Oakland County, Michigan Demographics

Oakland County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Oakland County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Oakland County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Oakland County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Oakland County is 29th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Oakland County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Oakland County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Oakland County is 44th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Oakland County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Oakland County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per capita

Oakland County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Oakland County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Oakland County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail sales

Oakland County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Current population (2012)

Oakland County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Foreign born residents

Oakland County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Households

Oakland County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Housing units

Oakland County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	1,220,657	2nd	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	867.7	15th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,385.7	3rd	174.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	33rd	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	29th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	74th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.5%	9th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	42.4%	2nd	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	77.3%	76th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.3%	5th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	81st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.1%	2nd	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	18th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	26th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	25th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.1%	76th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	51.5%	5th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.1%	2nd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	526,755	2nd	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.3%	7th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	481,449	2nd	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.6%	70th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$190,500	4th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.5	39th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,901	1st	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$36,314	1st	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$66,456	2nd	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	82nd	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Oakland County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	38,205	1st	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	609,608	1st	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	128,040	2nd	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$18,183,680	1st	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,131	7th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,284,814	2nd	$14,536,648	$613,795,732