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Western Upper Peninsula PUMA, MI

172,932 Population
8,596.8 square miles 20.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,975 ±$1,432 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,203 ±$2,147 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.4% ±1.9% (26,527  ±3,130) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.7 minutes ±1.4 (1,321,205  ±105,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 24.5 102,049,984 (±0.2 / ±869,478)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

76,872 ±1,791 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0.1 (161,808  ±756) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±1.6% (1,563  ±594) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

99,157 ±342 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$168,600 ±$5,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±1.5% (25,961  ±2,583.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.1% (112,578  ±3,835.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.3% ±1.9% (37,288  ±2,273.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

3.4% ±0.4% (5,523  ±720.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 10.2% 964,563 (±0.1% / ±9,822.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

1.7% (2,929  ±784) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.5% ±0.9% (12,020  ±1,252) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,020 Total veterans ±1,252 11,172 Male ±1,169 848 Female ±299

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