North Star Township, Michigan
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North Star Township is a township in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 996 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Communities
- The city of Ithaca is at the northwest corner of the township, but is politically independent.
- North Star is an unincorporated community in the township on the Bad River at . The FIPS place code is 58860 and the elevation is 717 feet above sea level.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.5 km² (34.6 mi²). 89.4 km² (34.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.12%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 996 people, 369 households, and 290 families residing in the township. The population density was 11.1/km² (28.8/mi²). There were 395 housing units at an average density of 4.4/km² (11.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.69% White, 0.20% Native American, 0.60% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population.
There were 369 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $25,208 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,246. About 7.1% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
