People QuickFacts Grand Traverse County Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 89,112 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 86,986 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.4% Z Population, 2010 86,986 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.6% 5.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.7% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.2% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.7% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.9% 80.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 14.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.7% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.3% 4.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 92.9% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.5% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.8% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.5% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.9% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.8% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,325 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 23.9  Housing units, 2011 41,781 4,525,480 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.4% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.8% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $172,800 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 34,450 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,617 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $50,629 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.9% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Grand Traverse County Michigan Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 3,278 217,344 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 39,944 3,379,035 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.8% 2.8% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 8,757 679,752  Total number of firms, 2007 10,504 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 24.5% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,160,721 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 424,979 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,570,064 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,415 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 237,714 14,536,648 Building permits, 2012 273 11,692     Geography QuickFacts Grand Traverse County Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 464.33 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 187.3 174.8 FIPS Code 055 26 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Traverse City, MI Micro 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