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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Alpena County is 7th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Alpena County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - White

Alpena County is 10th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Alpena County is 11th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Alpena County is 16th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Female residents

Main Cities Within Alpena County, Michigan

Alpena, Michigan

Alpena County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	29,234	49th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	571.9	39th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	51.8	48th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	55th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	51st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.4%	27th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.1%	42nd	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	52nd	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	97.4%	8th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	65th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	74th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	34th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	11th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	76th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	75th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	7th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.8%	16th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	52nd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	16,071	56th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.8%	36th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	13,234	47th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.5%	50th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$102,800	62nd	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	75th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	22	63rd	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$21,867	45th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$38,081	67th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	31st	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Alpena County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	796	46th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,600	41st	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,468	56th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$416,778	40th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,018	10th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$32,160	54th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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