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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Statistics Back to top

Population (2000): 170,200
Land Area (2000): 1,318.606 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 2,460.956 square kilometers

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Population By Year

Year	Population	Year	Population	Year	Population
2003	172,270	2005	174,543	2006	175,117
2004	173,650			2007	175,119

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	251,470	73.66%
Rural, Farm	2,916	0.85%
Rural, Non-farm	86,986	25.48%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Real Estate Lawyers provide services for home buying/selling, commercial real estate, leases, landlord tenant, construction, land use and zoning laws. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Employment Information Back to top
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	73,456	67,264	6,192	8.43%	84
1991	72,848	65,105	7,742	10.63%	106
1992	74,311	65,942	8,368	11.26%	113
1993	75,986	69,257	6,729	8.86%	89
1994	78,331	72,505	5,826	7.44%	74
1995	78,307	73,312	4,996	6.38%	64
1996	78,926	74,415	4,511	5.72%	57
1997	81,010	77,178	3,833	4.73%	47
1998	81,921	78,547	3,374	4.12%	41
1999	84,102	80,542	3,560	4.23%	42
2000	85,584	82,089	3,494	4.08%	41
2001	85,817	80,695	5,122	5.97%	60
2002	85,625	78,912	6,714	7.84%	78
2003	88,151	80,252	7,899	8.96%	90
2004	89,683	82,784	6,899	7.69%	77
2005	90,505	84,241	6,264	6.92%	69
2006	91,039	84,799	6,241	6.85%	68
2007	90,075	83,647	6,428	7.14%	71
2008	90,110	82,658	7,452	8.27%	83

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	71,919	66,700	5,219	7.26%	73
Feb 1990	72,850	66,302	6,548	8.99%	90
Mar 1990	72,811	66,404	6,407	8.80%	88
Apr 1990	72,969	66,442	6,527	8.94%	89
May 1990	74,075	67,609	6,466	8.73%	87
Jun 1990	75,134	68,410	6,724	8.95%	89
Jul 1990	74,826	68,186	6,640	8.87%	89
Aug 1990	74,178	68,125	6,053	8.16%	82
Sep 1990	73,735	67,586	6,149	8.34%	83
Oct 1990	73,018	67,529	5,489	7.52%	75
Nov 1990	73,047	67,272	5,775	7.91%	79
Dec 1990	72,914	66,607	6,307	8.65%	86

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	71,591	64,486	7,105	9.92%	99
Feb 1991	72,061	64,313	7,748	10.75%	108
Mar 1991	72,393	64,279	8,114	11.21%	112
Apr 1991	72,437	64,783	7,654	10.57%	106
May 1991	73,041	65,134	7,907	10.83%	108
Jun 1991	74,086	65,687	8,399	11.34%	113
Jul 1991	73,491	65,418	8,073	10.99%	110
Aug 1991	73,371	65,630	7,741	10.55%	106
Sep 1991	72,923	65,492	7,431	10.19%	102
Oct 1991	72,590	65,358	7,232	9.96%	100
Nov 1991	73,276	65,644	7,632	10.42%	104
Dec 1991	72,912	65,040	7,872	10.80%	108

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	72,737	63,541	9,196	12.64%	126
Feb 1992	72,876	63,726	9,150	12.56%	126
Mar 1992	72,991	64,217	8,774	12.02%	120
Apr 1992	73,082	64,686	8,396	11.49%	115
May 1992	74,557	65,691	8,866	11.89%	119
Jun 1992	76,327	66,725	9,602	12.58%	126
Jul 1992	76,224	67,161	9,063	11.89%	119
Aug 1992	75,476	67,158	8,318	11.02%	110
Sep 1992	74,359	66,897	7,462	10.04%	100
Oct 1992	73,783	67,112	6,671	9.04%	90
Nov 1992	74,809	67,352	7,457	9.97%	100
Dec 1992	74,505	67,039	7,466	10.02%	100

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	73,459	65,704	7,755	10.56%	106
Feb 1993	73,931	66,425	7,506	10.15%	102
Mar 1993	73,954	66,834	7,120	9.63%	96
Apr 1993	74,058	67,458	6,600	8.91%	89
May 1993	75,869	69,196	6,673	8.80%	88
Jun 1993	78,212	70,296	7,916	10.12%	101
Jul 1993	77,077	70,200	6,877	8.92%	89
Aug 1993	76,992	70,794	6,198	8.05%	81
Sep 1993	76,390	70,217	6,173	8.08%	81
Oct 1993	77,272	71,093	6,179	8.00%	80
Nov 1993	77,467	71,483	5,984	7.72%	77
Dec 1993	77,150	71,385	5,765	7.47%	75

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	77,092	69,786	7,306	9.48%	95
Feb 1994	77,237	70,197	7,040	9.11%	91
Mar 1994	77,038	70,209	6,829	8.86%	89
Apr 1994	76,778	70,898	5,880	7.66%	77
May 1994	78,085	72,389	5,696	7.29%	73
Jun 1994	79,602	73,206	6,396	8.03%	80
Jul 1994	79,927	73,165	6,762	8.46%	85
Aug 1994	79,603	73,753	5,850	7.35%	73
Sep 1994	78,921	73,552	5,369	6.80%	68
Oct 1994	78,935	74,134	4,801	6.08%	61
Nov 1994	78,781	74,646	4,135	5.25%	52
Dec 1994	77,969	74,124	3,845	4.93%	49

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	77,331	71,953	5,378	6.95%	70
Feb 1995	77,376	72,343	5,033	6.50%	65
Mar 1995	77,119	72,329	4,790	6.21%	62
Apr 1995	77,380	72,593	4,787	6.19%	62
May 1995	78,265	73,576	4,689	5.99%	60
Jun 1995	80,221	74,133	6,088	7.59%	76
Jul 1995	80,089	73,896	6,193	7.73%	77
Aug 1995	79,162	74,094	5,068	6.40%	64
Sep 1995	78,026	73,462	4,564	5.85%	58
Oct 1995	78,302	73,856	4,446	5.68%	57
Nov 1995	78,575	74,077	4,498	5.72%	57
Dec 1995	77,839	73,427	4,412	5.67%	57

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	77,212	71,979	5,233	6.78%	68
Feb 1996	77,688	72,425	5,263	6.77%	68
Mar 1996	77,619	72,862	4,757	6.13%	61
Apr 1996	77,234	72,938	4,296	5.56%	56
May 1996	78,550	73,972	4,578	5.83%	58
Jun 1996	79,876	74,730	5,146	6.44%	64
Jul 1996	80,799	75,049	5,750	7.12%	71
Aug 1996	79,766	75,501	4,265	5.35%	53
Sep 1996	79,119	75,241	3,878	4.90%	49
Oct 1996	79,636	76,163	3,473	4.36%	44
Nov 1996	79,977	76,100	3,877	4.85%	48
Dec 1996	79,638	76,024	3,614	4.54%	45

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	79,153	74,526	4,627	5.85%	58
Feb 1997	79,173	75,016	4,157	5.25%	53
Mar 1997	79,696	75,796	3,900	4.89%	49
Apr 1997	79,555	75,976	3,579	4.50%	45
May 1997	80,726	77,292	3,434	4.25%	43
Jun 1997	81,925	77,741	4,184	5.11%	51
Jul 1997	82,766	78,200	4,566	5.52%	55
Aug 1997	81,696	78,217	3,479	4.26%	43
Sep 1997	81,745	77,742	4,003	4.90%	49
Oct 1997	81,753	78,295	3,458	4.23%	42
Nov 1997	82,164	78,720	3,444	4.19%	42
Dec 1997	81,768	78,609	3,159	3.86%	39

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	81,021	77,102	3,919	4.84%	48
Feb 1998	81,505	77,713	3,792	4.65%	47
Mar 1998	81,617	77,685	3,932	4.82%	48
Apr 1998	80,615	77,781	2,834	3.52%	35
May 1998	81,916	78,720	3,196	3.90%	39
Jun 1998	83,209	79,322	3,887	4.67%	47
Jul 1998	81,786	78,541	3,245	3.97%	40
Aug 1998	82,375	79,082	3,293	4.00%	40
Sep 1998	81,637	78,524	3,113	3.81%	38
Oct 1998	81,957	78,961	2,996	3.66%	37
Nov 1998	82,665	79,481	3,184	3.85%	39
Dec 1998	82,746	79,651	3,095	3.74%	37

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	82,039	78,183	3,856	4.70%	47
Feb 1999	82,335	78,472	3,863	4.69%	47
Mar 1999	82,281	78,752	3,529	4.29%	43
Apr 1999	82,453	79,058	3,395	4.12%	41
May 1999	83,797	80,296	3,501	4.18%	42
Jun 1999	85,515	81,144	4,371	5.11%	51
Jul 1999	84,541	80,676	3,865	4.57%	46
Aug 1999	84,654	81,449	3,205	3.79%	38
Sep 1999	84,495	81,178	3,317	3.93%	39
Oct 1999	85,264	81,860	3,404	3.99%	40
Nov 1999	86,008	82,594	3,414	3.97%	40
Dec 1999	85,846	82,842	3,004	3.50%	35

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	84,335	80,875	3,460	4.10%	41
Feb 2000	84,071	80,855	3,216	3.83%	38
Mar 2000	84,367	80,872	3,495	4.14%	41
Apr 2000	84,674	81,828	2,846	3.36%	34
May 2000	86,230	82,736	3,494	4.05%	41
Jun 2000	87,936	83,967	3,969	4.51%	45
Jul 2000	87,645	82,900	4,745	5.41%	54
Aug 2000	87,136	83,549	3,587	4.12%	41
Sep 2000	85,230	81,780	3,450	4.05%	40
Oct 2000	84,537	81,557	2,980	3.53%	35
Nov 2000	85,456	82,171	3,285	3.84%	38
Dec 2000	85,387	81,982	3,405	3.99%	40

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	85,556	80,709	4,847	5.67%	57
Feb 2001	85,423	80,656	4,767	5.58%	56
Mar 2001	86,305	81,113	5,192	6.02%	60
Apr 2001	85,270	80,870	4,400	5.16%	52
May 2001	86,685	81,662	5,023	5.79%	58
Jun 2001	87,624	82,298	5,326	6.08%	61
Jul 2001	87,546	81,641	5,905	6.75%	67
Aug 2001	85,903	81,065	4,838	5.63%	56
Sep 2001	84,880	80,241	4,639	5.47%	55
Oct 2001	84,459	79,870	4,589	5.43%	54
Nov 2001	85,237	79,402	5,835	6.85%	68
Dec 2001	84,920	78,815	6,105	7.19%	72

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	85,545	78,511	7,034	8.22%	82
Feb 2002	85,222	78,403	6,819	8.00%	80
Mar 2002	85,209	78,002	7,207	8.46%	85
Apr 2002	84,066	77,905	6,161	7.33%	73
May 2002	85,385	78,683	6,702	7.85%	78
Jun 2002	87,324	80,113	7,211	8.26%	83
Jul 2002	87,682	79,847	7,835	8.94%	89
Aug 2002	86,764	80,426	6,338	7.30%	73
Sep 2002	85,685	79,685	6,000	7.00%	70
Oct 2002	84,493	78,734	5,759	6.82%	68
Nov 2002	84,942	78,367	6,575	7.74%	77
Dec 2002	85,188	78,264	6,924	8.13%	81

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	87,170	78,980	8,190	9.40%	94
Feb 2003	87,251	79,005	8,246	9.45%	95
Mar 2003	87,388	78,882	8,506	9.73%	97
Apr 2003	86,962	79,493	7,469	8.59%	86
May 2003	88,351	80,170	8,181	9.26%	93
Jun 2003	90,252	81,272	8,980	9.95%	99
Jul 2003	90,722	81,174	9,548	10.52%	105
Aug 2003	88,947	81,198	7,749	8.71%	87
Sep 2003	88,260	80,766	7,494	8.49%	85
Oct 2003	86,812	80,235	6,577	7.58%	76
Nov 2003	87,880	80,913	6,967	7.93%	79
Dec 2003	87,820	80,938	6,882	7.84%	78

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	87,283	79,436	7,847	8.99%	90
Feb 2004	88,002	80,420	7,582	8.62%	86
Mar 2004	89,134	80,952	8,182	9.18%	92
Apr 2004	87,989	81,593	6,396	7.27%	73
May 2004	89,995	83,063	6,932	7.70%	77
Jun 2004	90,998	83,776	7,222	7.94%	79
Jul 2004	92,496	84,434	8,062	8.72%	87
Aug 2004	90,918	84,658	6,260	6.89%	69
Sep 2004	90,037	83,983	6,054	6.72%	67
Oct 2004	89,271	83,648	5,623	6.30%	63
Nov 2004	90,409	84,158	6,251	6.91%	69
Dec 2004	89,658	83,284	6,374	7.11%	71

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	89,143	82,333	6,810	7.64%	76
Feb 2005	89,772	82,664	7,108	7.92%	79
Mar 2005	89,375	82,523	6,852	7.67%	77
Apr 2005	89,025	83,006	6,019	6.76%	68
May 2005	91,117	84,837	6,280	6.89%	69
Jun 2005	92,023	85,630	6,393	6.95%	69
Jul 2005	92,771	85,437	7,334	7.91%	79
Aug 2005	91,908	86,279	5,629	6.12%	61
Sep 2005	90,623	85,057	5,566	6.14%	61
Oct 2005	89,661	84,380	5,281	5.89%	59
Nov 2005	90,610	84,667	5,943	6.56%	66
Dec 2005	90,032	84,082	5,950	6.61%	66

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	89,379	83,170	6,209	6.95%	69
Feb 2006	89,773	83,095	6,678	7.44%	74
Mar 2006	90,546	84,048	6,498	7.18%	72
Apr 2006	89,892	83,995	5,897	6.56%	66
May 2006	91,258	85,425	5,833	6.39%	64
Jun 2006	92,702	86,235	6,467	6.98%	70
Jul 2006	93,303	85,793	7,510	8.05%	80
Aug 2006	92,267	85,975	6,292	6.82%	68
Sep 2006	91,072	85,017	6,055	6.65%	66
Oct 2006	90,366	84,854	5,512	6.10%	61
Nov 2006	91,085	85,144	5,941	6.52%	65
Dec 2006	90,828	84,832	5,996	6.60%	66

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	89,782	83,233	6,549	7.29%	73
Feb 2007	89,126	82,599	6,527	7.32%	73
Mar 2007	89,071	82,685	6,386	7.17%	72
Apr 2007	88,728	82,835	5,893	6.64%	66
May 2007	89,890	83,630	6,260	6.96%	70
Jun 2007	91,512	84,556	6,956	7.60%	76
Jul 2007	92,096	84,603	7,493	8.14%	81
Aug 2007	90,796	84,392	6,404	7.05%	71
Sep 2007	90,533	84,108	6,425	7.10%	71
Oct 2007	89,651	83,681	5,970	6.66%	67
Nov 2007	90,187	84,139	6,048	6.71%	67
Dec 2007	89,523	83,298	6,225	6.95%	70

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	89,325	82,665	6,660	7.46%	75
Feb 2008	89,129	82,101	7,028	7.89%	79
Mar 2008	89,562	82,783	6,779	7.57%	76
Apr 2008	89,127	83,357	5,770	6.47%	65
May 2008	90,596	83,097	7,499	8.28%	83
Jun 2008	91,686	83,873	7,813	8.52%	85
Jul 2008	92,074	82,957	9,117	9.90%	99
Aug 2008	90,416	82,230	8,186	9.05%	91
Sep 2008	89,075	80,855	8,220	9.23%	92
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Metal Manufactuing	9,088	11.39%
2.	Construction	7,978	10.00%
3.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	7,828	9.81%
4.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	3,912	4.90%
5.	Accommodation and Food Services	3,414	4.28%
6.	Public Administration	2,902	3.64%
7.	Educational Services	2,820	3.53%
8.	Machinery Manufacturing	2,764	3.46%
9.	Repair and Maintenance	2,180	2.73%
10.	Health Care	2,126	2.66%
11.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	2,026	2.54%
12.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	1,926	2.41%
13.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	1,902	2.38%
14.	Food and Beverage Stores	1,814	2.27%
15.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	1,808	2.27%
16.	Chemical Manufacturing	1,580	1.98%
17.	Truck Transportation	1,258	1.58%
18.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1,178	1.48%
19.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	1,170	1.47%
20.	Building Materials / Hardware / Lawn and Garden Supplies	1,160	1.45%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	11,828	16.03%
2.	Educational Services	8,048	10.91%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	5,976	8.10%
4.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	3,726	5.05%
5.	Metal Manufactuing	3,154	4.28%
6.	Food and Beverage Stores	2,932	3.97%
7.	Social Assistance	2,858	3.87%
8.	Department and Other General Stores	2,778	3.77%
9.	Finance and Insurance	2,650	3.59%
10.	Public Administration	2,586	3.51%
11.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	1,982	2.69%
12.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	1,824	2.47%
13.	Personal and Laundry Services	1,768	2.40%
14.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	1,662	2.25%
15.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	1,334	1.81%
16.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	1,282	1.74%
17.	Construction	932	1.26%
18.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	932	1.26%
19.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	918	1.24%
20.	Food Manufacturing	762	1.03%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	9,362	11.73%
2.	Other Production Occupations	6,992	8.76%
3.	Other Installation / Maintenance	3,682	4.61%
4.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	3,214	4.03%
5.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	3,180	3.98%
6.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	2,902	3.64%
7.	Other Management Occupations	2,898	3.63%
8.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	2,738	3.43%
9.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	2,678	3.36%
10.	Assemblers and Fabricators	2,396	3.00%
11.	Vehicle Mechanics	2,208	2.77%
12.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	1,948	2.44%
13.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	1,884	2.36%
14.	Other Construction Trades	1,854	2.32%
15.	Engineers	1,670	2.09%
16.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	1,286	1.61%
17.	Carpenters	1,262	1.58%
18.	Law Enforcement Workers	1,250	1.57%
19.	Top Executives	1,244	1.56%
20.	Operations Managers Non Finance	1,120	1.40%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Office and Admin Support	4,240	5.75%
2.	Secretaries and Admins	3,838	5.20%
3.	Other Production Occupations	3,598	4.88%
4.	Cashiers	3,370	4.57%
5.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	2,818	3.82%
6.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	2,578	3.49%
7.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	2,492	3.38%
8.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	2,426	3.29%
9.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	2,364	3.20%
10.	Assemblers and Fabricators	2,356	3.19%
11.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	2,206	2.99%
12.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	2,150	2.91%
13.	Child Care Workers	2,120	2.87%
14.	Health Technologists and Technicians	2,116	2.87%
15.	Registered Nurses	2,042	2.77%
16.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	1,910	2.59%
17.	Waiters and Waitresses	1,770	2.40%
18.	Other Management Occupations	1,696	2.30%
19.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	1,628	2.21%
20.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	1,498	2.03%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	134,186	51.98%
15-35 hours	35,043	13.57%
1-14 hours	7,677	2.97%
No regular hours	81,242	31.47%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	6,478	4.41%
5 AM-5:29 AM	5,032	3.42%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	8,284	5.64%
6 AM-6:29 AM	11,425	7.77%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	14,219	9.67%
7 AM-7:29 AM	16,149	10.99%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	22,933	15.60%
8 AM-8:29 AM	12,640	8.60%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	6,947	4.73%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	5,950	4.05%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	3,253	2.21%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	1,252	0.85%
Noon-3:59 PM	17,167	11.68%
4 PM-11:59 PM	15,248	10.37%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	5,953	4.05%
5-9	19,924	13.56%
10-14	28,083	19.11%
15-19	30,044	20.44%
20-24	22,734	15.47%
25-29	8,278	5.63%
30-34	12,338	8.39%
35-39	2,846	1.94%
40-44	2,989	2.03%
45-59	7,800	5.31%
60-89	3,806	2.59%
At least 90	2,182	1.48%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	392	0.27%	114,624	77.99%
30-44	190	0.13%	17,983	12.24%
45-59	138	0.09%	7,662	5.21%
At least 60	114	0.08%	5,874	4.00%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	306	0.20%
Car / truck / van, carpool	15,707	10.39%
Car / truck / van, solo	126,898	83.94%
Motorcycle	86	0.06%
Other	1,000	0.66%
Public transportation	834	0.55%
Walked	2,146	1.42%
Worked at home	4,196	2.78%

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Family Information Back to top
: 126,982 (328,254 people)
: 89,404 (276,646 people)
: 35,072
: 186,477
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	11,635	9.14%
$10,000-$14,999	10,236	8.04%
$15,000-$19,999	8,843	6.95%
$20,000-$24,999	9,244	7.26%
$25,000-$29,999	8,691	6.83%
$30,000-$34,999	9,764	7.67%
$35,000-$39,999	7,974	6.26%
$40,000-$44,999	7,484	5.88%
$45,000-$49,999	7,406	5.82%
$50,000-$59,999	12,801	10.06%
$60,000-$74,999	13,743	10.80%
$75,000-$99,999	11,103	8.72%
$100,000-$124,999	4,377	3.44%
$125,000-$149,999	1,479	1.16%
$150,000-$199,999	1,259	0.99%
$200,000 or more	1,252	0.98%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	15,928	25.15%
Family, 2 people	18,415	29.08%
Nonfamily, 2 people	2,597	4.10%
Family, 3 people	9,980	15.76%
Nonfamily, 3 people	315	0.50%
Family, 4 people	9,128	14.41%
Nonfamily, 4 people	120	0.19%
Family, 5 people	4,321	6.82%
Nonfamily, 5 people	36	0.06%
Family, 6 people	1,599	2.52%
Nonfamily, 6 people	25	0.04%
Family, 7 or more people	855	1.35%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	11	0.02%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	98,861	28.76%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	41,560	12.09%
Public Assistance	5,925	1.72%
Retirement	25,717	7.48%
Self Employment	11,110	3.23%
Social Security	38,164	11.10%
Supplemental Security	7,102	2.07%
Wage / Salary	96,451	28.06%
Other	18,900	5.50%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	36,650	54.98%
With children under 18	30,015	45.02%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	14,215	11.01%
Married	75,265	58.32%
Never Married	36,261	28.09%
Widowed	3,325	2.58%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	16,533	12.28%
Married	72,230	53.66%
Never Married	30,859	22.92%
Widowed	14,987	11.13%

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Education Information Back to top
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	10,935	4.42%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	34,268	13.84%
High school diploma or equivalent	87,503	35.34%
Some college, no degree	63,573	25.67%
Associate degree	20,001	8.08%
Bachelors degree	21,527	8.69%
Graduate or professional degree	9,805	3.96%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	4,530	2.66%	1,294	0.76%	5,824	3.42%
Kindergarten	5,973	3.51%	260	0.15%	6,233	3.66%
Grades 1-4	21,083	12.39%	1,420	0.83%	22,503	13.22%
Grades 5-8	20,920	12.29%	1,418	0.83%	22,338	13.12%
Grades 9-12	20,211	11.87%	1,490	0.88%	21,701	12.75%
Undergrad college	10,628	6.24%	2,866	1.68%	13,494	7.93%
Graduate or professional school	1,373	0.81%	320	0.19%	1,693	0.99%
Total	84,718	49.78%	9,068	5.33%	93,786	55.10%

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Business Information Back to top
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Businesses Changes By Year

Year	Business Births	Business Deaths
2003	286	238
2004	278	296

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Public Benefits Information Back to top
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	291,788	88.59%
Below Poverty Level	37,598	11.41%

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Criminal Information Back to top
: 3,932
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Crimes Per 1,000 People By Type And Year

Year	Aggravated Assault	Forcible Rape	Murder / Manslaughter	Robbery	Total Violent Crimes	Burglary	Larceny / Theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Total Property Crimes
2003	3.576	0.639	0.023	0.702	4.940	7.616	36.420	3.872	47.907
2004	3.962	0.800	0.023	0.864	5.649	8.759	36.205	3.824	48.788
2005	3.821	0.808	0.023	0.974	5.626	8.044	36.553	3.254	47.851
2006	3.529	0.828	0.023	1.108	5.488	7.869	38.095	2.690	48.653
2007	3.432	0.645	0.006	0.942	5.025	7.372	34.245	2.524	44.141

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Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	24,982	14.68%
10-19 Years	26,462	15.55%
20-29 Years	20,866	12.26%
30-39 Years	24,924	14.64%
40-49 Years	26,354	15.48%
50-59 Years	18,395	10.81%
60-69 Years	12,027	7.07%
70-79 Years	10,289	6.05%
80-89 Years	5,084	2.99%
90+ Years	817	0.48%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	84,359	49.56%
Female	85,841	50.44%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	135,379	79.54%
African-American	23,971	14.08%
Hispanic/Latino	6,001	3.53%
Multiracial	2,752	1.62%
Amerindian	1,237	0.73%
Asian	711	0.42%
Other Race	133	0.08%
Pacific Islander	16	0.01%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	German	68,226	22.04%
2.	Dutch	37,310	12.05%
3.	Irish	35,679	11.52%
4.	English	31,960	10.32%
5.	Polish	20,191	6.52%
6.	French Non-Basque	19,909	6.43%
7.	United States Or American	19,649	6.35%
8.	Swedish	17,491	5.65%
9.	Italian	8,390	2.71%
10.	Norwegian	7,251	2.34%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	304,081	95.64%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	8,330	2.62%
3.	German	1,089	0.34%
4.	French	1,014	0.32%
5.	Polish	642	0.20%
6.	Other West Germanic	320	0.10%
7.	Vietnamese	260	0.08%
8.	Scandinavian	248	0.08%
9.	Other Slavic	240	0.08%
10.	Italian	238	0.07%

Muskegon-Norton Shores Metro Area Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	335,050	98.15%
Naturalized immigrant	3,208	0.94%
Not a citizen	3,114	0.91%

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Muskegon (69,891)	Whitehall (4,532)	Sullivan (2,477)
Norton Shores (22,527)	Wolf Lake (4,455)	Blue Lake (2,418)
Fruitport (12,533)	Montague (4,044)	Moorland (1,616)
Laketon (7,363)	North Muskegon (4,031)	Twin Lake (1,613)
Dalton (5,428)	Roosevelt Park (3,890)	White River (1,338)
Fruitland (5,235)	Ravenna (2,856)	Lakewood Club (1,006)
Egelston (5,082)	Casnovia (2,828)	Sylvan Beach
Cedar Creek (4,598)	Holton (2,532)	Bailey

Bailey	Holton	Ravenna
Blue Lake	Laketon	Roosevelt Park
Casnovia	Lakewood Club	Sullivan
Cedar Creek	Montague	Sylvan Beach
Dalton	Moorland	Twin Lake
Egelston	Muskegon	White River
Fruitland	North Muskegon	Whitehall
Fruitport	Norton Shores	Wolf Lake