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General Characteristics and Facts |
State land mass in square miles | 56,809.2 |
1st District land mass in square miles | 24875 |
Percentage of state land mass | 44% |
Number of people in state (2000 Census) | 9,938,444 |
Number of people in 1st District (2000 Census) | 662,563 |
White | 621,488 (93.8%) |
African American | 9,275 (1.4%) |
American Indian / Eskimo | 17,226 (2.6%) |
Seniors 65 and older | 119,924 (18.1%) |
Number of voting age people in 1st District | 506,861(76.5%) |
Number of counties in 1st District | 30.5 |
Ten largest counties in 1st District by population |
Marquette | 64,634 |
Chippewa | 38,543 |
Delta | 38,520 |
Houghton | 36,016 |
Emmet | 31,433 |
Alpena | 31,314 |
Dickinson | 27,472 |
Iosco | 27,339 |
Cheboygan | 26,448 |
Charlevoix | 26,090 |
Five largest cities in 1st District by population |
Marquette | 21,765 |
Sault Ste. Marie | 14,689 |
Escanaba | 13,140 |
Alpena | 11,304 |
Menominee | 9,131 |
Total family households in 1st District | 298,609 |
Other Facts |
The 1st District is the 2nd largest congressional district in land mass east of the Mississippi River |
The 1st District has more shoreline than any other district in the continental United States |