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Mecosta County, MI

43,264 Population
555.1 square miles 77.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,182 ±$866 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $30,336 ±$121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$44,460 ±$1,813 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $54,938 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

21.3% ±2% (8,582  ±807) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 15% 1,457,008 (±0.1% / ±12,982)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

23.6 minutes ±1.1 (400,470  ±23,498) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 105,990,790 (±0.1 / ±387,082)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

15,858 ±401 Number of households
  • Michigan: 3,909,509 ±9,207
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.5 ±0.1 (40,284  ±306) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,728,101 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

3.2% ±0.8% (321  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 119,935 (±0.1% / ±2,424)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

21,406 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,580,939 ±932
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$117,700 ±$4,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $146,200 ±$431
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

17.9% ±1.6% (7,681  ±666.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 14.3% 1,403,052 (±0.1% / ±13,036.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

89.5% ±2.5% (23,979  ±676) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 90.5% 6,130,679 (±0.2% / ±14,352.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
21.9% ±1.5% (5,874  ±399.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 28.6% 1,937,052 (±0.1% / ±8,175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

1.7% ±0.6% (748  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 6.7% 671,105 (±0.1% / ±6,161)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

8.3% ±0.6% (2,932  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 7.3% 564,783 (±0.1% / ±3,680)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
2,932 Total veterans ±225 2,794 Male ±218 138 Female ±47

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