Chocolay Charter Township is a charter township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,903 at the 2010 census.

Chocolay Township, Michigan
Charter township
Charter Township of Chocolay
Motto:  "Superior Living ... Simply"
Location within Marquette County (red) and the administered community of Harvey (pink)
Chocolay Township Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 46°28′35″N 87°18′44″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Marquette
Established	1860
Government
• Supervisor	Richard Bohjanen
• Clerk	Max Engle
Area
• Total	60.80 sq mi (157.5 km2)
• Land	58.98 sq mi (152.8 km2)
• Water	1.82 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,903
• Density	100.1/sq mi (38.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49822 (Deerton) 49855 (Marquette) 49885 (Skandia)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-15660[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626081[2]
Website	Official website

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.80 square miles (157.47 km²), of which 58.98 square miles (152.76 km²) is land and 1.82 square miles (4.71 km²) (2.99%) is water.[3]

Communities

• Beaver Grove is an unincorporated community at 46°28′53″N 87°18′54″W.
• Gordon is an unincorporated community at 46°29′04″N 87°13′39″W.
• Green Garden is an unincorporated community at 46°26′17″N 87°16′49″W.
• Harvey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place at 46°29′18″N 87°21′05″W.
• Lakewood is an unincorporated community at 46°29′48″N 87°20′44″W.
• Sand River is an unincorporated community at 46°29′24″N 87°06′59″W.

Demographics

This section needs to be updated. (August 2020)

At the 2000 census,[1] there were 7,148 people, 2,324 households and 1,743 families residing in the township. The population density was 119.8 inhabitants per square mile (46.3/km²). There were 2,643 housing units at an average density of 44.3 per square mile (17.1/km²). The racial makeup, based on self-reporting, was 86.64% White, 8.66% African American, 2.01% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population. Based on self-reporting in Census 2000, 12.7% were of Finnish, 11.1% German, 10.5% French, 8.6% English, 7.6% Irish, 5.6% Swedish and 5.1% Italian ancestry.

There were 2,324 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.

22.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 139.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 150.5 males.

The median household income was $49,438 and the median family income was $55,972. Males had a median income of $39,282 and females $27,500. The per capita income was $19,569. About 3.0% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

• Chocolay Charter Township home page