Michigan State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  6.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  5.3% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  1,711,231 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  24.1 Per capita money income, 1999  $22,168 Total number of firms, 2002  735,531 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  29.6% Population, 2008 estimate  10,003,422 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  9,938,492 Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  14.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  77.5% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  57.3% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  8.4% Housing units, 2007  4,527,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $115,600 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  13.9% Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  235,7501 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  3,819,5371 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  627,284 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  6.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.3% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  221,433,262 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  109,350,139 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $10,889 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  12,248,269 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  71,651,5731 FIPS Code  26 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  0.7% Female persons, percent, 2008  50.8% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  81.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  Z Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  4.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  21.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  18.8% Households, 2000  3,785,661 Persons per square mile, 2000  175.0 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  23.9% Homeownership rate, 2000  73.8% Persons per household, 2000  2.56 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  -6.2%1 Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  2.1% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  165,958,945 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  56,803.82 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  13.0% Median household income, 2007  $47,931 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.0% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  2.4% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  83.4% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.7% Building permits, 2008  10,9111 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.