People QuickFacts Hamtramck Michigan Population, 2011 estimate 22,198 9,876,801 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,423 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -1.0% -0.1% Population, 2010 22,423 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.7% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 31.7% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 7.7% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 48.4% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 53.6% 78.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 19.3% 14.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 21.5% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.7% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.5% 4.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 53.0% 76.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.3% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 42.7% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 60.8% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 60.0% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.6% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 552 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.4 23.9  Housing units, 2010 8,693 4,532,233 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 52.2% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.2% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $64,100 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 6,563 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.28 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $10,602 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $24,366 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 46.3% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Hamtramck Michigan Total number of firms, 2007 1,828 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.3% 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 F 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 50,000 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 92,358 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,392 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,779 14,536,648     Geography QuickFacts Hamtramck Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 2.09 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 10,749.3 174.8 FIPS Code 36280 26 Counties Wayne County (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