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Kent County, MI

648,594 Population
847.7 square miles 765.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,523 ±$779 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $30,488 ±$200
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$61,125 ±$1,409 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $54,909 ±$440
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

10.2% ±1.1% (65,013  ±6,861) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,377,766 (±0.3% / ±28,586)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

20.7 minutes ±0.5 (6,521,485  ±182,781) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.3 106,261,775 (±0.2 / ±847,681)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

240,678 ±2,686 Number of households
  • Michigan: 3,930,017 ±12,926
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.7 ±0 (637,310  ±2,617) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,732,455 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.9% ±0.9% (9,364  ±1,419) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 117,528 (±0.2% / ±5,227)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

255,106 ±997 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,595,274 ±365
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$173,900 ±$2,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $155,700 ±$757
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

15.8% ±1.4% (101,355  ±8,845.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.2% 1,400,771 (±0.3% / ±29,215.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.8% ±2.1% (389,188  ±8,973.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 90.9% 6,199,344 (±0.5% / ±31,990.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
36.6% ±1.3% (156,643  ±5,554.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,985,564 (±0.3% / ±18,103.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

8.6% ±0.6% (55,697  ±3,975) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 703,806 (±0.2% / ±16,780)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

5.6% ±0.4% (27,356  ±2,178) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 552,362 (±0.1% / ±9,985)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
27,356 Total veterans ±2,178 26,186 Male ±2,145 1,170 Female ±416

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