COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS
| People QuickFacts | Wayne County |
Oakland County | Macomb County | Livingston County | Washtenaw County | Monroe County | Lenawee County | Genesee County | Lapeer County |
St. Clair County | Michigan | USA |
| Population, 2006 estimate | 1,971,853 | 1,214,255 | 832,861 | 184,511 | 344,047 | 155,035 | 102,191 | 441,966 | 93,761 | 171,725 | 10,095,643 | 299,398,484 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 | -4.30% | 1.70% | 5.70% | 17.60% | 6.60% | 6.20% | 3.30% | 1.30% | 6.70% | 4.60% | 1.60% | 6.40% |
| Population, 2000 | 2,061,162 | 1,194,156 | 788,149 | 156,951 | 322,895 | 145,945 | 98,890 | 436,141 | 87,904 | 164,235 | 9,938,444 | 281,421,906 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 | 7.20% | 6.30% | 6.10% | 5.60% | 6.10% | 5.60% | 6.10% | 7.00% | 5.60% | 6.00% | 6.40% | 6.80% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 | 27.80% | 24.50% | 23.60% | 25.10% | 21.60% | 24.70% | 24.00% | 26.50% | 24.70% | 24.70% | 24.90% | 24.80% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 | 11.60% | 11.70% | 13.40% | 9.10% | 8.60% | 11.40% | 13.00% | 12.00% | 10.50% | 12.50% | 12.40% | 12.40% |
| Female persons, percent, 2005 | 51.90% | 50.80% | 50.80% | 49.40% | 50.10% | 50.30% | 49.90% | 51.90% | 49.20% | 50.50% | 50.80% | 50.70% |
| White persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 53.70% | 81.20% | 89.60% | 97.20% | 77.30% | 95.70% | 95.80% | 76.60% | 97.30% | 95.60% | 81.30% | 80.20% |
| Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 42.00% | 11.80% | 5.60% | 0.70% | 12.20% | 2.20% | 2.20% | 20.00% | 1.10% | 2.20% | 14.30% | 12.80% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 0.40% | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.30% | 0.50% | 0.50% | 0.40% | 0.50% | 0.60% | 1.00% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 2.30% | 5.30% | 2.90% | 0.80% | 7.80% | 0.60% | 0.60% | 0.90% | 0.50% | 0.50% | 2.20% | 4.30% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 | 1.60% | 1.40% | 1.50% | 0.90% | 2.30% | 1.20% | 1.00% | 1.90% | 0.80% | 1.20% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) | 4.60% | 2.80% | 1.90% | 1.60% | 3.10% | 2.50% | 7.30% | 2.40% | 3.60% | 2.60% | 3.80% | 14.40% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 | 49.70% | 78.60% | 87.80% | 95.70% | 74.50% | 93.40% | 88.90% | 74.50% | 93.80% | 93.30% | 77.90% | 66.90% |
| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over | 60.00% | 55.80% | 58.30% | 55.00% | 43.00% | 61.00% | 58.10% | 56.80% | 60.50% | 58.40% | 57.30% | 54.10% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 | 6.70% | 10.00% | 8.80% | 3.00% | 10.30% | 1.90% | 1.60% | 2.10% | 2.20% | 2.70% | 5.30% | 11.10% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 | 10.80% | 12.70% | 12.40% | 3.70% | 13.20% | 4.00% | 5.70% | 4.50% | 4.30% | 4.10% | 8.40% | 17.90% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 | 77.00% | 89.30% | 82.90% | 91.40% | 91.50% | 83.10% | 83.40% | 83.10% | 84.50% | 82.80% | 83.40% | 80.40% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 | 17.20% | 38.20% | 17.60% | 28.20% | 48.10% | 14.30% | 16.30% | 16.20% | 12.70% | 12.60% | 21.80% | 24.40% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 | 433,933 | 164,294 | 127,130 | 18,635 | 39,902 | 24,083 | 16,912 | 82,814 | 13,689 | 27,811 | 1,711,231 | 49,746,248 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 | 25.8 | 26.5 | 26.2 | 31 | 22.2 | 24 | 25 | 25.6 | 35.3 | 28.7 | 24.1 | 25.5 |
| Housing units, 2005 | 839,238 | 519,056 | 346,503 | 70,449 | 144,754 | 62,179 | 42,267 | 195,545 | 35,247 | 72,921 | 4,478,507 | 124,521,886 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 | 66.60% | 74.70% | 78.90% | 88.00% | 59.70% | 81.00% | 78.20% | 73.20% | 84.90% | 79.60% | 73.80% | 66.20% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 24.60% | 22.40% | 19.30% | 7.90% | 34.70% | 13.20% | 15.00% | 16.90% | 9.40% | 14.20% | 18.80% | 26.40% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $99,400 | $181,200 | $139,200 | $187,500 | $174,300 | $132,000 | $109,500 | $95,000 | $134,600 | $125,200 | $115,600 | $119,600 |
| Households, 2000 | 768,440 | 471,115 | 309,203 | 55,384 | 125,327 | 53,772 | 35,930 | 169,825 | 30,729 | 62,072 | 3,785,661 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.64 | 2.51 | 2.52 | 2.8 | 2.41 | 2.69 | 2.61 | 2.54 | 2.8 | 2.62 | 2.56 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 2004 | $38,743 | $64,293 | $52,784 | $71,683 | $55,431 | $53,838 | $47,944 | $40,775 | $52,360 | $48,095 | $44,409 | $44,334 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $20,058 | $32,534 | $24,446 | $28,069 | $27,173 | $22,458 | $20,186 | $20,883 | $21,462 | $21,582 | $22,168 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 | 18.80% | 7.80% | 8.20% | 5.10% | 11.10% | 8.70% | 9.20% | 15.40% | 8.50% | 10.20% | 12.50% | 12.70% |
| Business QuickFacts | Wayne County | Oakland County | Macomb County | Livingston County | Washtenaw County | Monroe County | Lenawee County | Genesee County | Lapeer County | St. Clair County | Michigan | USA |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 | 34,812 | 41,812 | 19,258 | 4,214 | 8,337 | 2,601 | 2,125 | 8,866 | 1,819 | 3,538 | 2,375,231 | 7,499,702 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2005 | 669,498 | 720,201 | 305,634 | 47,434 | 151,721 | 39,279 | 28,968 | 135,722 | 18,747 | 44,990 | 37,968,761 | 116,317,003 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 | -11.60% | -9.00% | -8.80% | 6.50% | -3.60% | -0.70% | -4.70% | -10.60% | -13.70% | -7.20% | -6.8%1 | 2.00% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2004 | 93,214 | 95,393 | 48,385 | 12,175 | 23,736 | 7,749 | 5,718 | 25,832 | 6,045 | 9,928 | 611,018 | 19,523,741 |
| Total number of firms, 2002 | 108,455 | 121,251 | 59,625 | 14,600 | 28,184 | 9,106 | 7,067 | 30,737 | 7,174 | 12,063 | 735,531 | 22,974,655 |
| Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 21.30% | 5.40% | 2.30% | F | 5.00% | 1.10% | F | 9.80% | F | S | 6.00% | 5.20% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.40% | S | 0.40% | F | F | 0.90% | F | F | 0.70% | 0.90% |
| Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 3.30% | 3.60% | 3.20% | F | 4.20% | 1.10% | F | 1.20% | F | F | 2.10% | 4.80% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 2.00% | 1.40% | 1.00% | 0.80% | 1.50% | F | 1.50% | 1.10% | F | F | 1.30% | 6.80% |
| Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 34.00% | 28.00% | 27.00% | 29.00% | 28.00% | 32.10% | 25.00% | 35.40% | 30.10% | 25.50% | 29.60% | 28.20% |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) | 52,401,486 | 27,022,148 | 25,485,976 | 2,884,263 | 7,622,597 | 3,191,278 | 1,982,032 | 9,269,929 | 1,007,045 | 2,255,932 | 221,433,262 | 3,916,136,712 |
| Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) | 44,320,325 | 62,105,475 | 6,243,694 | 1,122,666 | 3,024,340 | 1,928,545 | 366,545 | 4,465,101 | 143,486 | 599,767 | 165,958,945 | 4,634,755,112 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) | 17,444,033 | 19,140,544 | 11,008,091 | 1,812,089 | 4,071,538 | 1,398,052 | 978,830 | 5,026,802 | 847,715 | 1,512,103 | 109,350,139 | 3,056,421,997 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002 | $8,550 | $15,907 | $13,624 | $10,720 | $12,247 | $9,365 | $9,744 | $11,401 | $9,340 | $9,031 | $10,889 | $10,615 |
| Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) | 2,305,993 | 2,038,414 | 963,452 | 142,146 | 511,840 | 131,763 | 88,090 | 442,862 | 67,089 | 154,043 | 12,248,269 | 449,498,718 |
| Building permits, 2006 | 2,434 | 2,462 | 2,679 | 685 | 775 | 672 | 402 | 980 | 222 | 438 | 291,911 | 1,838,903 |
| Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) | 13,823,191 | 5,305,798 | 5,275,705 | 437,957 | 2,042,384 | 591,134 | 471,189 | 2,401,142 | 298,009 | 693,877 | 604,885,001 | 21,437,817,271 |
| Geography QuickFacts | Wayne County | Oakland County | Macomb County | Livingston County | Washtenaw County | Monroe County | Lenawee County | Genesee County | Lapeer County | St. Clair County | Michigan | USA |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 614.15 | 872.51 | 480.44 | 568.40 | 709.94 | 551.10 | 750.50 | 639.64 | 654.20 | 724.37 | 56,803.82 | 3,537,438.44 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 | 3356.9 | 1367.9 | 1642 | 276.3 | 454.8 | 264.9 | 131.7 | 681.5 | 134.4 | 226.8 | 175 | 79.6 |
| FIPS Code | 163 | 125 | 99 | 93 | 161 | 115 | 91 | 49 | 87 | 147 | 26 |