Detroit has fewer children -- a result of families moving to the suburbs and a drop in birth rates. But those who are left are living in poverty in greater numbers -- about 3 in 5 of Detroit's children.
That number is one among a large set of data -- some new, some old -- from a variety of sources that has been collected in a single report, "State of the Detroit Child" by Data Driven Detroit (D3).
Beyond the poverty statistics, the report contains demographic information that is startling:
While the total population of Detroit fell by 25 percent over the decade, the population under 18 years of age fell by 35.6 percent. Births in Detroit decreased by 16 percent between 2006 and 2010; the larger outflow of older children resulted in an increase in the share of children represented by those 0-4 years of age. In other words, while children are making up less of the population as a whole, those children who are in Detroit tend to be younger.
