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Ottawa County, MI

303,372 Population
563.5 square miles 538.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,946 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,513 ±$1,864 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.9% ±1.7% (28,860  ±4,949) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.4 minutes ±0.6 (2,701,115  ±121,618) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 102,049,984 (±0.2 / ±869,478)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

114,316 ±1,206 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (291,902  ±569) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±1% (2,817  ±756) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

119,144 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$328,400 ±$8,477 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±1.6% (37,004  ±4,660.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.2% (184,021  ±6,273.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39.9% ±2.1% (77,758  ±3,999.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% (16,454  ±2,322) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.6% ±0.4% (8,436  ±931) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,436 Total veterans ±931 7,949 Male ±919 487 Female ±277

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