Montmorency County, Michigan

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

Geography

The County is located in the northeast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, is in the east about 45 miles from Lake Huron, one of the five great lakes, distance and has an area of 1457 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Presque Isle County, Alpena County, Oscoda County, Otsego County and Cheboygan County.

History

Montmorency County was formed in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County and free territory. Until 1843 it was called Cheonoquet County. It was named after the French noble family of Montmorency.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Montmorency County 10,315 people in 4,455 households and 3,047 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.36 percent White, 0.24 percent African American, 0.36 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.10 percent from other races; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,455 households out of which 22.5 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.1 percent were single mothers and 31.6 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households and 15.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.75 persons.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.9 percent 18 to 24 years 20.9 percent between 25 and 44, 29.1 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 men statistically.

The median income for a household was 30,005 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family $ 34,784. Males had a median income of $ 30,910, women $ 19,299. The per capita income was $ 16,493. 9.8 percent of families and 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.