People QuickFacts Arenac County Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 15,477 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,899 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -2.7% Z Population, 2010 15,899 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.3% 5.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.5% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 20.7% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.2% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.9% 80.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 14.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.6% 4.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.4% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.9% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.9% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.5% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.1% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.8% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,569 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.4 23.9  Housing units, 2011 9,745 4,525,480 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 82.7% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 5.4% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $94,900 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 6,526 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.35 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,386 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,281 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.9% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Arenac County Michigan Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 327 219,119 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,817 3,288,456 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -51.5 -19.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 965 679,752  Total number of firms, 2007 1,263 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.2% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 126,555 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 118,751 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,144 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,617 14,536,648 Building permits, 2011 7 9,341     Geography QuickFacts Arenac County Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 363.19 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 43.8 174.8 FIPS Code 011 26 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts