Emmet County (Michigan)

Emmet County is a county located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Petoskey.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme north of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the west by Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes, and has an area of 2285 square kilometers, of which 1073 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cheboygan County, Charlevoix County and on Lake Michigan to the Mackinac County.

History

Emmet County was formed in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County. It was named after the Irish patriot Robert Emmet.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Emmet County 31 437 people in 12,577 households and 8,527 families. The population density was 26 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.33 percent White, 0.47 percent African American, 3.11 percent Native American, 0.43 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.16 percent from other races groups; 1.47 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,577 households out of which 31.7 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers and 32.2 percent were non-families. 26.9 percent of all households and 10.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.1 percent 18 to 24 years 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 40,222, and the median income for a family $ 48,140. Males have a median income of $ 33,385, women $ 24,173. The per capita income was $ 21,070. 4.5 percent of families and 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Alanson
Ayr
Bay Shore
Bay View
Bliss
Brutus
Carp Lake
Conway
Cross Village
Epsilon
Forest Beach
Goodhart
Harbor Point
Harbor Springs
Levering
Mackinaw City
Menonaqua Beach
Middle Village
Pellston
Petoskey
Pleasant View
Ponshewaing
Ramona Park
Roaring Brook
Stutsmanville
Van
Wequetonsing

Townships

Bear Creek Township
Bliss Township
Carp Lake Township
Center Township
Cross Village Township
Friendship Township
Little Traverse Township
Littlefield Township
Maple River Township
McKinley Township
Pleasantview Township
Read Moon Township
Resort Township
Spring Lake Township
Wawatam Township
West Traverse Township

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