Detroit city, Wayne County, MI

673,103 Population
138.7 square miles 4,852.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Youth & Family Demographics

167,409 ±5,149.8 Number of children under 18
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 416,178 ±5,707.7
  • about 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2,175,861 ±13,088

84,763 ±3,894.6 Number of male children under 18
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 212,404 ±4,145.6
  • about 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 1,114,681 ±9,263.3

264,360 ±4,612 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 683,986 ±5,594
  • Michigan: 3,930,017 ±12,926
2.5 ±0 (659,419  ±2,158) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,730,538 (±0 / ±2,572)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,732,455 (±0)

52.9% ±2.3% (74,796  ±3,864.3) Percent of families with related children under 18
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 47.6% 198,251 (±1% / ±5,380.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 43.8% 1,102,902 (±0.4% / ±12,293)
28.8% ±1.2% (76,155  ±3,450) Percent of households with children under 18
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 29.5% 201,737 (±0.7% / ±5,139)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 28.6% 1,121,956 (±0.3% / ±11,010)

9,347 Total births * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Office of Vital Statistics data
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 22,945
  • about 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 112,238
6% ±1% (10,246  ±1,775) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 5.7% † 23,653 (±0.6% / ±2,549)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,528 (±0.2% / ±5,227)

Education

15.1% (1,005  ±0) Students who met or exceeded expectations in ELA * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 32.9% 6,584
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 44.1% 44,525

15.7% (1,044  ±0) Students who met or exceeded expectations in Math * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 35.3% 7,127
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 46.8% 47,514

42,506 ±3,163.3 Number of children 5 to 9 years enrolled in school
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 106,501 ±4,088.1
  • about 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 562,243 ±9,371.5
1,290 ±554.4 Number of children 5 to 9 years not enrolled in school
  • about one-third of the figure in Wayne County: 4,165 † ±1,135.6
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 18,812 † ±1,926.1

77.6% (4,203  ±0) Graduation Rate * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 82.8% 16,170
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 85% 90,373

81.2% ±1.7% (354,999  ±8,307.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 86.8% 1,026,028 (±1.2% / ±14,307.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 90.9% 6,199,344 (±0.5% / ±31,990.8)
14.6% ±0.8% (63,600  ±3,681) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 23.4% 276,166 (±0.6% / ±7,106.5)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,985,564 (±0.3% / ±18,103.7)

448 Number of licensed child care facilities * D3 Open Data Portal, Great Start to Quality data
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 1,116
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 8,626
20,276 Capacity of licensed child care facilities * D3 Open Data Portal, Great Start to Quality, 2018 data
  • about one-third of the figure in Wayne County: 58,531
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 343,524

87.9% (76,054  ±0) Percent of total students reported eligible for free or reduced price lunches * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • 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

860 Average SAT score in all subjects * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 962
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 1,002.9
420.1 Average SAT score in math * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 476
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 496.4
439.9 Average SAT score in evidenced-based reading and writing * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Center for Educational Performance and Information data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 486.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 506.5

Family & Economic Security

$17,667 ±$689 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $26,126 ±$543
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $30,488 ±$200
$30,344 ±$1,041 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $45,135 ±$910
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $54,909 ±$440

48.2% ±2% (79,036  ±4,558) Children (Under 18) below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 34% 138,689 (±1.2% / ±5,608.7)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 19.7% 419,449 (±0.5% / ±10,349.6)
64.9% ±2.9% (108,460  ±5,572) Households with children (under 18) receiving SSI, cash or food/SNAP assistance
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 43.6% 181,012 (±1.7% / ±6,916)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 26% 564,530 (±0.7% / ±14,204)

34.5% ±1.7% (227,766  ±11,427) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 22.7% 392,115 (±0.9% / ±15,144)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,377,766 (±0.3% / ±28,586)

37.1% ±1.3% (97,979  ±3,836) Households with food/SNAP assistance in the past 12 months
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 22.6% 154,527 (±0.6% / ±4,549)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 514,289 (±0.2% / ±9,486)

15.9% ±1.1% (44,093  ±3,286) Unemployment rate
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 9.3% 75,899 (±0.5% / ±4,066)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.9% 291,020 (±0.2% / ±7,831)

25.4 minutes ±0.9 (5,569,925  ±258,207) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 24.9 17,272,570 (±0.4 / ±335,671)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.3 106,261,775 (±0.2 / ±847,681)

0.9 vehicles ±0 (175,175  ±5,682) Mean number of vehicles available
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 0.9 612,785
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 1 3,940,210

Housing

363,525 ±4,286 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 814,968 ±1,024
  • Michigan: 4,595,274 ±365

$679 ±$16 Median monthly housing costs
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $824 ±$10
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $862 ±$4

$50,200 ±$2,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wayne County: $114,400 ±$2,142
  • about one-third of the amount in Michigan: $155,700 ±$757

15.5% ±1.3% (102,696  ±8,414.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 13.3% 229,674 (±0.7% / ±12,275.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,400,771 (±0.3% / ±29,215.9)

Health & safety

123 Number of infant deaths * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan Office of Vital Statistics data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wayne County: 199
  • about one-fifth of the figure in Michigan: 687

4,888 Fully immunized children aged 19-35 months * D3 Open Data Portal, Michigan Care Improvement Agency data
  • about one-third of the figure in Wayne County: 15,372
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Michigan: 85,993

10.1% (2,607  ±0) Percent of individuals tested with an elevated blood lead level (defined as > 4.5 micrograms per deciliter) * D3 Open Data Portal, State of Michigan, Department of Heath and Human Services data
  • 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

40.6% (15,092  ±0) of hospital visits by children on Medicaid were to an emergency room or urgent care * D3 Open Data Portal, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data
  • 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

8% ±0.6% (53,291  ±3,795.9) Persons without health insurance
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 5.9% 103,332 (±0.3% / ±4,987.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 509,539 (±0.1% / ±11,588.5)

Other Demographics

6.2% ±0.6% (41,374  ±3,727) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 9.5% 166,310 (±0.4% / ±7,275)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 703,806 (±0.2% / ±16,780)

5.3% ±0.4% (27,016  ±2,016) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 6.1% 81,309 (±0.3% / ±3,782)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 552,362 (±0.1% / ±9,985)
27,016 Total veterans ±2,016 24,025 Male ±2,014 2,991 Female ±814

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