 pere marquette charter township is a charter township of mason county in the u.s. state of michigan. the population was 2,228 at the 2000 census. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of 15.7 square miles (40.8&nbsp;kmÂ²), of which 14.1 square miles (36.5&nbsp;kmÂ²) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.3&nbsp;kmÂ²) (10.48%) is water. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 2,228 people, 858 households, and 665 families residing in the township. the population density was 158.0 per square mile (61.0/kmÂ²). there were 1,403 housing units at an average density of 99.5 per square mile (38.4/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the township was 96.81% white, 0.13% african american, 0.31% native american, 0.81% asian, 0.0
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