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Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Total population

Male

Female

Median age (years)

Under 18 years

Male

Female

18 years and over

Male

Female

1,054,842

46.2%

53.8%

32.3

322,536

50.7%

49.3%

732,306

44.3%

55.7%

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

Households

Family households

With own children under 18 years

Married-couple families

With own children under 18 years

Female, no husband present

With own children under 18 years

Nonfamily households

Male householder

Living alone

Female householder

Living alone

Average household size

Average family size

369,436

61.0%

32.9%

24.0%

11.1%

31.3%

19.3%

39.0%

17.0%

14.9%

22.0%

20.3%

2.74

3.64

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Male 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Female 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

797,302

25.3%

7.1%

13.3%

4.1%

50.3%

356,594

29.3%

3.3%

11.5%

3.6%

52.3%

440,708

22.1%

10.1%

14.7%

4.4%

48.7%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

Less than high school diploma

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

Some college or associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Graduate or professional degree

High school graduate or higher

Male, high school graduate or higher

Female, high school graduate or higher

Bachelor's degree or higher

Male, bachelor's degree or higher

Female, bachelor's degree or higher

632,218

19.1%

33.8%

32.5%

9.3%

5.3%

80.9%

78.5%

82.8%

14.6%

11.8%

16.8%

2,973,777

13.2%

30.5%

29.9%

16.1%

10.4%

86.8%

86.6%

86.9%

26.4%

27.9%

25.1%

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Population 16 years and over

In labor force

Civilian labor force

Employed

Unemployed

Percent of civilian labor force

Armed Forces

Not in labor force

778,069

58.1%

47.2%

10.9%

18.8%

0.0%

41.9%

3,492,929

63.7%

56.9%

6.8%

10.7%

0.0%

36.3%

COMMUTING TO WORK

Workers 16 years and over

Car, truck, or van - drove alone

Car, truck, or van - carpooled

Public transportation (excluding taxicab)

Walked

Other means

Worked at home

Mean travel time to work (minutes)

355,333

76.7%

10.4%

6.5%

2.2%

1.8%

2.4%

26.5

1,925,690

84.8%

8.3%

1.5%

1.0%

2.8%

26.3

Civilian employed population 16 years and over

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........

Management, professional, and related occupations...................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations..

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over....

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

366,957

24.5%

25.0%

26.6%

0.1%

4.8%

19.0%

157,183

18.4%

24.6%

17.0%

0.1%

9.8%

30.2%

209,774

29.1%

25.3%

33.9%

0.1%

1.0%

10.6%

1,987,021

35.0%

17.0%

26.0%

0.2%

7.5%

14.3%

1,042,086

34.1%

13.4%

17.6%

0.3%

13.8%

20.8%

944,935

35.9%

21.1%

35.2%

0.1%

0.6%

7.2%

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining................................................

Construction.......................................................................................................

Manufacturing.....................................................................................................

Wholesale trade...................................................................................................

Retail trade.........................................................................................................

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities..........................................................

Information...........................................................................................................

Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing..................................

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services......

Educational services, and health care and social assistance.....................................

Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services.................

Other services (except public administration)............................................................

Public administration.............................................................................................

0.0%

2.4%

16.8%

1.7%

9.1%

6.6%

2.9%

6.8%

7.9%

25.8%

9.8%

4.3%

5.9%

0.3%

5.3%

19.2%

3.0%

11.1%

4.3%

2.2%

6.6%

10.3%

20.6%

9.3%

4.5%

3.4%

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers

Government workers

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business

Unpaid family workers

80.8%

15.5%

3.6%

0.1%

85.0%

10.2%

4.6%

0.2%

INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)

Households369,4361,678,805

Median household income (dollars) 32,308 52,542

3,558,685

47.7%

6.7%

11.3%

1.7%

32.7%

1,717,452

50.3%

2.8%

9.9%

1.4%

35.6%

1,841,233

45.3%

10.3%

12.5%

1.9%

30.0%

1,678,805

66.5%

31.0%

47.6%

20.8%

14.5%

8.2%

33.5%

15.6%

13.1%

17.9%

16.1%

2.62

3.28

4,467,592

48.9%

51.1%

38.1

1,120,918

51.3%

48.7%

3,346,674

48.1%

51.9%

OCCUPATION

Detroit

Michigan

Detroit METRO

Black(local) Detroit Black USA

All statistics above are from the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey

Black Detroit has a very interesting history. African Americans migrated to Detroit in very large numbers during the "Great Black Migrations". The largest percentage came from Alabama, while many others came from Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. This increased Detroit's black population from under 6,000 in 1910 to 120,000 in 1930. The city of Detroit once

Black(local) Detroit Black USA

39,663,004

47.8%

52.2%

30.3

12,237,882

51.0%

49.0%

27,425,122

46.4%

53.6%

13,672,045

63.9%

34.6%

28.7%

13.4%

29.1%

18.2%

36.1%

16.4%

13.8%

19.7%

17.8%

2.66

3.4

29,594,243

30.5%

6.2%

11.5%

4.6%

47.2%

13,833,820

34.7%

2.7%

9.8%

3.8%

49.1%

15,760,423

26.8%

9.3%

13.1%

5.2%

45.6%

22,841,743

19.7%

34.1%

28.7%

11.6%

5.9%

80.3%

79.3%

81.2%

17.5%

16.0%

18.7%

28,864,386

62.9%

62.4%

54.9%

7.5%

12.0%

0.5%

37.1%

15,411,803

71.1%

10.5%

11.5%

2.9%

1.7%

2.3%

27.7

15,835,609

27.0%

24.1%

26.6%

0.3%

6.1%

15.9%

7,350,655

22.0%

20.6%

19.2%

0.5%

12.5%

25.3%

8,484,954

31.3%

27.1%

33.1%

0.1%

0.6%

7.8%

0.5%

3.9%

9.6%

2.1%

10.8%

7.6%

2.6%

6.5%

8.7%

27.2%

9.1%

4.3%

7.0%

76.2%

20.0%

3.7%

0.1%

13,672,045

34,169

boasted the largest Black middle class in America. However after the

riots in 1943 and 1967, and school desegragation, the white population left in such large numbers that today Detroit is the largest, blackest city in the nation. It is also the most segregated of all large cities. With the decline of America’s automobile industry the skilled high paying manufacturing jobs began disappearing.

The city itself has lost more than half its total population since the 1950s. Now there is white and Black flight from the city and the region.

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