Tawas City, Michigan

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Tawas City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,005. It is the county seat of Iosco County ⁶.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administration
4 Education
5 Area radio stations
6 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²). 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (20.47%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 2,005 people, 760 households, and 484 families residing in the city. The population density was 452.7/km² (1,174.4/mi²). There were 969 housing units at an average density of 218.8/km² (567.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.31% White, 0.55% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 760 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 28.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,813, and the median income for a family was $37,235. Males had a median income of $28,789 versus $24,563 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,061. About 8.8% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Administration

Mayor: Ed Nagy
Clerk: Kay Whitney
Treasurer: Annette Corey
Zoning Administrator: Kenneth Huber

Current as of July 2006

[edit] Education

Tawas Area Schools is a local public school district. Emanuel Lutheran School is a private parochial elementary school in Tawas City, serving approximately 70 students in grades K-8. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.