Lake Township, Roscommon County, Michigan
Lake Township is a township in
Roscommon County,
Michigan,
United States. The population was 1,351 at the 2000 census.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.2
km² (35.6
mi²). 61.7 km² (23.8 mi²) of it is land and 30.5 km² (11.8 mi²) of it (33.13%) is water.
As of the
census2 of 2000, there were 1,351 people, 671 households, and 436 families residing in the township. The
population density was 21.9/km² (56.8/mi²). There were 1,669 housing units at an average density of 27.1/km² (70.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.00%
White, 0.30%
African American, 0.81%
Native American, 0.22%
Asian, 0.07% from
other races, and 0.59% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.
There were 671 households out of which 12.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were
married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.41.
In the township the population was spread out with 12.1% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 16.4% from 25 to 44, 36.3% from 45 to 64, and 30.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $29,242, and the median income for a family was $34,821. Males had a median income of $31,125 versus $18,523 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $20,793. About 9.7% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
