2024 population: 1,162,350 ( 7,318 from 2020)
Land area: 8650.6 square miles
Population density: 134.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	929,378	79.96%	1.6%
Black:	123,504	10.63%	1.3%
Indian:	7,410	0.64%	2.1%
Asian:	13,620	1.17%	11.7%
2+ races:	26,755	2.30%	10.1%
Hispanic:	61,683	5.31%	10.0%

Total non-White:	232,972	20.04%	3.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	48,817	10.4
Deaths:	66,564	14.2
Net Migration:	4,539	1.0
Net Immigration:	5,589	1.2

Change in White population:	-15,279	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,961	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,169,668
944,657	80.76%
125,194	10.70%
7,258	0.62%
12,192	1.04%
24,298	2.08%
56,069	4.79%
225,011	19.24%

2010
1,221,932
1,003,794	82.15%
132,551	10.85%
7,166	0.59%
10,575	0.87%
20,544	1.68%
46,460	3.80%
218,138	17.85%

2000
1,247,702
1,041,327	83.46%
133,408	10.69%
6,955	0.56%
9,043	0.72%
17,350	1.39%
38,591	3.09%
206,375	16.54%

1990
1,209,249
1,039,111	85.93%
124,136	10.27%
7,554	0.62%
7,209	0.60%
n/a
31,239	2.58%
170,138	14.07%

1980
1,251,322
1,093,993	87.43%
116,711	9.33%
6,065	0.48%
5,360	0.43%
n/a
28,442	2.27%
157,329	12.57%

1970
1,171,110
1,054,621	90.05%
87,839	7.50%
1,806	0.15%
1,343	0.11%
n/a
23,280	1.99%
116,489	9.95%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
119,132	9.7
118,693	9.7
-57,915	-4.7
7,504	0.6

-59,137	-4.8
6,873	0.6

Number	Rate
2000's
143,523	11.5
110,003	8.8
-68,339	-5.5
5,666	0.5

-37,533	-3.0
11,763	0.9

Number	Rate
1990's
172,303	14.2
110,625	9.1
-33,466	-2.8
4,510	0.4

2,216	0.2
36,237	3.0

Number	Rate
1980's
187,845	15.0
99,674	8.0
-125,676	-10.0
n/a

-54,882	-4.4
12,809	1.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-48,810	-4.2
n/a

39,372	3.4
40,840	3.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

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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
41.8
234,734	20.2%
927,616	79.8%
220,268	19.0%

463,896
2.37

290,092	62.5%
208,098	71.7%
31,851	11.0%
173,804	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.7
283,484	23.2%
938,448	76.8%
186,092	15.2%

485,736
2.45

321,336	66.2%
231,430	72.0%
38,117	11.9%
164,400	33.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
324,145	26.0%
923,557	74.0%
163,738	13.1%

481,037
2.53

334,477	69.5%
255,194	76.3%
38,434	11.5%
146,560	30.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
332,834	27.5%
876,415	72.5%
142,762	11.8%

446,187
2.66

327,887	73.5%
258,350	78.8%
38,078	11.6%
118,300	26.5%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
395,835	31.6%
855,487	68.4%
116,774	9.3%

423,402
2.90

327,222	77.3%
272,507	83.3%
31,508	9.6%
96,180	22.7%

2022 Housing Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	26,785	5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	23,426	5.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	19,665	4.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	21,382	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	21,664	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	22,217	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	22,308	4.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	22,401	4.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	20,613	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	38,261	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	46,939	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	61,522	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	39,162	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	25,757	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	28,105	6.1%
$200,000 or more	23,689	5.1%

Median Household Income	58,477
Per Capita Income	33,049

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	33,825	7.3%
Public Assistance	14,235	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	78,067	16.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	443,255	66.2%
Unemployed	32,494	4.9%
In Armed Forces	444	0.1%

Total Labor Force	476,193	71.1%
Not in Labor Force	193,303	28.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	191,416	157,107	54.9%
Non-Profit	14,177	33,109	30.0%
Self-Employed	25,399	16,353	60.8%

Local Government	11,308	17,339	39.5%
State Government	6,970	10,100	40.8%
Federal Government	3,340	3,373	49.8%

Total Private + Self	216,815	173,460	55.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	35,795	63,921	35.9%
Total	252,610	237,381	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	10.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	61,889	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	101,909	20.8%
Professional, Technical	99,465	20.3%
Service Occupations	93,357	19.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,914	0.6%
All others	134,472	27.4%

White Collar		53.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	83,835	17.1%
Health care and social assistance	82,577	16.8%
Retail trade	60,407	12.3%
Educational services	39,409	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	38,878	7.9%
Construction	31,923	6.5%
Other services	23,670	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	18,962	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	18,605	3.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	18,304	3.7%
Finance and insurance	16,740	3.4%
Public administration	16,050	3.3%
Wholesale trade	9,970	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,821	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,393	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,019	1.2%
Information	5,398	1.1%
Utilities	3,877	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	684	0.1%
Management	570	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	41,406	3.67%
Puerto Rican	2,915	0.26%
Cuban	2,303	0.20%
Dominican	473	0.04%

Total Central American	1,142	0.10%
Costa Rican	48	0.00%
Guatemalan	429	0.04%
Honduran	121	0.01%
Nicaraguan	40	0.00%
Panamanian	224	0.02%
Salvadoran	280	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,412	0.13%
Argentinean	63	0.01%
Bolivian	32	0.00%
Chilean	42	0.00%
Colombian	647	0.06%
Ecuadorian	116	0.01%
Paraguayan	39	0.00%
Peruvian	243	0.02%
Uruguayan	4	0.00%
Venezuelan	187	0.02%
Other South American	39	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,980	0.35%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,084	0.27%
Chinese	2,023	0.18%
Korean	1,536	0.14%
Filipino	1,338	0.12%
Vietnamese	997	0.09%
Japanese	295	0.03%
Taiwanese	140	0.01%
Thai	134	0.01%
Hmong	89	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,030,052	96.4%
Spanish	15,629	1.5%
German, other Germanic	4,600	0.4%
Other Indo-European	4,480	0.4%
Arabic	3,430	0.3%
Chinese	2,085	0.2%
Other	1,657	0.2%
Other Asian	1,556	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,349	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	255,507	22.6%
Irish	120,794	10.7%
English	120,032	10.6%
Polish	84,637	7.5%
American	59,120	5.2%
French	51,772	4.6%
Italian	29,333	2.6%
Scottish	23,818	2.1%
French Canadian	20,081	1.8%
Dutch	18,471	1.6%
European	18,052	1.6%
Hungarian	10,642	0.9%
Swedish	9,735	0.9%
Norwegian	8,049	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	7,336	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,118,275	99.1%
Not a citizen	9,987	0.9%

Native	1,103,909	97.8%
Foreign-born	24,353	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
17,544	2.2%	51,026	6.5%	264,117	33.6%	278,254	35.4%	112,394	14.3%	62,799	8.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	17,544	2.2%
9-12 Years	51,026	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	264,117	33.6%
Some College	278,254	35.4%
Bach. Degree	112,394	14.3%
Grad Degree	62,799	8.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	543,546	496,806	46,740	8.6%
1991	538,777	483,107	55,670	10.3%
1992	541,581	485,238	56,343	10.4%
1993	547,843	498,416	49,427	9.0%
1994	564,019	519,452	44,567	7.9%
1995	561,914	524,045	37,869	6.7%
1996	561,922	529,955	31,967	5.7%
1997	566,584	538,405	28,179	5.0%
1998	568,981	541,227	27,754	4.9%
1999	565,010	539,381	25,629	4.5%

2000	593,066	566,929	26,137	4.4%
2001	595,079	559,603	35,476	6.0%
2002	579,934	539,343	40,591	7.0%
2003	581,715	535,292	46,423	8.0%
2004	587,478	541,769	45,709	7.8%
2005	590,245	545,515	44,730	7.6%
2006	590,171	543,444	46,727	7.9%
2007	581,966	536,864	45,102	7.7%
2008	569,901	518,745	51,156	9.0%
2009	564,024	489,747	74,277	13.2%

2010	536,931	470,049	66,882	12.5%
2011	528,231	474,162	54,069	10.2%
2012	525,805	476,675	49,130	9.3%
2013	528,797	479,962	48,835	9.2%
2014	530,591	490,234	40,357	7.6%
2015	525,928	494,406	31,522	6.0%
2016	524,454	494,996	29,458	5.6%
2017	519,966	491,363	28,603	5.5%
2018	518,762	493,724	25,038	4.8%
2019	518,358	494,382	23,976	4.6%

2020	511,205	460,677	50,528	9.9%
2021	494,940	462,330	32,610	6.6%
2022	502,707	475,789	26,918	5.4%
2023	517,635	492,268	25,367	4.9%
2024	528,349	498,610	29,739	5.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	536,494
Median Value	$144,432

Occupied	463,896	86.5%
Vacant	72,598	13.5%

Owned	344,204	74.2%
Rented	119,692	25.8%
Median Rent	$841

Single-Family Units	426,372	79.5%
Detached	407,298	75.9%
Attached	19,074	3.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	54,984	10.2%
Mobile Homes	34,647	6.5%

Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI Market Area