Inkster (Michigan)

Wayne County

26-40680

Inkster is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2000 census, the city had 30,115 inhabitants.

Geography

Inkster is located about 20 km west of Detroit. On the square city Garden City to the northwest, Dearborn Heights to the northeast, east and southeast and Westland in the west and southwest. Dearborn is located just east of a small to Dearborn Heights belonging strip, Taylor is just south of it. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Romulus are located southwest and Wayne is located west of belonging to the Westland areas.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.3 km ²; U.S. Highway 12 carries as Michigan Avenue from west - southwest to east -northeast through the city. The main road runs parallel to so Fowler Creek in about On the eastern edge Inksters U.S. Highway 24 runs north-south direction.

History

The area was first settled by immigrants in 1825. A post office named Moulin Rouge was founded in December 1857. Robert Inkster, a Scotsman from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, where he ran in the early 1860s, a steam sawmill at today Inkster Road near Michigan Avenue. The post office was renamed in July 1863 in Inkster. The village was in 1878 one of the Michigan Central Railroad Station. It was incorporated as a village in 1964 and as a city in 1926.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 30.115 people in 11,169 households and 7,460 families living in the city. The population density was 1857.4 people per km2. There were 12,013 housing units, corresponding to an average density of 740.9 housing units per km2.

In the city were 11,169 households in which 33.1 % have children under the age of 18 lived, 34.0 % were married couples living together, 26.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families, 27.9 % of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3, 26

29.8 % of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.3 % 25 to 44, 19.8% 45 to 64, and 10.8 % was 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.

The median household income was $ 35,950, and the median family income was $ 41,176. Males had a median income of $ 37,986 compared with $ 26,567 for women. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,711. 15.2 % of families and 19.5 % of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.8 % under age 18 and 13.4 % of those aged 65 years or older.

Popular culture and acquaintances inhabitants

• Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson and Georgia Dobbins, three residents of Inkster, formed in the Motown era group The Marvelettes. Their song " Please Mr. Postman " made it to number one in the U.S. charts.
• Tyrone Wheatley, former Oakland Raiders running back, was born here.
• Marcus Fizer, NBA players of the Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets
• Susan ( Leskun ) Bigelow, inventor of Push Car fitness workout.