Marquette County (Michigan)
Marquette County is a county located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Marquette.
Geography
The County is located in the north of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, adjacent to Lake Superior, one of the five Great Lakes, and has an area of 8871 square kilometers, of which 4155 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Alger County, Delta County, Menominee County, Dickinson County, Iron County, Baraga County and on Lake Superior in the Keweenaw County.
History
Marquette County was formed in 1843 from parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. It was named, as well as the district capital, according to Pere Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Marquette County 64 634 people in 25,767 households and 16,490 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.12 percent White, 1.32 percent African American, 1.49 percent Native American, 0.49 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.25 percent from other races groups; 1.31 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.69 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 25,767 households out of which 28.6 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.3 percent were married couples living together, 8.9 percent were single mothers and 36.0 percent were non-families. 28.9 percent of all households and 10.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 13.6 percent of 18 to 24 years 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were statistically 100.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 35,548, and the median income for a family $ 46,281. Males have a median income of $ 36,431, women $ 23,609. The per capita income was $ 18,070. 6.0 percent of families and 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
(in brackets number of inhabitants according to the census of 2000 )
Citys
Unincorporated communities
Charter townships
Civil townships
Monuments, attractions
Trunk Line Bridge No.. 1