People QuickFacts	Eaton County	Michigan
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	108,008	9,883,360
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	107,763	9,883,635
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.2%	Z
 	Population, 2010    	107,759	9,883,640
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.5%	5.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.8%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.6%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.2%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	88.7%	80.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	6.8%	14.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.8%	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.2%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.8%	4.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	84.6%	76.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.1%	85.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.9%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.8%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.0%	88.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	24.6%	25.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	8,725	711,613
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	22.1	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	47,163	4,525,480
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.2%	73.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	19.9%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$147,900	$137,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	43,416	3,825,182
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.45	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,296	$25,482
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$54,170	$48,669
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.7%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Eaton County	Michigan
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	2,034	217,344
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	38,204	3,379,035
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	1.9%	2.8%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	6,955	679,752 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,089	816,972
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	8.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.4%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.9%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	234,455,768
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	914,251	107,109,349
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,326,967	109,102,594
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,383	$10,855
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	155,322	14,536,648
 	Building permits, 2012    	125	11,692

   	Geography QuickFacts	Eaton County	Michigan
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	575.18	56,538.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	187.3	174.8
 	FIPS Code    	045	26
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area	 

(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