Kent County Facts

Census Statistics

	Kent County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	590,417	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.8%	1.4%
Population, 2000	574,335	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	14.7%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.8%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.3%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.4%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	83.1%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.9%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.3%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.2%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.0%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.3%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.4%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.6%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.2%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.6%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	25.8%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	85,304	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.7	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	230,323	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.3%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.9%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$115,100	$115,600?
Households, 2000	212,890	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.64	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$45,980	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,629	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.9%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	15,428	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	333,135	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	32,090	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	14,765,533	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	6,491,770	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,996	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.2%	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.5%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,663	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,319,847	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	856	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	670.8	175.0
Metropolitan Area	Grand Rapids-Muskego	?
FIPS Code	081	26

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