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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Marquette County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Size in square miles

Marquette County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Marquette County is 10th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Marquette County is 12th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Marquette County is 14th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Marquette County is 15th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Main Cities Within Marquette County, Michigan

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	67,906	29th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,808.4	1st	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.1	60th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	47th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.2%	68th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.5%	59th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.3%	10th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.6%	12th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	93.9%	50th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	35th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	15th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	32nd	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	28th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	67th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.8%	36th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	49.6%	59th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	64th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	34,303	26th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.2%	8th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	25,752	28th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	74th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$127,700	26th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.4	43rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	180	14th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$23,464	25th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$45,495	28th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.8%	49th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Marquette County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,644	24th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	21,200	24th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,273	28th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$729,823	25th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,200	26th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$100,271	26th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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