People QuickFacts Luce County Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 6,522 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,631 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.6% Z Population, 2010 6,631 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.6% 5.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 17.4% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.3% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 42.3% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 80.5% 80.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.3% 14.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.0% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.0% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.3% 4.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.5% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.3% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.7% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.0% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.7% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 683 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.7 23.9  Housing units, 2011 4,340 4,525,480 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 79.5% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $84,200 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 2,447 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.23 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,294 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,083 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.3% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Luce County Michigan Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 163 217,344 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 1,252 3,379,035 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.5% 2.8% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 359 679,752  Total number of firms, 2007 444 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.0% 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 11.0% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 74,036 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,044 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,374 14,536,648 Building permits, 2012 18 11,692     Geography QuickFacts Luce County Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 899.08 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 7.4 174.8 FIPS Code 095 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