Oceana County, Michigan (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles As of the census of 2000, there were 26,873 people, 9,778 households, and 7,265 families residing in the county. The population density was 50 people per square mile. There were 15,009 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 90.37% White, 0.32% Black or African American, 1.04% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.10% from other races, and 1.89% from two or more races. 11.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.4% were of German, 10.1% American, 8.8% English, 8.6% Dutch and 8.0% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 89.1% spoke only English, while 9.9% spoke Spanish at home. In 2000 Oceana County had the highest percentage of Latinos of any county in Michigan. By 2005 the percentage of non-Hispanic whites in Oceana county was down to 83.8. African Americans had nearly doubled to 0.6% of the population. Native Americans held steady at 1.0% of the population. Asians also were the same percentage of the population. Latinos continued to grow in numbers, now constituting 13.9% of the population.