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Mecosta County, MI

43,251 Population
555.1 square miles 77.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,431 ±$957 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $31,713 ±$129
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$45,018 ±$1,645 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $57,144 ±$216
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

21.2% ±1.5% (8,541  ±609) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 14.4% 1,398,527 (±0.2% / ±14,569)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

23.1 minutes ±0.8 (394,100  ±17,991) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.6 107,676,520 (±0.1 / ±404,788)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

15,808 ±405 Number of households
  • Michigan: 3,935,041 ±8,563
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.6 ±0.1 (40,281  ±287) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,736,947 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

3.8% ±1.1% (379  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 118,760 (±0.1% / ±2,348)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

21,539 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,596,198 ±618
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$121,400 ±$3,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $154,900 ±$380
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

18.7% ±1.6% (8,002  ±664.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.9% 1,364,630 (±0.1% / ±12,441.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

90.2% ±2.6% (24,292  ±710.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 90.8% 6,187,290 (±0.2% / ±15,934.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
22.7% ±1.4% (6,101  ±389.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 29.1% 1,985,170 (±0.1% / ±8,924.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

1.7% ±0.6% (742  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 684,197 (±0.1% / ±6,639)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

8.2% ±0.6% (2,898  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.1% 549,526 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
2,898 Total veterans ±225 2,764 Male ±207 134 Female ±51

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