Wayne (Michigan)
Wayne County
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Wayne is a city in Wayne County in Michigan, United States with 19,051 inhabitants ( 2000).
Ford Motor Company has two production plants here, who assemble the cars Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator or Ford Focus here.
Geography
The City of Wayne is bounded on the north by the Glenwood Road, the western boundary is formed by the Hannan Road and the southern suburbs by the Van Born Road. In the east, the city area at the Merriman Road ends. Wayne geographical coordinates loud 42 ° 17 ' N, 83 ° 23' W42.281388888889 - 83.386388888889. U.S. Highway 12 runs from west to east at the northern edge of the urban area and succeeds in about the course of the Lower River Rouge.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.6 km ², and there are no significant water areas.
History
Wayne was settled in the 1820s. After the Second World War, the population increased considerably, and the trade and industry to measures.
The population growth came to a halt in the 1990s, 1990 Wayne had 19,899 inhabitants, ten years later there were 19,051. In the center of a renewal program was launched in 2006 in which, among other things, a new fire station and a new police station emerged.
The Wayne County Historical Museum displays more than one hundred exhibits from the history of the city and the county. It is located in a two story building dating from 1878.
Traffic
Wayne is the junction of two railway lines. Firstly, the distance of the Pere Marquette Railroad (now CSX Transportation) from Toledo to Saginaw and on the other the distance of the Michigan Central Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) from Detroit to Chicago. The passenger station of Wayne is closed. The freight serve two marshalling yards NS and CSX.
By Wayne also introduced the now disused railway network of Interurban Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railroad (later the Detroit United Railway).
Education
The public schools of Wayne - Westland Community School District in the city of Wayne include:
- Wayne Memorial High School
- John Glenn High School
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School
- Hoover Elementary School
- Roosevelt - McGrath Elementary School
- Taft - Galloway Elementary School
- Vandenberg Elementary School
Municipal institutions
The city operates a swimming pool and an ice rink. In addition, 17 parks and playgrounds. During the summer months a series of concerts will be held in the amphitheater of the Goudy Park, the fireworks on Independence Day will take place at Park Attwood.
The State Wayne Theater is visited monthly by more than 7000 people. It belongs to the city and operated by her. Yes ¨ annually four to six productions are offered, and films are shown on weekends.
A senior center provides services for people over 50 years, including free legal assistance and health checks, meals on wheels, tai chi, bingo, day trips, movie screenings or computer courses.
Demographic data
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 19,051 persons Wayne. The population density was 1221.9 people per km ². There were 7651 housing units at an average 490.7 per km ². The population consisted of Wayne 84.36 % White, 11.29% Black or African American, 0.61 % Native American, 1.44 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.43 % reported other races to belong and 1.82 % from two or more races. 1.94 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents of Wayne's distributed to 7373 households out of which 33.0 % were living in children under 18 years. 45.2% married couples living together, 15.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 28.5% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 9.3 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size is 3.13 people.
The population was spread out with 26.4 % under the, 8.5 % 18 -24- year-old, 31.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.6% 45-64 year olds and 11.7 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 89.5 males.
The median household income in Wayne was 46 397 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 56 150 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 42 385 U.S. dollars, compared to 28 069 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 21,326 U.S. dollars. 9.1% of the population and 7.6% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 10.9 % of minors and 9.6 % of those age 65 or over.
Local personalities
- Ed Fisher, players in Major League Baseball
- Don Arlich, players in Major League Baseball
- David Holdridge, players in Major League Baseball
- Pat Sheridan, players of the Detroit Tigers
- Joseph Utsler, a member of Insane Clown Posse