Berkley (Michigan)

Oakland County

26-07660

Berkley is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2000, the suburban Detroit had 15,531 inhabitants.

Geography

Berkley Downtown is located between 12 Mile Road and 11 Mile Road between the Collidge Highway and Greenfield Road. The eastern city limits is formed by the Woodward Avenue.

The area of ​​the city is 6.8 square kilometers, and there are no significant water areas.

Demographic data

At the time of the census of 2000, 15,531 people lived in Berkley. The population density was 2288.8 people per km ². There were 6833 housing units at an average 1007.0 per km ². The population consisted of Berkley's 96.09 % White, 0.70 % African American, 0.24 % Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.01 % Pacific Islander, 0.40 % reported other races to belong and 1.53 % from two or more races. 1.31 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Berkley distributed to 6678 households out of which 27.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 48.1% married couples living together, 9.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8 % were non-families. 32.5 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 11.3 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size is 3.01.

The population was spread out with 22.8 % under the, 6.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 38.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.7% 45-64 year olds and 12.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 88.8 males.

The median household income in Berkley was 57 620 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 66,968 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 50 276 U.S. dollars, compared to 36 624 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 27 504 U.S. dollars. 3.6 % of the population and 2.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 4.0% of minors and 3.8 % of those age 65 or over.