Alma, Michigan Alma, Michigan Alma City Hall Alma City Hall Location of Alma, Michigan Location of Alma, Michigan Alma is the biggest city in Gratiot County in the U.S.
It was incorporated as the Village of Alma in 1872 and became a town/city in 1905.
Alma College, a small liberal-arts institution of approximately 1,300 students, is positioned in town and focuses on multidisciplinary learning in a residentiary setting.
Alma was the home of Leonard Refineries, Inc., which sold gasoline and other oil products throughout the lower peninsula of Michigan from 1936 when the business was established until approximately 1966. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.09 square miles (15.77 km2), of which 5.93 square miles (15.36 km2) is territory and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) is water. Perhaps first known for the Alma Springs Sanitarium, assembled and promoted in the 1880s by millionaire lumberman and capitalist Ammi Willard Wright, it accomplished its greatest eminence nationally in the 1910s and 1920s as home of the Republic Motor Truck Company, briefly the biggest exclusive truck manufacturer in the world. In 1953 Alma became the first place that high-octane gas, 96 octane, was produced. As of the census of 2010, there were 9,383 citizens , 3,468 homeholds, and 2,033 families residing in the city.
There were 3,784 housing units at an average density of 638.1 per square mile (246.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.8% White, 0.9% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 2.8% from other competitions, and 2.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,468 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.4% were non-families.
34.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 30.8 years.
21.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 21.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 20.7% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,275 citizens , 3,220 homeholds, and 2,022 families residing in the city.
There were 3,476 housing units at an average density of 648.2 per square mile (250.4/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.75% White, 0.53% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.57% from other competitions, and 1.88% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,220 homeholds out of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families.
30.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
A sign welcoming visitors to "Scotland, USA" (Alma, Michigan) In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 20.4% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,536, and the median income for a family was $44,229.
About 8.5% of families and 11.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.
Pleasant, serves the Alma region as its daily newspaper.
Alma is home to three commercial airways broadcasts.
Other small-town broadcasters include Alma College's student-run airways broadcast, WQAC (90.9 FM).
The Alma region is positioned about midway between Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and thus also receives TV and radio signals from both cities, as well as Mt.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Alma has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. Alma College Down Twelve Decades: A Pictorial History of Alma, Michigan.
Alma, Michigan: Alma Bicentennial Committee.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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