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People QuickFacts |
Ottawa County |
Michigan |
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Population, 2007 estimate |
259,206 | 10,071,822 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 |
8.8% | 1.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
238,314 | 9,938,444 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.9% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
26.1% | 24.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
10.9% | 12.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.7% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
94.7% | 81.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.4% | 14.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.4% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.4% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.1% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
8.0% | 4.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
87.1% | 77.6% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
55.0% | 57.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.9% | 5.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.9% | 8.4% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
86.6% | 83.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
26.0% | 21.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
28,991 | 1,711,231 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.4 | 24.1 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
100,397 | 4,527,655 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
80.7% | 73.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
16.6% | 18.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$133,000 | $115,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
81,662 | 3,785,661 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.81 | 2.56 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$55,088 | $47,931 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,676 | $22,168 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
7.1% | 13.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Ottawa County |
Michigan |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
6,176 | 235,7501 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
101,651 | 3,819,5371 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
-5.7% | -6.2%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
16,389 | 627,284 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
19,707 | 735,531 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 6.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.9% | 2.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.5% | 1.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.6% | 29.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
8,653,850 | 221,433,262 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,038,175 | 165,958,945 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,142,358 | 109,350,139 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,693 | $10,889 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
217,119 | 12,248,269 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
1,048 | 17,7671 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
1,187,400 | 71,651,5731 |