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Alpena is a township in Alpena County, in the Alpena metro area. [NOTE: This is not the only community in Michigan named Alpena. For links to other places called Alpena, MI, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]
The latitude of Alpena is 45.089N. The longitude is -83.411W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 627 feet.The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 9,788.
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$39,889National
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26% of Alpena residents report German ancestry, and 7% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Alpena ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Alpena was $18,779, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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15% of Alpena residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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Median rent in Alpena, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $327. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $695.
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Alpena County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Alpena political report.
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The average commute time for Alpena workers is 14 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
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