Chippewa County, Michigan
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National protected areas
- Harbor Island National Wildlife RefugeHarbor Island National Wildlife RefugeThe Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge is a horseshoe-shaped island and National Wildlife Refuge in Potagannissing Bay north of Drummond Island in the U.S. state of Michigan...
- Hiawatha National ForestHiawatha National ForestHiawatha National Forest is a National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan in the United States. Commercial logging is conducted in some areas. The United States Forest Service administers this National Forest; it is physically divided into two subunits, commonly called the...
(part) - Whitefish Point UnitWhitefish Point Bird ObservatoryThe Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is located in Chippewa County, Michigan, USA, adjacent to the Whitefish Point Unit of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. It operates as a non-profit, affiliate education and research facility of the Michigan Audubon Society. The Society and the WPBO together...
of the Seney National Wildlife RefugeSeney National Wildlife RefugeThe Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres . It is bordered by M-28 and M-77. The nearest town of any size is Seney, Michigan...
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 38,543 people, 13,474 households, and 8,960 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 25 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 19,430 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 75.88% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 5.52% Black
Race (United States Census)
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or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 13.31% Native American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.46% Asian
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.03% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.37% from other races
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, and 4.43% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population were Hispanic
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or Latino
Race (United States Census)
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of any race. 14.9% were of German, 9.8% English
English people
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, 9.0% Irish
Irish people
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, 7.4% French
French people
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and 6.0% Polish ancestry. 95.3% spoke English
English language
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and 1.7% Spanish
Spanish language
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as their first language.
There were 13,474 households out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.50% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the county the population was spread out with 21.30% under the age of 18, 11.90% from 18 to 24, 31.80% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 125.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 132.10 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $34,464, and the median income for a family was $41,450. Males had a median income of $31,559 versus $22,321 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $15,858. About 8.90% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 9.60% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts,keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health
Public health
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regulations, and
participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners
County commission
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controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In
Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street
maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
Chippewa County elected officials
- Prosecuting AttorneyProsecutorThe prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
: Brian Peppler - SheriffSheriffA sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
: Robert Savoie - County Clerk: Diane Cork
- County TreasurerTreasurerA treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
: Marilyn McDonald - Register of Deeds: Sharon Kennedy
- Drain CommissionerDrain commissionerA drain commissioner is an elected official in counties of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. In counties with a population under 12,000, the statutory duties and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are performed by the county's board of road commissioners.The office...
: Anthony Bosley - County SurveyorCounty surveyor1. A county surveyor is a public official in many counties of the USA. At the bottom of this page are working "External Links" as at 4 November 2011 to websites of a selection of such County Surveyor's departments. Most of these officials are elected on the partisan ballot to four-year terms...
: William Karr
(information updated July 2010)
Unincorporated communities
- Barbeau
- Bay Mills
- Bay Mills Indian CommunityBay Mills Indian CommunityThe Bay Mills Indian Community , known in Ojibwe as Gnoozhekaaning or Place of the Pike, is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many Sault Ste. Marie bands of Chippewa Indians....
- Brimley
- Dafter
- Drummond
- Keldon
- KincheloeKincheloe, MichiganKincheloe Air Force Base was a U.S. Air Force base during the Cold War. Built in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1943 during World War II, the base was in service until 1977....
- ParadiseParadise, MichiganParadise is an unincorporated community in Whitefish Township, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Paradise is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the western side of Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, about by road from Sault Ste. Marie and about north of the...
- Pickford
- Rudyard
- Stirlingville
Townships
- Bay Mills TownshipBay Mills Township, MichiganBay Mills Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,214.-Communities:*Bay Mills Indian Community is a Chippewa community within the township....
- Bruce TownshipBruce Township, Chippewa County, MichiganBruce Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,940.-Communities:...
- Chippewa TownshipChippewa Township, Chippewa County, MichiganChippewa Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 238.- Communities :...
- Dafter TownshipDafter Township, MichiganDafter Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,304 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Detour TownshipDetour Township, MichiganDetour Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 894 at the 2000 census. The township is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.-Communities:...
- Drummond TownshipDrummond Township, MichiganDrummond Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 992 at the 2000 census.The township consists of Drummond Island, one of the largest islands in Lake Huron. M-134 runs through the western portion of the island...
- Hulbert TownshipHulbert Township, MichiganHulbert Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 211.-Geography:...
- Kinross Charter TownshipKinross Charter Township, MichiganKinross Charter Township is a charter township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,922 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Pickford TownshipPickford Township, MichiganPickford Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,584.-Communities:...
- Raber TownshipRaber Township, MichiganRaber Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 670 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* Goetzville is an unincorporated community in the township on M-48 approximately north of M-134 at...
- Rudyard TownshipRudyard Township, MichiganRudyard Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,315.- Communities :Rudyard is an unincorporated community within the township located on M-48, near I-75...
- Soo TownshipSoo Township, MichiganSoo Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,652 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water...
- Sugar Island TownshipSugar Island Township, MichiganSugar Island Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 683 at the 2000 census. The township consists, entirely, of Sugar Island in the St...
- Superior TownshipSuperior Township, Chippewa County, MichiganSuperior Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,329 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Trout Lake TownshipTrout Lake Township, MichiganTrout Lake Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 465 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Whitefish TownshipWhitefish Township, MichiganWhitefish Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 588 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
See also
- Delirium WildernessDelirium WildernessDelirium Wilderness is a wilderness area in Chippewa County, within the Hiawatha National Forest in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Wilderness is forested, flat, and rolling, often characterized as a swamp, with elevations ranging from 590 to 890 feet...
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Chippewa County, Michigan