Riverview, Michigan

Riverview is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Riverview had a population of 12,490.

Riverview is a suburb of Metro Detroit about south of the southern border of Detroit along the Detroit River. Riverview was incorporated as a village within Monguagon Township in 1923 and later incorporated as a city in 1959.

History

The August 9, 1812 Battle of Monguagon between Americans and a British-Indian coalition took place in today's Riverview. Native Americans were led by the famous Shawnee warrior Tecumseh, who was wounded in the engagement. The Americans gained a tactical victory at Monguagon but suffered a strategic defeat when US forces returned to Detroit after the fight without reopening their supply line to Ohio. Much of the location remains undeveloped in a green area bounded by Pennsylvania Road to the north, Colvin Street to the south, Electric Avenue to the east, and Vreeland Park to the west, which is also part of the battlefield.

In 1950, Riverview only stretched as far west as the western end of Trenton's two northern boundaries. The rest of what is today Riverview was still part of the unincorporated Monguagon Township at that point. In the 1950s and 1960s, during the Cold War, the Department of Defense (through the United States Army) operated Nike missile launch site D-54 on the site of what is now Young Patriot's Park. The IFC (integrated fire control) site was on the site of what is now Rivergate Nursing Home and Terrace.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Riverview city, Michigan – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|12,227

|11,233

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,333

|92.13%

|89.96%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |82.73%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|275

|380

|style='background: #ffffe6; |649

|2.07%

|3.04%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.20%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|53

|48

|style='background: #ffffe6; |44

|0.40%

|0.38%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%

|Asian alone (NH)

|248

|192

|style='background: #ffffe6; |193

|1.87%

|1.54%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.55%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.02%

|0.04%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%

|Other race alone (NH)

|13

|style='background: #ffffe6; |43

|0.10%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.34%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|127

|112

|style='background: #ffffe6; |548

|0.96%

|0.90%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.39%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|327

|512

|style='background: #ffffe6; |679

|2.46%

|4.10%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.44%

|Total

|13,272

|12,486

|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,490

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Riverview had a population of 12,490. The median age was 46.2 years. 18.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 25.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 85.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.2 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 5,313 households in Riverview, of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.6% were married-couple households, 17.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 34.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2010, there were 12,486 people, 5,163 households, and 3,307 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 5,520 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.0% White, 3.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population.

There were 5,163 households, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90.

The median age in the city was 45.4 years. 19.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.3% were from 25 to 44; 27.9% were from 45 to 64; and 22.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.4% male and 53.6% female.

2000 census

As of the census

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Bill McCartney, former University of Colorado head football coach, founder of Promise Keepers
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Woody Widenhofer (1943–2020), former Pittsburgh Steelers assistant football coach and former collegiate head coach

Images

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References

External links

City of Riverview official website