Data on Blind Residents in Southeast Michigan

In 2010, approximately 211,591 Michigan residents were reported as blind or with serious vision loss. GDABVI provides vision rehabilitation services to residents in the seven counties of southeast Michigan: Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne. In the Tri-County area alone (Wayne-Oakland-Macomb), it’s estimated 114,423 children and adults are visually impaired. Figures on the number of persons who are blind or legally blind in each of these counties are listed below.

Livingston County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	69	51
5 to 17	104	390
18 to 34	90	130
35 to 64	367	391
65 to 74	104	150
Over 74	318	531
Total	1,052	1,643

Macomb County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	0	0
5 to 17	318	564
18 to 34	528	885
35 to 64	3,492	3,726
65 to 74	1,099	864
Over 74	1,739	4,208
Total	7,176	10,247

Monroe County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	0	0
5 to 17	0	0
18 to 34	12	27
35 to 64	0	111
65 to 74	37	0
Over 74	18	1,088
Total	67	1,226

Oakland County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	302	0
5 to 17	620	1,243
18 to 34	1,029	756
35 to 64	4,332	5,512
65 to 74	1,012	1,338
Over 74	2,262	5,408
Total	9,557	14,257

St. Clair County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	0	0
5 to 17	52	139
18 to 34	270	451
35 to 64	556	3,369
65 to 74	132	128
Over 74	445	658
Total	1,455	4,745

Washtenaw County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	187	0
5 to 17	196	313
18 to 34	633	358
35 to 64	335	620
65 to 74	298	297
Over 74	586	1,375
Total	2,235	2,963

Wayne County

Age	Male	Female
Under 5	52	540
5 to 17	2,467	2,153
18 to 34	3,067	3,550
35 to 64	12,149	14,712
65 to 74	3,428	2,794
Over 74	3,120	9,768
Total	24,283	33,517