Detroit, Michigan Neighborhood Info

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Detroit, Michigan QuickFacts

	Detroit, Michigan	United States
Total population	951,270	281,421,906
State	Michigan
City	detroit

Detroit, Michigan Population

	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
Male	448,319	47.13%	49.06%
Female	502,951	52.87%	50.94%
Median age (years)	30.9		35.3

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	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
18 years and over	655,561	68.91%	74.31%
21 years and over	615,549	64.71%	69.97%
62 years and over	115,934	12.19%	14.66%
65 years and over	99,056	10.41%	12.43%

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	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
White	116,599	12.26%	75.14%
Black or African American	775,772	81.55%	12.32%
Asian	9,268	0.97%	3.64%
Some other race	27,590	2.9%	5.46%
Two or more races	22,041	2.32%	2.43%

Detroit, Michigan Housing

	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
Total households	336,428		105,480,101
Family households (families)	218,483	64.94%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	117,945	35.06%	31.94%

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	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
Total housing units	375,096		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	38,668	10.31%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	336,428	89.69%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	184,647	49.23%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	151,781	40.46%	30.77%

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	Detroit, Michigan	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	57,855	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	81,312	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	16,253	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,955	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	2,473	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	896	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	328	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	110	0.57%
Median (dollars)	63,600	119,600

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	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	55,614	16.53%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	87,003	25.86%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	50,271	14.94%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	52,788	15.69%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	43,418	12.91%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	47,334	14.07%	9.65%

Detroit, Michigan Education

	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	295,623		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	18,058	6.11%	6.47%
Kindergarten	16,888	5.71%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	148,610	50.27%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	63,141	21.36%	21.38%
College or graduate school	48,926	16.55%	22.81%

Detroit, Michigan Economy

	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
Population 16 years and over	683,613		217,168,077
In labor force	384,897	56.3%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	384,700	56.27%	63.39%
- - Employed	331,441	48.48%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	53,259	7.79%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	13.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	197	0.03%	0.53%
Not in labor force	298,716	43.7%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	371,408	54.33%	51.66%
In labor force	201,431	29.47%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	201,366	29.46%	29.65%
- - Employed	176,448	25.81%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	82,091	12.01%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	50,576		12,787,501

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	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	336,482		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	64,304	19.11%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	27,914	8.3%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	54,133	16.09%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	45,063	13.39%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	49,930	14.84%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	50,432	14.99%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,430	6.96%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	15,291	4.54%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,887	0.86%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,098	0.92%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	29,526		41,994

	Detroit, Michigan	%, Detroit, Michigan	United States
With earnings	251,670	36.81%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	42,542		56,604
With Social Security income	89,798	13.14%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,113		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	36,382	5.32%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,282		6,320
With public assistance income	38,268	5.6%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,024		3,032
With retirement income	60,749	8.89%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,321		17,376

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