People QuickFacts	Westland	Michigan
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	84,504	10,095,643
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-2.4%	1.6%
  	Population, 2000    	86,602	9,938,444
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.9%	6.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	23.3%	26.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	13.2%	12.3%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.9%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	87.2%	80.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	6.8%	14.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.8%	1.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.0%	1.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	2.5%	3.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	52.4%	57.3%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	6.8%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	9.0%	8.4%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	81.1%	83.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	16.1%	21.8%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	24.3	24.1 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	38,077	4,234,279
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	62.7%	73.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$118,500	$115,600 			
  	Households, 2000    	36,533	3,785,661
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.34	2.56
  	Median household income, 1999    	$46,308	$44,667
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$22,615	$22,168
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	6.8%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Westland	Michigan
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	224,122	165,958,945
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,218,875	109,350,139
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,112	$10,892
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	12,248,269
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,658	735,531
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	6.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.3%	2.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	35.7%	29.6% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Westland	Michigan
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	20	56,803
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	4,234.8	175.0
  	FIPS Code    	86000	26
 	Counties    	Wayne County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts