| | People QuickFacts | Ferndale | Michigan |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 20,053 | 9,883,360 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 19,900 | 9,883,635 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.8% | Z |
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Population, 2010 | 19,900 | 9,883,640 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.6% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 16.5% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 8.9% | 13.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.1% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 84.7% | 78.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 9.6% | 14.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.3% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.4% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 82.8% | 76.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.0% | 85.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.9% | 6.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.5% | 9.0% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.0% | 88.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 35.9% | 25.3% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,043 | 711,613 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.5 | 23.9 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 10,477 | 4,532,233 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.8% | 73.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.2% | 18.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $115,900 | $137,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 9,516 | 3,825,182 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.11 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,425 | $25,482 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,174 | $48,669 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 15.7% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Ferndale | Michigan |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,193 | 816,972 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.5% | 8.9% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.9% | 30.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 379,446 | 234,455,768 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 404,678 | 107,109,349 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 257,450 | 109,102,594 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,218 | $10,855 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 42,934 | 14,536,648 |