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People QuickFacts | Kent County | Michigan
Population, 2012 estimate | 614,462 | 9,883,360
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 602,622 | 9,883,635
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.0% | Z
Population, 2010 | 602,622 | 9,883,640
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.1% | 5.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.7% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.6% | 14.6%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 83.7% | 80.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 10.3% | 14.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.5% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.7% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 9.9% | 4.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 75.5% | 76.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.0% | 85.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.3% | 6.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.4% | 9.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 30.3% | 25.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 35,312 | 711,613
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.7 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 247,231 | 4,525,480
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.0% | 73.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $145,300 | $137,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 227,698 | 3,825,182
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,410 | $25,482
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,801 | $48,669
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.8% | 15.7%
Business QuickFacts | Kent County | Michigan
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 15,408 | 217,344
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 302,912 | 3,379,035
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 4.1% | 2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 42,775 | 687,228
Total number of firms, 2007 | 52,369 | 816,972
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.0% | 8.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.5% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 15,738,279 | 234,455,768
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,020,792 | 107,109,349
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,058,005 | 109,102,594
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,377 | $10,855
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 925,177 | 14,536,648
Building permits, 2012 | 1,127 | 11,692
Geography QuickFacts | Kent County | Michigan
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 846.95 | 56,538.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 711.5 | 174.8
FIPS Code | 81 | 26
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 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