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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Branch County is 5th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Branch County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in People per household

Branch County is 10th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Branch County is 19th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Foreign born residents

Main Cities Within Branch County, Michigan

Coldwater, Michigan

Branch County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	43,868	38th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	506.4	69th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	89.4	34th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	5th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	10th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	53rd	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.4%	59th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.1%	58th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	95.4%	37th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	33rd	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	72nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	27th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	62nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	50th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	23rd	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.6%	46th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	48.5%	73rd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.2%	19th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	20,791	45th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.4%	47th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	16,078	39th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	52nd	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,800	47th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	8th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	82nd	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$19,563	68th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$42,505	39th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.3%	28th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Branch County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	799	44th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,632	38th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,288	42nd	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$396,895	41st	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,581	50th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$44,710	42nd	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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