Covington township, Baraga County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Covington township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Covington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 534
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 35
- South: 3
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in Covington township with a mortgage: 31 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (23%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
- Extraction workers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Covington township:
- Finnish (68.0%)
- German (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- French Canadian (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- English (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 148 (66%)
- Carpooled: 69 (31%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Wood (24%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
78.1% of residents of Covington township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
19.5% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 557- In family households: 479 (161 male householders, 4 female householders)
143 spouses, 159 children (146 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78 (46 male householders (43 living alone)), 27 female householders (26 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 32 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 4 2-persons,
81 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (9 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |