Local Poverty

Poverty is real in our area and significant to those experiencing it. The statistics below indicate the realities of poverty in the five-county Traverse Bay region.

 

 

Grand Traverse Region

 

Area		Population 2010		% in Poverty		Number in Poverty
U.S.		308,745,538		15.1		46,200,000
Michigan		9,833,640		16.7		1,600,000
Antrim		23,580		15.2		3,528
Benzie		17,525		12.6		2,171
Grand Traverse		86,986		12.0		10,125
Kalkaska		17,153		17.9		3,032
Leelanau		21,708		9.3		2,002
Region		166,952		12.5		20,858

Source: U.S. Census (via report supplied by Northwest Michigan Council of Governments)