Baraga township, Baraga County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Baraga township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Baraga township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2933
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 241
- South: 167
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
595 people in state prisons
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,050
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 45
- Mobile homes: 187
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,000
Housing units in Baraga township with a mortgage: 221 (10 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 262
- Public administration (19%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Baraga township:
- Finnish (28.3%)
- German (9.6%)
- French (except Basque) (8.8%)
- French Canadian (4.7%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (25%)
- Italy (16%)
- Haiti (16%)
- Other Northern Europe (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 940 (77%)
- Carpooled: 148 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (5%)
595 people in state prisons
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
89.1% of residents of Baraga township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
7.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,898- In family households: 2,451 (608 male householders, 168 female householders)
541 spouses, 979 children (907 natural, 35 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 41 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 447 (195 male householders (167 living alone)), 209 female householders (190 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 605 (574 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 355 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 159 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 357 1-person, 42 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
556 married couples with children.
214 single-parent households (64 men, 150 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |