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People QuickFacts | Alger County | Michigan
Population, 2013 estimate | 9,522 | 9,895,622
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 9,601 | 9,883,701
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.8% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 9,601 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 3.3% | 5.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 15.5% | 22.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 22.9% | 15.0%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 45.2% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 85.8% | 80.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 6.7% | 14.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 4.0% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.0% | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 3.0% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 1.3% | 4.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 84.9% | 76.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.2% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.0% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 3.7% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.1% | 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 17.0% | 25.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,135 | 692,582
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 18.4 | 23.9
Housing units, 2013 | 6,576 | 4,525,141
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 83.6% | 72.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 7.1% | 18.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $113,600 | $128,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 3,558 | 3,818,931
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.37 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $19,117 | $25,547
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $38,348 | $48,471
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.9% | 16.3%
Business QuickFacts | Alger County | Michigan
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 236 | 217,440
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 1,667 | 3,468,089
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -2.9% | 2.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 557 | 687,629
Total number of firms, 2007 | 550 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 8.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 193,878 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 54,386 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,636 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,239 | 14,536,648
Building permits, 2012 | 22 | 11,692
Geography QuickFacts | Alger County | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 915.07 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 10.5 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 3 | 26
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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