Macomb County Results

From the Community Action Survey, we were interested in finding out how the totals faired by the different geographic areas in metro-Detroit. Over the next couple days we'll present these from Macomb, Oakland, out-Wayne and the City of Detroit. Together, they explain how residents selected items in the context of the regional results from yesterday's post.

You'll note how, overall, residents of Southeastern MI expressed very similar concerns and aspirations.

Here are Macomb's Results
Chart 2: Macomb County Respondents Who Selected Each Aspiration


While Macomb County residents generally followed the overall ranking of issues, they were slightly less likely to list Basic Needs, Youth School Preparation, Safety, Skills, Affordable Housing and Targeted Funding among their top three priorities than was the total tri-county population. The three issues for which they showed higher support were Readiness to Succeed by Age 6, Abuse Prevention and Independence for Seniors.

Seniors are very important for Macomb County in that it has the highest share, among counties in southeast Michigan, of persons 65 years and over and is forecast to continue this dominance over the next 25 years.

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(Special thanks to Kurt Metzger, Director of Research for his analysis and overall leadership with United Way's survey data)