Ottawa County Facts

Census Statistics

	Ottawa County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	249,391	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.6%	1.4%
Population, 2000	238,314	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	26.9%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.7%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.7%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.1%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.5%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.5%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.0%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.6%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.0%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.9%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.9%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.6%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	26.0%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	28,991	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.4	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	91,497	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.7%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	16.6%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$133,000	$115,600?
Households, 2000	81,662	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.81	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$52,347	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,676	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.5%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,995	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	105,640	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-2.0%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	14,083	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	7,688,092	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,920,687	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,709	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	3.6%	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.3%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,975	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	761,568	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	566	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	421.3	175.0
Metropolitan Area	Grand Rapids-Muskego	?
FIPS Code	139	26

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