Detroit city, Wayne County, MI

674,841 Population
138.7 square miles 4,865 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Youth & Family Demographics

Number of children under 18 (2019)

 168,452 ±2,287.2
  • Wayne County: 417,723 ±2,397.9
  • Michigan: 2,177,878 ±5,231.5

Number of male children under 18 (2019)

 84,562 ±1,646.1
  • Wayne County: 213,030 ±1,833.5
  • Michigan: 1,114,590 ±3,757.1

Number of households (2019)

 263,688 ±2,056
  • Wayne County: 682,282 ±2,593
  • Michigan: 3,935,041 ±8,563

Persons per household (2019)

 2.5 ±0 (661,444  ±1,104)
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,734,729 (±0 / ±1,270)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,736,947 (±0)

Percent of families with related children under 18 (2019)

 54.2% ±1.1% (76,209  ±1,779.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 48.2% 199,079 (±0.6% / ±2,634.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 44.1% 1,110,316 (±0.3% / ±8,273.9)

Percent of households with children under 18 (2019)

 29.5% ±0.4% (77,679  ±1,314)
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 29.6% 202,079 (±0.3% / ±2,089)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 28.7% 1,127,499 (±0.2% / ±6,733)

Total births (2016)

 9,347
  • Wayne County: 22,945
  • Michigan: 112,238
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Office of Vital Statistics data

Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year (2019)

 6.1% ±0.4% (10,440  ±622)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% 23,128 (±0.3% / ±1,048)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 118,760 (±0.1% / ±2,348)

Education

Percent of third grade students who met or exceeded grade level standards in ELA (2020)

 16.4% (1,142  ±0)
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 32.6% 6,422
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 45.1% 45,327
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information; Data Driven Detroit data

Percent of eighth grade students who met or exceeded grade level standards in Math (2020)

 11.9% (700  ±0)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 30.8% 5,982
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 41.6% 44,517
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information; Data Driven Detroit data

Number of children 5 to 9 years enrolled in school (2019)

 44,191 ±1,421.3
  • Wayne County: 108,970 ±1,893.9
  • Michigan: 567,929 ±4,212.5

Number of children 5 to 9 years not enrolled in school (2019)

 2,117 ±327.5
  • Wayne County: 4,983 ±447.2
  • Michigan: 23,136 ±932.7

Graduation Rate (2020)

 77.6% (4,089  ±0)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 84.2% 16,528
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 85.5% 95,170
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information; Data Driven Detroit data

High school grad or higher (2019)

 81% ±0.8% (353,767  ±3,835.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 86.5% 1,022,213 (±0.5% / ±6,055.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 90.8% 6,187,290 (±0.2% / ±15,934.6)

Bachelor's degree or higher (2019)

 15.3% ±0.4% (66,781  ±1,552.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 23.9% 282,906 (±0.3% / ±3,280.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,985,170 (±0.1% / ±8,924.7)

Number of licensed child care facilities (2018)

 448
  • Wayne County: 1,116
  • Michigan: 8,626
* D3 Open Data Portal, Great Start to Quality data

Total capacity of licensed child care facilities (2018)

 20,276
  • Wayne County: 58,531
  • Michigan: 343,524
* D3 Open Data Portal, Great Start to Quality data

Percent of total students reported eligible for free or reduced price lunches (2017)

 87.9% (76,054  ±0)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 65.2% 176,995
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 50% 704,673
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data

Average SAT score in all subjects (2018)

 860
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 962
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 1,002.9
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data

Average SAT score in math (2018)

 420.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 476
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 496.4
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data

Average SAT score in evidenced-based reading and writing (2018)

 439.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 486.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 506.5
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data

Family & Economic Security

Per capita income (2019)

 $18,621 ±$292
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $27,282 ±$187
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $31,713 ±$129

Median household income (2019)

 $30,894 ±$390
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $47,301 ±$464
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $57,144 ±$216

Children (Under 18) below poverty line (2019)

 50.2% ±0.9% (82,872  ±2,129.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 33.7% 138,506 (±0.6% / ±2,672.9)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 19.9% 425,886 (±0.2% / ±4,794.1)

Households with children (under 18) receiving SSI, cash or food/SNAP assistance (2019)

 66% ±1.2% (110,861  ±2,263)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 43.8% 182,460 (±0.8% / ±3,230)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 26.4% 574,286 (±0.3% / ±7,025)

Persons below poverty line (2019)

 35% ±0.8% (232,137  ±5,434)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 22.3% 387,362 (±0.4% / ±6,792)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 14.4% 1,398,527 (±0.2% / ±14,569)

Households with food/SNAP assistance in the past 12 months (2019)

 37.9% ±0.6% (100,050  ±1,709)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 22.7% 155,139 (±0.3% / ±2,202)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.3% 522,475 (±0.1% / ±4,445)

Unemployment rate (2019)

 15.7% ±0.5% (44,739  ±1,570)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 9.2% 75,426 (±0.3% / ±2,211)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.9% 293,894 (±0.1% / ±3,924)

Mean travel time to work (2019)

 25.9 minutes ±0.3 (5,865,245  ±95,656)
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 25.4 17,812,635 (±0.2 / ±153,366)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.6 107,676,520 (±0.1 / ±404,788)

Average number of vehicles available (2019)

 1.3 vehicles ±0 (307,796  ±3,433)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 1.4 1,044,038
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 1.6 7,036,791

Housing

Number of housing units (2019)

 362,947 ±1,732
  • Wayne County: 815,102 ±656
  • Michigan: 4,596,198 ±618

Median monthly housing costs (2019)

 $722 ±$7
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $864 ±$5
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $903 ±$2

Median value of owner-occupied housing units (2019)

 $49,200 ±$874
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wayne County: $113,000 ±$1,053
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $154,900 ±$380

Moved since previous year (2019)

 14.8% ±0.6% (98,510  ±3,810.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 12.7% 220,853 (±0.3% / ±5,118)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.9% 1,364,630 (±0.1% / ±12,441.5)

Health & safety

Number of infant deaths (2017)

 123
  • Wayne County: 199
  • Michigan: 687
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Office of Vital Statistics data

Fully immunized children aged 19-35 months (2015)

 4,888
  • Wayne County: 15,372
  • Michigan: 85,993
* D3 Open Data Portal, Michigan Care Improvement Agency data

Percent of individuals tested with an elevated blood lead level (defined as > 4.5 micrograms per deciliter) (2018)

 10.1% (2,607  ±0)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 7.2% 3,482
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.9% 10,344
* D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Department of Heath and Human Services data

of hospital visits by children on Medicaid were to an emergency room or urgent care (2017)

 40.6% (15,092  ±0)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 39.5% 27,028
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 38.6% 111,741
* D3 Open Data Portal, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data

Persons without health insurance (2019)

 8.4% ±0.3% (56,306  ±1,720.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wayne County: 6.3% 109,490 (±0.1% / ±2,319.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.5% 542,855 (±0.1% / ±5,280.9)

Other Demographics

Foreign-born population (2019)

 6.2% ±0.3% (41,869  ±1,926)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 9.1% 159,310 (±0.2% / ±3,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 684,197 (±0.1% / ±6,639)

Population with veteran status (2019)

 5.3% ±0.2% (26,589  ±894)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.9% 79,330 (±0.1% / ±1,432)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 549,526 (±0.1% / ±4,067)

Total veterans (2019)

 26,589 ±894

Male (2019)

 24,066 ±909

Female (2019)

 2,523 ±346
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