People QuickFacts	Van Buren County	Michigan
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	75,454	9,883,360
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	76,258	9,883,635
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.1%	Z
 	Population, 2010    	76,258	9,883,640
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.4%	5.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.1%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.2%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.6%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	91.6%	80.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.4%	14.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.2%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.5%	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)     	10.5%	4.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	82.2%	76.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.5%	85.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.8%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	9.7%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.6%	88.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.8%	25.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,604	711,613
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.1	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	36,710	4,525,480
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.2%	73.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.8%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$122,300	$137,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	28,846	3,825,182
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.55	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,898	$25,482
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,428	$48,669
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.9%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Van Buren County	Michigan
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,327	219,119
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	16,061	3,288,456
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-5.7	-19.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,712	679,752 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,837	816,972
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	8.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.7%	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    	27.2%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,312,898	234,455,768
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	107,109,349
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	556,714	109,102,594
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,145	$10,855
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	80,514	14,536,648
 	Building permits, 2011     	69	9,341

   	Geography QuickFacts	Van Buren County	Michigan
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	607.47	56,538.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	125.5	174.8
 	FIPS Code    	159	26
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Kalamazoo-Portage, 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