St. Ignace, Michigan
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1880	934	—
1890	2,704	189.5%
1900	2,271	−16.0%
1910	2,118	−6.7%
1920	1,852	−12.6%
1930	2,109	13.9%
1940	2,669	26.6%
1950	2,946	10.4%
1960	3,334	13.2%
1970	2,892	−13.3%
1980	2,632	−9.0%
1990	2,568	−2.4%
2000	2,678	4.3%
2010	2,452	−8.4%
2017 (est.)	2,326	[3]	−5.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

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