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People QuickFacts | Houghton County | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 36,520 | 9,883,360
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 36,628 | 9,883,635
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | Z
Population, 2010 | 36,628 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.6% | 5.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.3% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.2% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 45.9% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.2% | 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 14.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.8% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.4% | 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.3% | 4.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 93.1% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.1% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.2% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.4% | 88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 27.1% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,108 | 711,613
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15.4 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 18,656 | 4,525,480
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.6% | 73.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.6% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $86,200 | $137,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 14,016 | 3,825,182
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.38 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,556 | $25,482
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,625 | $48,669
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.8% | 15.7%
Business QuickFacts | Houghton County | Michigan
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 900 | 217,344
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 8,721 | 3,379,035
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.3% | 2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,905 | 679,752
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,558 | 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 | S | 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 | 24.1% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 335,452 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,599 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 46,469 | 14,536,648
Building permits, 2012 | 60 | 11,692
Geography QuickFacts | Houghton County | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,009.10 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 36.3 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 61 | 26
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Houghton, MI Micro 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