República, Michigan

Republic es una comunidad no incorporada en el condado de Marquette, en el estado estadounidense de Michigan . También es un lugar designado por el censo (CDP, por sus siglas en inglés) para fines estadísticos y no tiene estatus legal como municipio incorporado. El CDP tenía una población de 470 habitantes en el censo de 2020 , ^{[ 3 ]} una disminución con respecto a los 570 habitantes de 2010. La comunidad se ubica principalmente dentro del municipio de Republic, con una pequeña porción que se extiende hacia el norte hasta el municipio de Humboldt .

El código postal de Republic (49879) abarca un área mucho mayor que el CDP, incluyendo la mayor parte del municipio de Republic y partes del municipio de Humboldt, además de partes de los municipios de Mansfield y Crystal Falls en el condado de Iron . ^{[ 5 ]}

Una oficina de correos llamada Republic ha estado en funcionamiento desde 1873. ^{[ 6 ]} La comunidad recibió su nombre de la Republic Iron Company. ^{[ 7 ]}

Desde 1980 hasta 2004, la Armada de los Estados Unidos operó un sitio de comunicaciones submarinas de frecuencia extremadamente baja (76  Hz) cerca de Republic bajo el Proyecto ELF . ^{[ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]}

Republic se encuentra en el oeste del condado de Marquette, a 32 km al suroeste de Ishpeming y a 55 km al oeste-suroeste de Marquette , la sede del condado . La mayor parte del área censal de Republic se ubica dentro del municipio de Republic , que abarca 9,45 km² ( 92,87 % ) de la superficie total y ^cuenta con 567 residentes. Solo tres residentes viven en la parte más pequeña del municipio de Humboldt . ^{[ 11 ]}   

The Michigamme River forms most of the eastern boundary of the CDP, while State Highway M-95 forms the entire western boundary. M-95 leads north 7 miles (11 km) to US Highway 41/M-28 between Clarksburg and Champion, and south 46 miles (74 km) to Iron Mountain.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Republic CDP has a total area of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km²), of which 3.62 square miles (9.38 km²) are land and 0.33 square miles (0.85 km²), or 8.27%, are water.^[1]

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 614 people, 276 households, and 187 families residing in the community. The population density was 170.1 inhabitants per square mile (65.7/km²). There were 356 housing units at an average density of 98.6 per square mile (38.1/km²). The racial makeup of the community was 98.05% White, 1.63% Native American, and 0.33% from two or more races.

There were 276 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.67.

In the community, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 24.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $24,545, and the median income for a family was $29,659. Males had a median income of $24,875 versus $18,472 for females. The per capita income for the community was $14,793. About 10.7% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over.

Republic es atendida por el Distrito Escolar Republic-Michigamme, que administra la Escuela Secundaria Republic-Michigamme .