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People QuickFacts | Ottawa County | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 269,099 | 9,883,360
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 263,801 | 9,883,635
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.0% | Z
Population, 2010 | 263,801 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.6% | 5.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 25.6% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.1% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.3% | 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.8% | 14.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.8% | 4.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 85.4% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.7% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 29.3% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 14,976 | 711,613
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.9 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 102,785 | 4,525,480
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 79.1% | 73.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.5% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $158,900 | $137,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 93,777 | 3,825,182
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.71 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,197 | $25,482
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,661 | $48,669
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.1% | 15.7%
Business QuickFacts | Ottawa County | Michigan
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 5,686 | 219,119
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 86,972 | 3,288,456
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -19.3 | -19.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 17,446 | 679,752
Total number of firms, 2007 | 21,445 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 8.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.2% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.8% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 9,210,895 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,120,633 | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,367,832 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,149 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 277,197 | 14,536,648
Building permits, 2011 | 611 | 9,341
Geography QuickFacts | Ottawa County | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 563.47 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 468.2 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 139 | 26
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Holland-Grand Haven, MI Metro Area
(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