Port Huron
| Port Huron | |
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| Nickname : Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes | |
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| Location in county and Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1814 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | St. Clair County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 59 ′ N , 82 ° 26 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
32,338 (status: 2000) 4,403,437 (status: 2009) |
| Population density : | 1,547.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.7 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 20.9 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 184 m |
| Area code : | +1 810 |
| FIPS : | 26-65820 |
| GNIS ID : | 1624839 |
| Website : | www.porthuron.org |
| Mayor : | James Freed , City Manager |
 The Blue Water Bridge as seen from the Canadian side |
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Port Huron is a city in St. Clair County in the state of Michigan in the United States and also its county seat . The city is adjacent to the township of the same name , but administratively independent. In 2000 the city had 32,338 inhabitants.
geography
The area of the city is 31.7 km², of which 20.9 km² is land and 10.8 km² (= 33.99%) is water.
The city is located at the southern end of Lake Huron and is also the easternmost community in Michigan. It belongs to an area of Michigan known as the Thumb . The Blue Water Bridge connects Port Huron with Sarnia , Ontario in Canada . This crosses the St. Clair River and connects the Canadian Highway 402 to the US highways Interstate 69 and Interstate 94 .
The Michigan State Route 25 follows an arc of the shoreline of Saginaw Bay of Lake and connects Port Huron with Bay City .
The Canadian National railway company operates a railway tunnel under the St. Clair River which, due to the strict border formalities of the Americans, is only used by freight trains, but no longer by long-distance Amtrak trains on the Chicago-Toronto route.
history
In 1962, the Students for a Democratic Society in Port Huron adopted the main features of their political positions in the so-called Port Huron Declaration .
administration
The city is run by a city council, which appoints a city director and who then heads the administration. He oversees the administrative affairs of the city and executes the resolutions of the city council. As the city's chief administrative officer, the city manager has the option of appointing administrative employees to a specific post or dismissing them. The city council consists of the mayor and six other members who each remain in office for two years.
Demographic data
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Port Huron was inhabited by 32,338 people. The population density was 1545.3 people per km ². There were 14,003 housing units at an average 669.1 per km ². The population was 86.69% White , 7.74% Black or African American , 0.87% Native American , 0.55% Asian American , 0.01% Pacific Islander , and 1.32% said they were of other races and 2.81% named two or more races. 4.28% of the population declared to be Hispanics or Latinos of any race.
23.9% of the population have German , 10.1% Irish , 9.4% British and 6.1% Polish ancestors.
The residents of Port Huron distributed to 12,961 households out of which 32.4% were living in children under the age of 18. 39.8% of households were married, 17.5% had a female head of the household without a husband and 37.9% were not families. 31.9% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 13.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04.
The urban population was divided into 27.0% minors, 9.7% 18–24 year olds, 29.6% 25–44 year olds, 19.6% 45–64 year olds and 14.0% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 women there were 90.7 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 86.1 men.
The median household income in Port Huron was 31,327 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 39,869 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 32,053 compared to $ 22,113 for women. The per capita income in Port Huron was $ 17,100. 16.9% of the population and 13.4% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 21.5% of minors and 14.2% of those aged 65 and over.
Known residents
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), inventor and entrepreneur
- Colleen Moore (1900–1988), actress
- Ashton N. Graybiel (1902–1995), cardiologist and specialist in space medicine; Director of the sensory physiology laboratories at NASA in Pensacola
- James Curnow (* 1943), composer and music teacher
- Jack Campbell (* 1992), ice hockey goalkeeper
