People QuickFacts Midland County Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 83,822 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 83,629 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.2% Z Population, 2010 83,629 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 5.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.1% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.0% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.7% 80.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 14.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.1% 4.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 92.7% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.6% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.7% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.9% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.4% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.9% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 6,298 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.1 23.9  Housing units, 2011 35,982 4,525,480 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.1% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.4% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $131,900 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 33,658 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 $29,451 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,465 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.1% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Midland County Michigan Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,824 219,119 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 33,750 3,288,456 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -7.6 -19.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,932 679,752  Total number of firms, 2007 6,488 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 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 30.5% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,821,268 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 869,266 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,524 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 108,035 14,536,648 Building permits, 2011 145 9,341     Geography QuickFacts Midland County Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 516.25 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 162.0 174.8 FIPS Code 111 26 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Midland, 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