Au Gres (Michigan)

Arenac County

26-04120

Au Gres is a place in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the area of the village is the Au Gres Airport. In 2000, the city had 1028 inhabitants.

Geography

Au Gres is located at the Au Gres River, just a few hundred meters from the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron, and empties into the river. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.2 km ², of which 5.9 km ² of land and 0.2 km ² omitted ( = 3.78 %) to water.

U.S. Highway 23, which runs along the shore of Lake Huron, through the town. Runs from mid-May to mid-October between Au Gres and about 15 km from the Charity Iceland in the middle of Saginaw Bay ferry.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1028 persons Au Gres. The population density was 174.1 people per km ². There were 733 housing units at an average 124.1 per km ². The population consisted of Au Gress 95.43 % White, 0.29 % African American, 1.17% Native American, 0.29 % Asian, 0.10 % Pacific Islander, 0.10 % reported other to belong to races, and 2.72 % from two or more races. 0.49 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Au Gress distributed to 468 households out of which 24.6% were living in children under 18 years. 47.2% married couples living together, 9.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 35.0 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size is 2.76 people.

The population was spread out with 21.1 % under the, 8.5 % 18 -24- year-old, 23.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 25.6% 45-64 year olds and 21.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 92.2 males.

The median household income in Au Gres was 24,511 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 34.348 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 26 641 U.S. dollars, compared to 18,295 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 15,229 U.S. dollars. 17.5 % of the population and 17.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 29.0 % of minors and 10.9 % of those age 65 or over.