Eaton County Facts

Census Statistics

	Eaton County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	106,197	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.5%	1.4%
Population, 2000	103,655	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.6%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.1%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.3%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.4%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.3%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.3%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.7%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.2%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.7%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.9%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.2%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.9%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	89.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.7%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	16,750	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.4	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	43,412	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.2%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	21.1%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$113,700	$115,600?
Households, 2000	40,167	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.54	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$49,588	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,411	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.8%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,977	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,158	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-6.8%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,424	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	D	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	898,671	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,954	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.4%	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	34.1%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	588	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	410,606	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	576	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	179.8	175.0
Metropolitan Area	Lansing-East Lansing	?
FIPS Code	045	26

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