A profile of Michigan, site of a Republican presidential primary election on Tuesday:
NUMBERS:
Population: 9,875,187
AGE:
Median age: 38.9
Percentage of population 65 and over: 13.8
Percentage of population 85 and over: 1.9
RACE:
78.9 percent white, 14.2 percent black, 2.4 percent Asian, 0.6 percent American Indian, 1.5 percent other, 2.3 percent two or more races, 4.4 percent Hispanic or Latino origin
LANGUAGE:
Language other than English spoken at home: 8.9 percent
EDUCATION:
High school graduate: 88 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 25 percent
MONEY:
Median household income: $48,432
People below poverty level: 14.8 percent
Housing units occupied by owners: 72.1 percent
Housing units occupied by renters: 27.9 percent
2008 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS:
Barack Obama, 57 percent; John McCain, 41 percent.
REGISTERED VOTERS:
7.3 million
MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS:
? Michigan had the nation’s highest unemployment rate for years and endured a decade of economic woes. The state’s December unemployment rate dropped to 9.3 percent from a high in August 2009 of 14.1 percent. Michigan now ranks 10th nationally, but remains above the national rate of 8.5 percent.
? Michigan last year added 80,000 manufacturing, service and other jobs, making it among the states recovering fastest from the recession.
? Besides being a leading manufacturer of cars and trucks, Michigan is the nation’s top producer of tart cherries. It’s also among national leaders for prepared cereals, machine tools, sugar beets and furniture.
? Michigan has 11,000 inland lakes and 36,000 streams and is the only state adjoining four of the five Great Lakes.
? It has 3,288 miles of shoreline, more than any state except Alaska.
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Sources: 2010 and 2011 U.S. Census Data, Michigan Labor Market Information Office