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Ferndale is primarily residential, with a small industrial sector featured in the southeast quadrant. Ferndale's thriving business district is anchored by the intersection of Woodward Ave. and 9 Mile Rd., where privately-owned shops, unique storefronts, dance clubs, and numerous well-visited restaurants are featured. This classic midwestern downtown has broad sidewalks, slow traffic, and many trees and benches. Quick Facts of Ferndale:
GEOGRAPHY Ferndale is located at 1 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.0 Km&2 (3.9 Mi&2 ). 10.0 km&2 (3.9 mi&2) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Ferndale began as a bedroom community for Detroit workers about the time of World War I, with most of it's growth in housing from 1920-1945. Before World War II there were trolley (Interurban railroad) lines that ran in the median strip of Woodward Avenue from downtown Detroit out towards Pontiac. These helped the northern suburbs of Detroit grow as bedroom communities as worker's could just hop on the trolley to shop or work in Detroit. Until the 1970's Ferndale was a typical American suburban community, a good place for families to raise children during the "Baby Boom" era, with many elementary schools serving a fast growing youth, a thriving downtown, city parks, active churches and civic groups. Ferndale even had it's own community hospital (Ardmore Hospital) on 9 Mile Road at Livernois that closed in the 1970s. St. James Church had their own school for grades 1 through 12. The high school later closed, in late 1960's or early 1970's. Lincoln Junior High on 9 Mile and Livernois was torn down in the 1970s to make room for a supermarket.(It was formerly Lincoln High, the city high school, until the new and current Ferndale High was built about 1958-59. Lincoln Junior High had been built in 1920 and was falling apart by the 1960s. By this time the population of school-aged children also was declining and more and more elementary schools closed or were consolidated. One elementary school took over as the city middle school after Lincoln was torn down. Ferndale's downtown shopping area, 9 Mile Road, featured many busy, popular stores in the 1940s to 1960s, including: A & P Supermarket, Farmer Jack's Supermarket, Federal Department Store, Cunningham's Drugs, Hagelstein's Bakery, F & M Drugs (the first store in the chain), Frank's Crafts, Sanders Bakery, Western Auto, several clothing and shoe stores, Radio City movie theater, a bowling alley (over some stores at 9 Mile and Woodward, Kresge's, Woolworths and Neisner "dime stores". DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 22,105 people, 9,872 households, and 5,103 families residing in the city. The Population Density was 2,199.7/km&2 (5,697.9/mi&2). There were 10,243 housing units at an average density of 1,019.3/km&2 (2,640.3/mi&2). The racial makeup of the city was 91.46% White , 3.42% Black or African American , 0.55% Native American , 1.32% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.64% from Other Races , and 2.58% from two or more races. 1.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 9,872 households out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were Married Couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city the population was spread out with 20.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 41.2% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $45,629, and the median income for a family was $51,687. Males had a median income of $40,392 versus $30,859 for females. The Per Capita Income for the city was $23,133. 8.2% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the Poverty Line . 12.0% of those under the age of 18 and 9.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. FAMOUS RESIDENTS
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