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People QuickFacts | Portage | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 47,126 | 9,882,519
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 46,292 | 9,883,701
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.8% | Z
Population, 2010 | 46,292 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.7% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.8% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.6% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.1% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 86.9% | 78.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.9% | 14.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.8% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.0% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.1% | 4.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 85.2% | 76.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.3% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.2% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 6.4% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 95.3% | 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 39.7% | 25.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 3,113 | 692,582
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 19.5 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 20,559 | 4,532,233
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 70.0% | 72.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 23.9% | 18.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $152,200 | $128,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 19,058 | 3,818,931
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.42 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $31,231 | $25,547
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $56,895 | $48,471
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 10.6% | 16.3%
Business QuickFacts | Portage | Michigan
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,403 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 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 | 29.9% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,511,451 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 215,593 | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,136,788 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $24,735 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 121,429 | 14,536,648
Geography QuickFacts | Portage | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 32.23 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,436.5 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 65560 | 26
Counties | Kalamazoo County
(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