Big Rapids, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Big Rapids is 17th out of 6,405 other cities in Income below poverty line

Statewide Claims to Fame

Big Rapids is 1st in Michigan out of 174 other cities in Income below poverty line

Big Rapids is 6th in Michigan out of 174 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	10,702	86th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.4	114th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,429.2	81st	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	167th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	12.5%	170th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	6.5%	171st	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	97th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.1%	67th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	88.0%	95th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	67th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	21st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	70th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	162nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	77th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	119th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	87th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	49.0%	165th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	93rd	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	3,623	128th	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	49.6%	6th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	3,084	133rd	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	34.8%	174th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,900	124th	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	133rd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$12,581	169th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$21,883	171st	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	48.1%	1st	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Big Rapids	Rank	Michigan	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	923	98th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$202,023	74th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,604	41st	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$30,108	62nd	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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