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People QuickFacts | Mason County | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 28,680 | 9,883,360
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 28,705 | 9,883,635
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.1% | Z
Population, 2010 | 28,705 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.5% | 5.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.1% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 19.6% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.7% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.1% | 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 14.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.0% | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.0% | 4.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 92.6% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.7% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.0% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.7% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.1% | 88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.5% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,982 | 711,613
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.8 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 17,270 | 4,525,480
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.3% | 73.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $121,500 | $137,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 12,312 | 3,825,182
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.29 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,494 | $25,482
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $40,683 | $48,669
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.6% | 15.7%
Business QuickFacts | Mason County | Michigan
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 754 | 219,119
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 8,493 | 3,288,456
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -10.7 | -19.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,946 | 679,752
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,011 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 8.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | S | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.7% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 518,341 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 148,639 | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 330,426 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,540 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 39,650 | 14,536,648
Building permits, 2011 | 42 | 9,341
Geography QuickFacts | Mason County | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 495.07 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 58 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 105 | 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