Mason County Facts

Census Statistics

	Mason County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	28,685	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.5%	1.4%
Population, 2000	28,274	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	10.7%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.4%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.2%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.8%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.6%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.8%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.0%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.0%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.2%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.6%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.5%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.7%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.9%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	5,304	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	18.9	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	16,367	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.4%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.0%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$81,500	$115,600?
Households, 2000	11,406	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.43	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$34,704	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,713	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.0%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	877	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	9,480	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.3%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,695	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	435,761	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	222,950	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,027	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	29.0%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	147	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	148,384	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	495	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	57.1	175.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	105	26

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