Detroit city, Wayne County, MI

677,155 Population
138.7 square miles 4,881.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Youth & Family Demographics

Number of children under 18 (2018)

 169,766 ±2,075.9
  • Wayne County: 420,346 ±2,044.3
  • Michigan: 2,196,098 ±4,932.2

Number of male children under 18 (2018)

 84,438 ±1,484.5
  • Wayne County: 214,093 ±1,568.4
  • Michigan: 1,123,611 ±3,689.5

Number of households (2018)

 260,383 ±1,881
  • Wayne County: 676,587 ±2,261
  • Michigan: 3,909,509 ±9,207

Persons per household (2018)

 2.6 ±0 (663,895  ±893)
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.6 1,738,895 (±0 / ±1,070)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,728,101 (±0)

Percent of families with related children under 18 (2018)

 54.2% ±0.9% (76,396  ±1,437.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 48.7% 201,966 (±0.5% / ±2,410.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 44.5% 1,118,564 (±0.3% / ±7,957.7)

Percent of households with children under 18 (2018)

 29.9% ±0.4% (77,825  ±1,132)
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 30.3% 204,837 (±0.3% / ±1,943)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,136,575 (±0.2% / ±6,322)

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 (2018)

 6.2% ±0.5% (10,698  ±770)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 5.6% 23,690 (±0.3% / ±1,081)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 119,935 (±0.1% / ±2,424)

Education

Percent of third grade students who met or exceeded grade level standards in ELA (2019)

 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 (2019)

 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 (2018)

 43,760 ±1,264.8
  • Wayne County: 109,289 ±1,637.6
  • Michigan: 574,519 ±3,809.9

Number of children 5 to 9 years not enrolled in school (2018)

 1,838 ±297.3
  • Wayne County: 4,636 ±462.1
  • Michigan: 22,075 ±831.6

Graduation Rate (2019)

 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 (2018)

 80.1% ±0.8% (347,786  ±3,608.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 85.9% 1,012,360 (±0.5% / ±5,588.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 90.5% 6,130,679 (±0.2% / ±14,352.5)

Bachelor's degree or higher (2018)

 14.6% ±0.4% (63,261  ±1,544.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 23.4% 275,102 (±0.2% / ±2,640.7)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 28.6% 1,937,052 (±0.1% / ±8,175)

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 (2018)

 $17,338 ±$261
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $25,976 ±$186
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $30,336 ±$121

Median household income (2018)

 $29,481 ±$492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $45,321 ±$376
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $54,938 ±$166

Children (Under 18) below poverty line (2018)

 52.2% ±0.9% (86,786  ±2,049.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 34.6% 143,064 (±0.5% / ±2,574.9)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 20.8% 448,912 (±0.2% / ±4,547.9)

Households with children (under 18) receiving SSI, cash or food/SNAP assistance (2018)

 68.2% ±1.2% (115,322  ±2,313)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 45.3% 189,790 (±0.7% / ±2,951)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 27.9% 609,948 (±0.4% / ±7,680)

Persons below poverty line (2018)

 36.4% ±0.8% (242,274  ±5,529)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 23.1% 401,149 (±0.4% / ±6,740)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 15% 1,457,008 (±0.1% / ±12,982)

Households with food/SNAP assistance in the past 12 months (2018)

 39.7% ±0.5% (103,295  ±1,540)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 23.9% 161,758 (±0.3% / ±2,116)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 14.1% 551,968 (±0.1% / ±4,244)

Unemployment rate (2018)

 17.3% ±0.6% (49,168  ±1,670)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% 83,328 (±0.2% / ±1,925)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.5% 321,008 (±0.1% / ±3,957)

Mean travel time to work (2018)

 26.2 minutes ±0.3 (5,769,200  ±95,024)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 25.3 17,593,425 (±0.1 / ±131,237)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 105,990,790 (±0.1 / ±387,082)

Average number of vehicles available (2018)

 1.3 vehicles ±0 (301,381  ±2,849)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 1.4 1,030,638
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 1.6 6,963,291

Housing

Number of housing units (2018)

 364,089 ±1,670
  • Wayne County: 814,962 ±488
  • Michigan: 4,580,939 ±932

Median monthly housing costs (2018)

 $711 ±$6
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $850 ±$4
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $888 ±$3

Median value of owner-occupied housing units (2018)

 $45,700 ±$811
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wayne County: $102,700 ±$988
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $146,200 ±$431

Moved since previous year (2018)

 15.3% ±0.6% (101,835  ±3,754)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 13.1% 228,374 (±0.3% / ±5,351.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.3% 1,403,052 (±0.1% / ±13,036.3)

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 (2018)

 9.8% ±0.3% (65,615  ±1,804.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 7.2% 125,127 (±0.1% / ±2,409.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 597,044 (±0.1% / ±5,378.5)

Other Demographics

Foreign-born population (2018)

 6.1% ±0.2% (41,300  ±1,345)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 8.9% 157,293 (±0.2% / ±2,779)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.7% 671,105 (±0.1% / ±6,161)

Population with veteran status (2018)

 5.5% ±0.2% (27,847  ±1,115)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 6.2% 83,037 (±0.1% / ±1,621)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7.3% 564,783 (±0.1% / ±3,680)

Total veterans (2018)

 27,847 ±1,115

Male (2018)

 25,239 ±1,112

Female (2018)

 2,608 ±368

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