• With more than 1.2 million residents, Oakland County is the 2nd most populous county in Michigan and 31st most populous nationally
  
  
• Oakland County is home to nearly 30% of the 6-county Metro Detroit region's population
  
  
• Since 2010, Oakland County's population has grown by 3% - the fastest rate of growth in Metro Detroit
  
  
• Oakland County has nearly 500,000 households, the 29th most among all counties, and an average household size of nearly 2.5 residents
  
  
• 70% of Oakland County's households are owner-occupied
  
  
• Nearly 30% of all Oakland County households have children younger than 18 living at home
  
  
• There are more than 208,000 school-aged children (children aged 6-17) living in Oakland County, nearly 30% of the region's total school-aged population
  
  
• 21% of Oakland County's residents are age 65 or over
  
  
• 44% of Oakland County residents have at least a bachelor's degree, the second highest percentage in Michigan

• Oakland County is Michigan's employment hub with nearly 690,000 workers employed here
  
  
• More than 260,000 workers commute into Oakland County everyday
  
  
• The county has seen the addition of more than 97,000 jobs since the low-point of the recent recession in the first quarter of 2010
  
  
• Oakland County is forecast to add another 49,032 jobs through 2017
  
  
• Oakland County has a diverse economy with the top three employment sectors being Professional and Business Services (26%); Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (18%), and Private Education and Health Services (16%)
  
  
• The county's unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9% since hitting a high of 15.0% in July 2009; the rate is forecast to drop even further, to 4.3%, by 2017
  
  
• With a per capita income of $57,035, Oakland County has the highest per capita income in the state and the 12th highest nationally among all counties with at least a million residents
  
  
• Oakland County is home to more than 1,000 firms from 39 foreign countries
  
  
• With nearly $54 billion in goods exported from the area, the Metro Detroit region ranks 4th nationally for total exports

Sources: U.S. BLS, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. ITA, Oakland County Economic Outlook

• Top 25 Employers in Oakland County