People QuickFacts Oakland County Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 1,220,657 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,202,362 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.5% Z Population, 2010 1,202,362 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.6% 5.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.0% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.6% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 77.7% 80.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 14.1% 14.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.8% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.6% 4.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 74.6% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.3% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 11.1% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.9% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.5% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 42.4% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 71,850 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.1 23.9  Housing units, 2011 526,755 4,525,480 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.6% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.3% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $190,500 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 481,449 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.47 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,314 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $66,456 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.5% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Oakland County Michigan Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 38,128 219,119 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 584,159 3,288,456 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -26.2 -19.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 106,379 679,752  Total number of firms, 2007 128,040 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.3% 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.7% 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.6% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 25,885,162 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 29,825,742 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,183,680 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,131 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,284,814 14,536,648 Building permits, 2011 1,277 9,341     Geography QuickFacts Oakland County Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 867.66 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,385.7 174.8 FIPS Code 125 26 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 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