Baraga County

administration
Baraga County Courthouse
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	L'Anse
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 16 North 3rd Street L'Anse, MI 49946-1002
Foundation :	1875
Made up from:	Houghton County
Area code :	001 906
Demographics
Residents :	8860 (2010)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2768 km²
Water surface :	427 km²
map

Website : www.baragacounty.org

Baraga County is a county in the state of Michigan in the United States . The county seat is L'Anse .

geography

The county is in the northwest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and bordered to the north by Lake Superior (Lake Superior), one of the five Great Lakes . It has an area of 2768 square kilometers, of which 427 square kilometers are water. Baraga County is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Marquette County , Iron County, and Houghton Counties .

history

Baraga County was formed in 1875 from parts of Houghton County. It was named after Frederic Baraga , a European missionary and bishop who was born in Trebnje , now Slovenia , and who taught Christianity to the native Americans in this area.

Seven structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 17, 2017). Portions of Keweenaw National Historical Park are in the county.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	1804	-
1890	3036	68.3%
1900	4320	42.3%
1910	6127	41.8%
1920	7662	25.1%
1930	9168	19.7%
1940	9356	2.1%
1950	8037	-14.1%
1960	7151	-11%
1970	7789	8.9%
1980	8484	8.9%
1990	7954	-6.2%
2000	8746	10%
2010	8860	1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Baraga County (as of 2000)

The Keweenaw Bay on US Highway 41

The Canyon Falls Bridge , listed in the NRHP

Old US41 Bridge , listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Baraga County had 8,746 people. 783 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,353 households and 2,223 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.61 percent white, 4.99 percent African American, 12.04 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.82 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.93 percent of the population.

Of the 3,353 households, 29.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, and 33.7 percent were non-families. 29.5 percent were single households and 13.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 16.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 111 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 114.3 men.

The median income for a household in the 33,673 USD , and the median income for a family 42,500 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,138 versus $ 22,030 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,860. 7.2 percent of families and 11.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line.