People QuickFacts	Portage	Michigan
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	47,126	9,883,360
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	46,292	9,883,635
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.8%	Z
 	Population, 2010    	46,292	9,883,640
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.7%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.8%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.6%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.1%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	86.9%	78.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.9%	14.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.8%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.0%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.1%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	85.2%	76.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.5%	85.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.6%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.5%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	95.4%	88.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	39.0%	25.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,249	711,613
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.1	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	20,559	4,532,233
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	70.2%	73.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	24.3%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$155,900	$137,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	18,987	3,825,182
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.42	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,971	$25,482
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$56,330	$48,669
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.0%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Portage	Michigan
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,403	816,972
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.8%	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    	29.9%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	4,511,451	234,455,768
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	215,593	107,109,349
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,136,788	109,102,594
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$24,735	$10,855
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	121,429	14,536,648

   	Geography QuickFacts	Portage	Michigan
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	32.23	56,538.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,436.5	174.8
 	FIPS Code    	65560	26
 	Counties    	Kalamazoo 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