Alger County, Michigan

Alger County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 9,862. Its is. The is located within the county. The county was named for, ,  and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 13,077 (5,049 ). 2,377 km² (918 sq mi) of it is land and 10,700 km² (4,131 sq mi) of it (81.82%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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 * (west)



Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,862 people, 3,785 households, and 2,585 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 5,964 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.81%, 6.11% or , 3.30% , 0.32% , 0.04% , 0.39% from , and 2.03% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were or  of any race. 14.9% were of, 11.7% , 9.5% , 7.5% , 6.5% , 6.1% , 5.9% , 5.7% and 5.1%  ancestry according to. 95.5% spoke, 2.1% and 1.7%  as their first language.

There were 3,785 households out of which 27.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.50% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 116.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,892, and the median income for a family was $42,017. Males had a median income of $37,681 versus $24,492 for females. The for the county was $18,210. About 7.20% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the, including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 8.10% of those age 65 or over.

Government
The county government operates the, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains, administers regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions &mdash; police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. &mdash; are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Alger County elected officials
(information as of August 2007)


 * : Karen Bahrman
 * : David M. Cromell
 * /: Mary Ann Froberg
 * : Howard Masters
 * Commissioner, District 1: Catherine Pullen (chair)
 * Commissioner, District 2: Todd Brock
 * Commissioner, District 3: Esley Mattson
 * Commissioner, District 4: Donald Sandstrom
 * Commissioner, District 5: Edward Lindstrom