People QuickFacts

Houghton County

Michigan

Population, 2000

36,016

9,938,444

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

1.60%

6.90%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

5.40%

6.80%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

21.80%

26.10%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

15.50%

12.30%

Female persons, percent, 2000

46.80%

51.00%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

95.50%

80.20%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.90%

14.20%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.50%

0.60%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

1.80%

1.80%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

Z

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.20%

1.30%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

1.00%

1.90%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

0.70%

3.30%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

95.10%

78.60%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

56.80%

57.30%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

2.70%

5.30%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

7.30%

8.40%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

84.60%

83.40%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

23.00%

21.80%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

5,429

1,711,231

Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

15.6

24.1

Housing units, 2000

17,748

4,234,279

Homeownership rate, 2000

71.40%

73.80%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

15.80%

18.80%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$54,800

$115,600

Households, 2000

13,793

3,785,661

Persons per household, 2000

2.39

2.56

Median household money income, 1999

$28,817

$44,667

Per capita money income, 1999

$15,078

$22,168

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

16.80%

10.50%

Geography QuickFacts

Houghton County

Michigan

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

1,012

56,804

Persons per square mile, 2000

35.6

175

Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown