Bay County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Bay County is 12th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Female residents

Bay County is 15th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Bay County is 15th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Bay County is 17th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Bay County is 18th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Households

Bay County is 19th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Housing units

Bay County is 19th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Bay County is 20th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Current population (2012)

Bay County is 20th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail sales

Bay County is 20th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	106,935	20th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	442.3	79th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	243.7	15th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	35th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	41st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	42nd	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.2%	39th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.3%	36th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	95.2%	38th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	37th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	52nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	31st	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	33rd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	15th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.9%	49th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.9%	12th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	53rd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	48,125	19th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.9%	20th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	44,005	18th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.5%	48th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,600	58th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	46th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	95	23rd	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$23,642	24th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$45,962	26th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	64th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Bay County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,254	19th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	30,165	22nd	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,382	23rd	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,301,043	20th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,117	17th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$134,694	21st	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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