2022 population: 300,873 ( 37,072 from 2010 , 4,666 from 2020)
Land area: 563.5 square miles
Population density: 533.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	249,439	82.91%	10.3%
Black:	5,197	1.73%	46.4%
Indian:	833	0.28%	3.3%
Asian:	8,465	2.81%	27.5%
2+ races:	5,464	1.82%	47.0%
Hispanic:	31,475	10.46%	38.3%

Total non-White:	51,434	17.09%	36.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,870	11.6
Deaths:	5,605	9.5
Net Migration:	2,783	4.7
Net Immigration:	460	0.8

Change in White population:	23,283	8.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,789	5.2

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
263,801
226,156	85.73%
3,551	1.35%
806	0.31%
6,640	2.52%
3,717	1.41%
22,761	8.63%
37,645	14.27%

2000
238,314
211,058	88.56%
2,380	1.00%
681	0.29%
4,972	2.09%
2,383	1.00%
16,692	7.00%
27,256	11.44%

1990
187,768
176,026	93.75%
848	0.45%
685	0.36%
2,421	1.29%
n/a
7,788	4.15%
11,742	6.25%

1980
157,174
150,090	95.49%
509	0.32%
354	0.23%
1,309	0.83%
n/a
4,882	3.11%
7,084	4.51%

1970
128,181
124,578	97.19%
346	0.27%
186	0.15%
125	0.10%
n/a
2,757	2.15%
3,603	2.81%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
33,235	13.9
14,084	5.9
3,053	1.3
3,036	1.3

15,098	6.3
10,389	4.4

Number	Rate
1990's
32,952	17.5
13,060	7.0
23,906	12.7
2,002	1.1

35,032	18.7
15,514	8.3

Number	Rate
1980's
28,611	18.2
10,289	6.5
12,699	8.1
n/a

25,936	16.5
4,658	3.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
13,242	10.3
n/a

25,512	19.9
3,481	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Ottawa 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
35.8
69,256	23.0%
231,617	77.0%
46,646	15.5%

108,362
2.64

76,897	71.0%
64,356	83.7%
4,370	5.7%
31,465	29.0%

2010
Number	Percent
34.5
68,737	26.1%
195,064	73.9%
31,023	11.8%

93,775
2.73

68,342	72.9%
57,012	83.4%
4,820	7.1%
25,433	27.1%

2000
Number	Percent
32.1
68,329	28.7%
169,985	71.3%
24,006	10.1%

81,878
2.80

61,971	75.7%
53,641	86.6%
3,875	6.3%
19,907	24.3%

1990
Number	Percent
30.2
55,052	29.3%
132,716	70.7%
18,346	9.8%

62,912
2.89

49,998	79.5%
44,573	89.1%
2,462	4.9%
12,914	20.5%

1980
Number	Percent
27.5
50,055	31.8%
107,119	68.2%
13,641	8.7%

50,491
3.04

41,356	81.9%
37,419	90.5%
2,062	5.0%
9,135	18.1%

2022 Housing Data for Ottawa County, MI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,030	2.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,155	2.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,279	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,301	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,048	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,385	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,263	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,529	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,849	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,357	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,370	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,334	16.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,781	11.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,787	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,002	10.2%
$200,000 or more	10,892	10.1%

Median Household Income	83,932
Per Capita Income	39,116

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	112
Compared to U.S.	95

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,827	3.5%
Public Assistance	2,350	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,822	7.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	130,556	77.1%
Unemployed	5,158	3.0%
In Armed Forces	125	0.1%

Total Labor Force	135,839	80.2%
Not in Labor Force	33,512	19.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	64,414	45,590	58.6%
Non-Profit	5,611	11,687	32.4%
Self-Employed	7,564	5,276	58.9%

Local Government	3,597	5,309	40.4%
State Government	1,372	1,864	42.4%
Federal Government	759	325	70.0%

Total Private + Self	71,978	50,866	58.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,339	19,185	37.1%
Total	83,317	70,051	54.3%

Pct. Govt.	8.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	24,876	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	30,019	19.6%
Professional, Technical	35,718	23.3%
Service Occupations	22,909	14.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	906	0.6%
All others	39,946	26.0%

White Collar		59.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	35,777	23.3%
Health care and social assistance	21,169	13.8%
Retail trade	15,876	10.3%
Educational services	14,338	9.3%
Accommodation and food services	10,694	7.0%
Construction	9,084	5.9%
Other services	7,892	5.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,751	5.1%
Wholesale trade	5,408	3.5%
Finance and insurance	4,791	3.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,778	3.1%
Transportation and warehousing	4,284	2.8%
Public administration	2,745	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,104	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,030	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,832	1.2%
Information	1,581	1.0%
Utilities	1,116	0.7%
Management	180	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	38	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	23,275	7.86%
Puerto Rican	1,727	0.58%
Cuban	1,079	0.36%
Dominican	187	0.06%

Total Central American	1,369	0.46%
Costa Rican	196	0.07%
Guatemalan	656	0.22%
Honduran	237	0.08%
Nicaraguan	132	0.04%
Panamanian	95	0.03%
Salvadoran	48	0.02%
Other Central American	5	0.00%

Total South American	797	0.27%
Argentinean	19	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	189	0.06%
Colombian	72	0.02%
Ecuadorian	162	0.05%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	261	0.09%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	94	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,803	0.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Laotian	1,793	0.61%
Vietnamese	1,045	0.35%
Korean	894	0.30%
Cambodian	883	0.30%
Chinese	828	0.28%
Indian	784	0.26%
Filipino	305	0.10%
Japanese	110	0.04%
Thai	103	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	257,379	92.2%
Spanish	14,169	5.1%
Other Asian	2,507	0.9%
Other Indo-European	1,311	0.5%
German, other Germanic	945	0.3%
Vietnamese	671	0.2%
Chinese	424	0.2%
Other	396	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	388	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Dutch	80,180	27.1%
German	55,825	18.8%
English	25,418	8.6%
Irish	24,776	8.4%
Polish	18,745	6.3%
American	10,079	3.4%
Italian	7,981	2.7%
French	6,937	2.3%
Swedish	5,167	1.7%
European	5,009	1.7%
Scottish	4,301	1.5%
Norwegian	2,675	0.9%
Hungarian	1,899	0.6%
French Canadian	1,863	0.6%
Finnish	1,759	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	290,109	97.9%
Not a citizen	6,074	2.1%

Native	281,646	95.1%
Foreign-born	14,537	4.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,652	2.0%	7,217	3.9%	49,693	26.6%	57,998	31.1%	45,105	24.2%	23,036	12.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,652	2.0%
9-12 Years	7,217	3.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	49,693	26.6%
Some College	57,998	31.1%
Bach. Degree	45,105	24.2%
Grad Degree	23,036	12.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	104,839	99,295	5,544	5.3%	7.7%
1991	104,462	98,002	6,460	6.2%	9.3%
1992	106,852	100,307	6,545	6.1%	9.1%
1993	112,009	106,629	5,380	4.8%	7.3%
1994	118,028	113,481	4,547	3.9%	6.1%
1995	121,057	117,166	3,891	3.2%	5.3%
1996	125,067	121,246	3,821	3.1%	4.9%
1997	131,180	127,646	3,534	2.7%	4.3%
1998	135,770	132,516	3,254	2.4%	4.0%
1999	140,436	137,013	3,423	2.4%	3.8%

2000	136,110	132,366	3,744	2.8%	3.6%
2001	135,438	129,683	5,755	4.2%	5.2%
2002	130,785	123,728	7,057	5.4%	6.2%
2003	132,100	124,337	7,763	5.9%	7.1%
2004	134,088	126,837	7,251	5.4%	7.0%
2005	136,429	129,323	7,106	5.2%	6.8%
2006	137,083	129,539	7,544	5.5%	7.0%
2007	135,690	127,903	7,787	5.7%	7.1%
2008	134,006	124,815	9,191	6.9%	8.2%
2009	130,221	114,401	15,820	12.1%	13.1%

2010	139,321	125,410	13,911	10.0%	12.2%
2011	139,393	128,745	10,648	7.6%	10.0%
2012	142,161	132,919	9,242	6.5%	9.0%
2013	145,244	136,483	8,761	6.0%	8.7%
2014	149,580	142,408	7,172	4.8%	7.2%
2015	153,110	147,476	5,634	3.7%	5.4%
2016	155,788	150,491	5,297	3.4%	5.0%
2017	158,140	152,991	5,149	3.3%	4.6%
2018	161,107	156,538	4,569	2.8%	4.2%
2019	161,960	157,599	4,361	2.7%	4.1%

2020	158,936	148,077	10,859	6.8%	9.9%
2021	156,982	150,580	6,402	4.1%	5.8%
2022	161,616	156,266	5,350	3.3%	4.2%
2023	168,938	163,800	5,138	3.0%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	114,701
Median Value	$269,200

Occupied	108,362	94.5%
Vacant	6,339	5.5%

Owned	84,698	78.2%
Rented	23,664	21.8%
Median Rent	$1,080

Single-Family Units	88,311	77.0%
Detached	79,860	69.6%
Attached	8,451	7.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	13,515	11.8%
Mobile Homes	6,096	5.3%

Ottawa County, MI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Ottawa County, MI

2022 Housing Data for Ottawa County, MI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Ottawa County, MI

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Ottawa County, MI

Historical Labor Force Data for Ottawa County, MI