St Joseph County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

St Joseph County is 1st in Michigan out of 83 other counties in People per household

St Joseph County is 2nd in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 5

St Joseph County is 4th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents younger than 18

St Joseph County is 9th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

St Joseph County is 16th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Foreign born residents

Main Cities Within St Joseph County, Michigan

St Joseph County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	60,796	32nd	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	500.6	71st	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	122.4	29th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	2nd	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.3%	4th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	54th	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.9%	74th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.1%	59th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	94.0%	49th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.7%	28th	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	51st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	25th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	77th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	30th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	9th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.7%	55th	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	50.4%	33rd	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	16th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	27,745	31st	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	37th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	22,319	33rd	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.3%	55th	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$113,800	41st	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.7	1st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	30	55th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$20,772	54th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$44,433	30th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.7%	34th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	St Joseph County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,182	30th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	19,492	26th	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,656	30th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$559,870	31st	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,971	45th	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$53,768	35th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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