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Houghton County, MI

37,428 Population
1,009.1 square miles 37.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,441 ±$1,791 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,573 ±$2,059 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.9% ±1.4% (5,326  ±461) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.9 minutes ±0.8 (240,940  ±16,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,251 ±340 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (33,388  ±251) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.8% ±1% (306  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

18,781 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$140,300 ±$11,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

20.5% ±2% (7,626  ±757.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.5% ±3.5% (20,568  ±775.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
36.6% ±2.5% (7,964  ±550.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.3% (1,978  ±496) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±0.7% (2,020  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,020 Total veterans ±218 1,834 Male ±202 186 Female ±68

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