People QuickFacts Walker Michigan Population, 2012 estimate 24,003 9,883,360 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,537 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.0% Z Population, 2010 23,537 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.9% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.9% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.1% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.3% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 91.3% 78.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.8% 14.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.9% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.1% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.1% 4.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 89.1% 76.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.9% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.7% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.0% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.4% 88.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.8% 25.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,498 711,613 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.5 23.9  Housing units, 2010 10,432 4,532,233 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 64.7% 73.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 33.5% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $155,200 $137,300 Households, 2007-2011 9,777 3,825,182 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.37 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,897 $25,482 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,396 $48,669 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.7% 15.7%     Business QuickFacts Walker Michigan Total number of firms, 2007 1,952 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 17.2% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,338,629 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,366,046 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 489,576 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,737 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 72,339 14,536,648     Geography QuickFacts Walker Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 24.94 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 943.7 174.8 FIPS Code 82960 26 Counties Kent 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