Albion, Michigan: Difference between revisions

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Albion's population peaked in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albion, Michigan Population 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/michigan/albion |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> In 1973 Albion was named an [[All-America City Award|All-America City]] by the [[National Civic League]]. It celebrated the award on May 15, 1974, when Michigan Governor [[William Milliken]] and many other dignitaries came to town. In 1975 the closure of a major factory began a difficult period of industrial restructuring and decline in jobs and population.

Since that time citizens have mobilized, founding the Albion Community Foundation in 1968. They formed the Albion Volunteer Service Organization in the 1980s, with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.

Since that time citizens have mobilized, founding the Albion Community Foundation in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission and History – Albion Community Foundation |url=https://albionfoundation.org/about/ |access-date=2026-05-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> They formed the Albion Volunteer Service Organization in the 1980s, with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

[[Image:Superior Street Commercial Historic District.jpg|thumb|Albion's historic brick main street was first laid in 1903. It was reconstructed in 1993 with hand-laid, kiln-fired clay bricks.]]

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*1960s: Columnist [[Ann Landers]] was presented with a key upon her visit to Starr Commonwealth for Boys.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

== Law and government ==

==Law and government==

Albion has a [[Council-manager government|council-manager]] government. City residents elect a mayor [[at-large]] and City Council members from each of six [[single-member district]]s. The council in turn selects a city manager to handle the city's day-to-day affairs. The mayor presides over and is a voting member of the council. Council members are elected to four-year terms, staggered every two years. A mayor is elected every two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofalbionmi.gov/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php|title=Mayor|date=May 25, 2019|website=City of Albion|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525131748/http://www.cityofalbionmi.gov/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city levies an income tax of 1% on residents and 0.5% on nonresidents.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Lauren|title=Michigan State University, city of East Lansing at odds over proposed income tax|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_state_university_city.html#incart_river_home|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=MLive Lansing|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>

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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|4.51|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.41|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> Albion is 42.24 degrees north of the equator and 84.75 degrees west of the prime meridian.

== Climate ==

==Climate==

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===2010 ~~population~~ by gender/age===

===2020 census===

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Albion had a population of 7,700. The median age was 31.1 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 103.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 105.0 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

99.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.5% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 2,763 households in Albion, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.2% were married-couple households, 20.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 40.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 3,248 housing units, of which 14.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL"/>

! Race !! Number !! Percent

|-

| [[White Americans|White]] || 4,554 || 59.1%

|-

| [[African Americans|Black or African American]] || 2,213 || 28.7%

|-

| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]] || 24 || 0.3%

|-

| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 90 || 1.2%

|-

| [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander|Other Pacific Islander]] || 4 || 0.1%

|-

| Some other race || 179 || 2.3%

|-

| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 636 || 8.3%

|-

| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)'' || 655 || 8.5%

|}

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==Transportation==

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[[Greyhound Lines]] provides daily intercity city bus service to Albion between Chicago and Detroit.

== Notable people ==

==Notable people==

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[[Category:Albion, Michigan| ]]

[[Category:Cities in Calhoun County, Michigan]]

[[Category:Populated places established in 1835]]

[[Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1835]]

[[Category:1835 establishments in Michigan Territory]]

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 Albion's population peaked in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albion, Michigan Population 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/michigan/albion |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref> In 1973 Albion was named an [[All-America City Award|All-America City]] by the [[National Civic League]]. It celebrated the award on May 15, 1974, when Michigan Governor [[William Milliken]] and many other dignitaries came to town. In 1975 the closure of a major factory began a difficult period of industrial restructuring and decline in jobs and population.
-Since that time citizens have mobilized, founding the Albion Community Foundation in 1968. They formed the Albion Volunteer Service Organization in the 1980s, with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.
+Since that time citizens have mobilized, founding the Albion Community Foundation in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission and History – Albion Community Foundation |url=https://albionfoundation.org/about/ |access-date=2026-05-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> They formed the Albion Volunteer Service Organization in the 1980s, with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
 [[Image:Superior Street Commercial Historic District.jpg|thumb|Albion's historic brick main street was first laid in 1903. It was reconstructed in 1993 with hand-laid, kiln-fired clay bricks.]]
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 *1960s: Columnist [[Ann Landers]] was presented with a key upon her visit to Starr Commonwealth for Boys.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
-== Law and government ==
+==Law and government==
 Albion has a [[Council-manager government|council-manager]] government. City residents elect a mayor [[at-large]] and City Council members from each of six [[single-member district]]s. The council in turn selects a city manager to handle the city's day-to-day affairs. The mayor presides over and is a voting member of the council. Council members are elected to four-year terms, staggered every two years. A mayor is elected every two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofalbionmi.gov/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php|title=Mayor|date=May 25, 2019|website=City of Albion|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525131748/http://www.cityofalbionmi.gov/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city levies an income tax of 1% on residents and 0.5% on nonresidents.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Lauren|title=Michigan State University, city of East Lansing at odds over proposed income tax|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_state_university_city.html#incart_river_home|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=MLive Lansing|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>
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 According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|4.51|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.41|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> Albion is 42.24 degrees north of the equator and 84.75 degrees west of the prime meridian.
-== Climate ==
+==Climate==
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+| align = right
+| align-fn = center
 }}
-===2010 population by gender/age===
+===2020 census===
+As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Albion had a population of 7,700. The median age was 31.1 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 103.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 105.0 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
+.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.5% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=place%3A00980&in=state%3A26|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
+There were 2,763 households in Albion, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.2% were married-couple households, 20.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 40.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
+There were 3,248 housing units, of which 14.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL"/>
+! Race !! Number !! Percent
+|-
+| [[White Americans|White]] || 4,554 || 59.1%
+|-
+| [[African Americans|Black or African American]] || 2,213 || 28.7%
+|-
+| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]] || 24 || 0.3%
+|-
+| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 90 || 1.2%
+|-
+| [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander|Other Pacific Islander]] || 4 || 0.1%
+|-
+| Some other race || 179 || 2.3%
+|-
+| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 636 || 8.3%
+|-
+| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)'' || 655 || 8.5%
+|}
+===2010 census===
+====Population by gender/age====
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 ==Transportation==
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 [[Greyhound Lines]] provides daily intercity city bus service to Albion between Chicago and Detroit.
-== Notable people ==
+==Notable people==
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-[[Category:Populated places established in 1835]]
+[[Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1835]]
 [[Category:1835 establishments in Michigan Territory]]

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