Pere Marquette Charter Township is a
charter township
A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. Townships in Michigan are organized governments. A charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that ...
of
Mason County in the
U.S. state of
Michigan. The population was 2,366 at the
2010 census.
The township was named for French explorer
Pere Marquette
Jacques Marquette S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Igna ...
. The township surrounds the city of
Ludington on
Lake Michigan
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, but both are administered autonomously.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (10.54%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,228 people, 858 households, and 665 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,403 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.81%
White, 0.13%
African American, 0.31%
Native American, 0.81%
Asian
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** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.09%
Pacific Islander, 0.18% from
other races, and 1.66% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
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** Latin A ...
of any race were 2.24% of the population.
There were 858 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $44,432, and the median income for a family was $51,078. Males had a median income of $43,125 versus $23,594 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $21,160. About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.
See also
*
Burr Caswell
Aaron Burr Caswell (1807–1896) was an American frontiersman and the first white man to occupy any part of Mason County, Michigan. He became the county's first coroner, probate judge and surveyor; and constructed its first framed building that ...
References
{{Mason County, Michigan
Townships in Mason County, Michigan
Charter townships in Michigan
Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan