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Mecosta County, MI

43,181 Population
555.1 square miles 77.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,978 ±$854 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $28,938 ±$112
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$43,470 ±$1,558 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $52,668 ±$180
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

22.5% ±1.4% (9,015  ±558) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 15.6% 1,510,841 (±0.2% / ±14,363)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

23.8 minutes ±1.2 (393,475  ±23,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.3 103,696,440 (±0.1 / ±466,220)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

15,641 ±316 Number of households
  • Michigan: 3,888,646 ±8,344
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.6 ±0.1 (40,155  ±296) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,695,870 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

3.4% ±0.8% (349  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 120,630 (±0.1% / ±2,366)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

21,350 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,568,200 ±597
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$114,700 ±$3,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $136,400 ±$401
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

17.9% ±1.6% (7,678  ±702.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.6% 1,434,118 (±0.1% / ±13,668.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

89.7% ±2.6% (23,889  ±685.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 90.2% 6,063,289 (±0.2% / ±15,128.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
21.7% ±1.5% (5,785  ±387.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 28.1% 1,887,041 (±0.1% / ±8,498.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

1.7% ±0.6% (744  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 6.6% 653,196 (±0.1% / ±6,713)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

9.2% ±0.8% (3,204  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.5% 581,527 (±0.1% / ±3,591)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
3,204 Total veterans ±261 3,052 Male ±247 152 Female ±51

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