Country United States County Emmet FIPS code 26-48020 Elevation 182 m Local time Wednesday 4:02 PM | State Michigan Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1626630 Population 2,783 (2000) | |
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Weather -2°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 44% Humidity Area 63.45 km² (56.2 km² Land / 7.252 km² Water) Points of interest Oden Island Nature Pr, Oden Hatchery Visitor Ce, Crooked Vine Vineyard, Sanctuary Park, Black Hole Nature Preserve | ||
Littlefield Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,783 at the 2000 census.
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Map of Littlefield Township, MI, USA
Communities
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.5 square miles (63 km2), of which 21.7 square miles (56 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (11.46%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,783 people, 1,116 households, and 792 families residing in the township. The population density was 128.1 per square mile (49.5/km²). There were 1,531 housing units at an average density of 70.5 per square mile (27.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 91.99% White, 0.43% African American, 4.64% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were 1,116 households out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the township the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $37,694, and the median income for a family was $42,443. Males had a median income of $27,304 versus $20,645 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,737. About 2.3% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.