Census Information

When I originally did research for the museum's history displays, I had to research census information at libraries and government offices.  Now you can get some census data on the Internet.  So for today's blog posting, I'll include census information about Burt Township (Grand Marais) as well as Michigan and the U.S.

                                             Michigan       United States
2011 population:                   9,876,187       311,591,917
persons under 5 years          5.9%               6.5%
persons under 18 years        23.2%             23.7%
persons over 65 years          14.1%             13.3%
Foreign born persons            5.9%               12.7%
Bachelors degree                  25.0%             27.9%
Mean value of house             $144,200        $188,400
Land area in squ. miles         56,538.90       3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile       174.8               87.4

                                               Burt Township (Grand Marais)
2011 population:                                           522
persons under 5 years                                  6
persons over 65 years                                  225
Foreign born persons                                   44
Bachelors degree                                         16.7%
Mean value of house                                    $119,200