Van Buren County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Van Buren County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Van Buren County is 4th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Van Buren County is 5th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Van Buren County is 10th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Foreign born residents

Van Buren County is 16th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Income below poverty line

Van Buren County is 19th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Van Buren County is 19th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Two or More

Van Buren County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	75,454	26th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	607.5	35th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	125.5	27th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	4th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	5th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	67th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.6%	70th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.8%	39th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	91.6%	59th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.3%	24th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	19th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	38th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	73rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	19th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2nd	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.1%	68th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.5%	31st	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	10th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	36,710	23rd	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.8%	32nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	28,846	25th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	51st	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$122,300	31st	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.5	26th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	69	28th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$21,898	43rd	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$44,428	31st	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.9%	16th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,300	28th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,395	29th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,837	26th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$556,714	32nd	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,145	64th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$80,514	28th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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