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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Leelanau County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Home median value

Leelanau County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Leelanau County is 3rd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per capita

Leelanau County is 3rd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Leelanau County is 7th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income per household

Leelanau County is 8th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Home ownership rate

Leelanau County is 9th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Leelanau County is 9th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Main Cities Within Leelanau County, Michigan

Traverse City, Michigan

Leelanau County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	21,607	63rd	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	347.2	82nd	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	62.5	40th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	3.7%	80th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.5%	71st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	26.5%	9th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.8%	2nd	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.6%	3rd	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	93.7%	51st	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	70th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.7%	9th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	43rd	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	39th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	26th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.0%	48th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.6%	24th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	22nd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	14,948	61st	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.0%	44th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	9,388	62nd	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.2%	8th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$241,700	1st	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	70th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	70	27th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$32,311	3rd	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$55,247	7th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.6%	74th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Leelanau County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	705	54th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,823	63rd	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,437	41st	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$128,208	69th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,857	76th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$40,646	45th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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