People QuickFacts	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	14,253	9,876,801
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	14,144	9,883,635
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.8%	-0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	14,144	9,883,640
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.3%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.3%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.9%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.5%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	74.8%	78.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	14.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	17.7%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	5.5%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.5%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	73.8%	76.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	75.5%	85.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.9%	6.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.5%	9.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.0%	88.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.9%	25.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,323	711,613
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	11.7	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	6,534	4,532,233
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	59.9%	73.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	29.0%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$82,000	$137,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,783	3,825,182
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.24	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,722	$25,482
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,994	$48,669
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.9%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,076	816,972
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	8.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.1%	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    	27.0%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	234,455,768
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,005	107,109,349
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	306,420	109,102,594
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$21,801	$10,855
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	179,762	14,536,648

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	14.77	56,538.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	957.4	174.8
 	FIPS Code    	71740	26
 	Counties    	Chippewa 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