2022 population: 152,900 ( 3,913 from 2010 , 1,420 from 2020)
Land area: 567.8 square miles
Population density: 269.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	114,279	74.74%	4.3%
Black:	21,001	13.74%	11.6%
Indian:	793	0.52%	3.7%
Asian:	3,361	2.20%	33.1%
2+ races:	4,029	2.64%	27.4%
Hispanic:	9,437	6.17%	33.8%

Total non-White:	38,621	25.26%	3.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,428	11.1
Deaths:	4,272	13.8
Net Migration:	-855	-2.8
Net Immigration:	244	0.8

Change in White population:	-5,110	-3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,197	0.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
156,813
119,389	76.13%
23,766	15.16%
765	0.49%
2,525	1.61%
3,162	2.02%
7,054	4.50%
37,424	23.87%

2000
162,453
126,798	78.05%
25,729	15.84%
647	0.40%
1,904	1.17%
2,257	1.39%
4,888	3.01%
35,655	21.95%

1990
161,378
132,068	81.84%
24,706	15.31%
802	0.50%
1,514	0.94%
n/a
2,288	1.42%
29,310	18.16%

1980
171,276
142,998	83.49%
24,573	14.35%
517	0.30%
1,053	0.61%
n/a
1,967	1.15%
28,278	16.51%

1970
163,875
143,561	87.60%
18,127	11.06%
300	0.18%
203	0.12%
n/a
1,404	0.86%
20,314	12.40%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
19,493	12.0
14,899	9.2
-9,035	-5.6
3,411	2.1

-7,409	-4.6
1,769	1.1

Number	Rate
1990's
22,846	14.2
15,754	9.8
-9,152	-5.7
1,067	0.7

-5,270	-3.3
6,345	3.9

Number	Rate
1980's
25,740	15.0
15,340	9.0
-19,479	-11.4
n/a

-10,930	-6.4
1,032	0.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-9,322	-5.7
n/a

-563	-0.3
7,964	4.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Berrien County, MI

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.5
33,131	21.7%
119,769	78.3%
31,455	20.6%

63,512
2.38

40,738	64.1%
29,648	72.8%
4,767	11.7%
22,774	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
41.0
36,672	23.4%
120,141	76.6%
25,549	16.3%

63,054
2.43

41,585	66.0%
30,143	72.5%
4,858	11.7%
21,469	34.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.4
42,126	25.9%
120,327	74.1%
23,599	14.5%

63,644
2.48

43,579	68.5%
33,168	76.1%
5,081	11.7%
20,065	31.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
43,379	26.9%
117,999	73.1%
22,187	13.7%

61,390
2.58

44,392	72.3%
34,459	77.6%
5,319	12.0%
16,998	27.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
52,624	30.7%
118,652	69.3%
18,897	11.0%

60,593
2.78

46,322	76.4%
37,698	81.4%
5,224	11.3%
14,271	23.6%

2022 Housing Data for Berrien County, MI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,469	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,221	5.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,716	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,333	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,047	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,931	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,970	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,541	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,266	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,091	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,034	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,411	11.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,806	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,928	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,354	6.9%
$200,000 or more	4,394	6.9%

Median Household Income	60,379
Per Capita Income	36,764

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	102
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,758	5.9%
Public Assistance	2,052	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,068	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	61,638	70.4%
Unemployed	4,471	5.1%
In Armed Forces	47	0.1%

Total Labor Force	66,156	75.5%
Not in Labor Force	21,448	24.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	27,620	21,173	56.6%
Non-Profit	2,464	5,571	30.7%
Self-Employed	4,154	2,439	63.0%

Local Government	2,015	2,907	40.9%
State Government	673	1,259	34.8%
Federal Government	353	367	49.0%

Total Private + Self	31,774	23,612	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,505	10,104	35.3%
Total	37,279	33,716	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	10.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,153	14.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	14,388	20.2%
Professional, Technical	16,101	22.6%
Service Occupations	12,270	17.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	322	0.5%
All others	18,186	25.6%

White Collar		57.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	13,534	19.0%
Health care and social assistance	9,745	13.7%
Retail trade	7,709	10.8%
Educational services	6,755	9.5%
Accommodation and food services	4,837	6.8%
Construction	3,955	5.6%
Other services	3,823	5.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,557	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,751	3.9%
Public administration	2,217	3.1%
Utilities	2,145	3.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,997	2.8%
Finance and insurance	1,974	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,755	2.5%
Wholesale trade	1,330	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,164	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	883	1.2%
Information	825	1.2%
Management	90	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	52	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,622	4.30%
Puerto Rican	731	0.47%
Cuban	333	0.22%
Dominican	112	0.07%

Total Central American	156	0.10%
Costa Rican	16	0.01%
Guatemalan	56	0.04%
Honduran	27	0.02%
Nicaraguan	20	0.01%
Panamanian	31	0.02%
Salvadoran	6	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	660	0.43%
Argentinean	123	0.08%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	112	0.07%
Ecuadorian	4	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	189	0.12%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	232	0.15%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	469	0.30%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	800	0.52%
Filipino	406	0.26%
Korean	331	0.22%
Chinese	301	0.20%
Vietnamese	174	0.11%
Japanese	114	0.07%
Indonesian	61	0.04%
Taiwanese	39	0.03%
Thai	29	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	135,504	93.1%
Spanish	5,476	3.8%
Other Indo-European	1,320	0.9%
Other	598	0.4%
Other Asian	496	0.3%
German, other Germanic	452	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	432	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	367	0.3%
Tagalog	336	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	35,469	23.0%
Irish	16,966	11.0%
English	15,396	10.0%
Polish	7,279	4.7%
Italian	6,346	4.1%
American	5,177	3.4%
Dutch	5,107	3.3%
French	3,382	2.2%
European	3,287	2.1%
African	2,777	1.8%
Swedish	2,511	1.6%
Scottish	2,321	1.5%
Norwegian	1,601	1.0%
Czech	1,154	0.7%
Hungarian	1,120	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	149,741	97.3%
Not a citizen	4,197	2.7%

Native	146,160	94.9%
Foreign-born	7,778	5.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,777	2.6%	6,264	5.8%	29,889	27.7%	36,623	33.9%	19,850	18.4%	12,647	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,777	2.6%
9-12 Years	6,264	5.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	29,889	27.7%
Some College	36,623	33.9%
Bach. Degree	19,850	18.4%
Grad Degree	12,647	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	81,342	75,647	5,695	7.0%	7.7%
1991	79,781	72,861	6,920	8.7%	9.3%
1992	80,212	73,168	7,044	8.8%	9.1%
1993	81,981	75,621	6,360	7.8%	7.3%
1994	83,924	78,574	5,350	6.4%	6.1%
1995	82,843	78,294	4,549	5.5%	5.3%
1996	82,668	77,919	4,749	5.7%	4.9%
1997	82,880	78,758	4,122	5.0%	4.3%
1998	82,401	78,933	3,468	4.2%	4.0%
1999	83,238	80,165	3,073	3.7%	3.8%

2000	82,599	79,371	3,228	3.9%	3.6%
2001	81,853	77,254	4,599	5.6%	5.2%
2002	78,998	74,059	4,939	6.3%	6.2%
2003	78,334	72,646	5,688	7.3%	7.1%
2004	78,321	72,497	5,824	7.4%	7.0%
2005	79,181	73,721	5,460	6.9%	6.8%
2006	78,818	73,105	5,713	7.2%	7.0%
2007	79,601	74,044	5,557	7.0%	7.1%
2008	79,503	73,253	6,250	7.9%	8.2%
2009	77,325	67,723	9,602	12.4%	13.1%

2010	75,898	67,041	8,857	11.7%	12.2%
2011	74,383	67,126	7,257	9.8%	10.0%
2012	73,574	67,007	6,567	8.9%	9.0%
2013	72,701	66,456	6,245	8.6%	8.7%
2014	73,550	68,569	4,981	6.8%	7.2%
2015	73,748	69,862	3,886	5.3%	5.4%
2016	74,004	70,297	3,707	5.0%	5.0%
2017	74,069	70,509	3,560	4.8%	4.6%
2018	73,395	70,227	3,168	4.3%	4.2%
2019	73,996	71,093	2,903	3.9%	4.1%

2020	72,765	66,476	6,289	8.6%	9.9%
2021	69,967	65,936	4,031	5.8%	5.8%
2022	71,619	68,355	3,264	4.6%	4.2%
2023	74,317	71,189	3,128	4.2%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	76,948
Median Value	$193,600

Occupied	63,512	82.5%
Vacant	13,436	17.5%

Owned	46,359	73.0%
Rented	17,153	27.0%
Median Rent	$885

Single-Family Units	61,077	79.4%
Detached	59,350	77.1%
Attached	1,727	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,348	9.5%
Mobile Homes	3,339	4.3%

Berrien County, MI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Berrien County, MI

2022 Housing Data for Berrien County, MI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Berrien County, MI

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Berrien County, MI

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Berrien County, MI

Historical Labor Force Data for Berrien County, MI