />

Spanish<br />

Indo<br />

European<br />

Asian and<br />

Pacific<br />

Other<br />

% <strong>of</strong> Other<br />

Language<br />

Speakers<br />

who Speak<br />

English not<br />

well, not at<br />

all<br />

Region 1-C 134,457 117,634 87.5 1,754 11,539 572 2,958 18.8<br />

Allen Park city 6,190 5,456 88.1 132 505 0 97 8.9<br />

Belleville city 595 543 91.3 0 42 0 10 23.1<br />

Brownstown township 1,332 1,194 89.6 13 90 0 35 0.0<br />

Canton township 4,579 3,873 84.6 107 422 112 65 23.8<br />

Dearborn city 15,289 11,923 78.0 218 2,049 35 1,064 28.8<br />

Dearborn Heights city 10,877 8,498 78.1 138 1,800 55 386 20.7<br />

Ecorse city 1,366 1,214 88.9 86 66 0 0 31.6<br />

Flat Rock city 798 765 95.9 10 13 0 10 15.2<br />

Garden City city 4,068 3,742 92.0 29 249 0 48 14.4<br />

Gibraltar city 379 340 89.7 0 26 4 9 23.1<br />

Grosse Ile township 1,306 1,143 87.5 27 102 6 28 14.1<br />

Huron township 1,062 967 91.1 7 80 0 8 7.4<br />

Inkster city 3,207 3,042 94.9 29 107 13 16 18.8<br />

L<strong>in</strong>coln Park city 5,662 5,067 89.5 141 302 6 146 13.9<br />

Livonia city 16,965 14,990 88.4 112 1,515 93 255 16.0<br />

Melv<strong>in</strong>dale city 1,448 1,247 86.1 86 115 0 0 17.4<br />

Northville city 444 425 95.7 0 19 0 0 0.0<br />

Northville township 2,926 2,678 91.5 17 199 22 10 6.0<br />

Plymouth city 1,506 1,391 92.4 19 50 7 39 6.1<br />

Plymouth township 3,349 3,090 92.3 12 165 21 61 17.0<br />

Redford township 7,831 7,023 89.7 77 580 32 119 14.0<br />

River Rouge city 1,061 960 90.5 25 71 0 5 16.8<br />

Riverview city 2,676 2,420 90.4 29 178 0 49 6.6<br />

Rockwood city 312 298 95.5 0 0 0 14 0.0<br />

Romulus city 1,776 1,670 94.0 19 87 0 0 25.5<br />

Southgate city 4,916 4,182 85.1 111 497 4 122 20.7<br />

Sumpter township 882 841 95.4 9 21 0 11 22.0<br />

Taylor city 7,267 6,645 91.4 98 377 32 115 10.5<br />

Trenton city 3,854 3,567 92.6 37 219 0 31 8.4<br />

Van Buren township 1,545 1,460 94.5 6 36 10 33 31.8<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> city 2,226 2,117 95.1 0 28 81 0 67.0<br />

Westland city 11,474 10,393 90.6 98 837 33 113 10.3<br />

Woodhaven city 875 736 84.1 14 105 6 14 38.8<br />

Wyandotte city 4,414 3,734 84.6 48 587 0 45 13.2<br />

Hous<strong>in</strong>g Characteristics<br />

The f<strong>in</strong>al issue that we will address is that <strong>of</strong> tenure – whether the seniors live <strong>in</strong> owneroccupied<br />

or renter-occupied hous<strong>in</strong>g. The previous section described the numbers <strong>of</strong><br />

seniors liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> households vs. group quarters. It also described the liv<strong>in</strong>g arrangements<br />

– liv<strong>in</strong>g alone or with others – <strong>of</strong> the senior population <strong>in</strong> households. Now we look at<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 22

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