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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Clare County is 3rd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income below poverty line

Clare County is 18th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Clare County is 20th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Clare County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	30,753	48th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	564.3	50th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	54.8	45th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	20th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.6%	47th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	25th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.2%	76th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.0%	77th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	96.9%	22nd	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	56th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	43rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	68th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	57th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	57th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	18th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.1%	47th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	77th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	23,220	38th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.9%	67th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	13,170	48th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.9%	43rd	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,000	75th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	61st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	36	47th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$18,413	80th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$34,431	80th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.5%	3rd	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Clare County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	527	60th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,473	56th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,926	61st	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$246,126	55th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,021	56th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$28,898	59th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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