State land mass in square miles	56,809.2
1st District land mass in square miles	24875
Percentage of state land mass	44%
Number of people in state (2000 Census)	9,938,444
Number of people in 1st District (2000 Census)	662,563
White	621,488 (93.8%)
African American	9,275 (1.4%)
American Indian / Eskimo	17,226 (2.6%)
Seniors 65 and older	119,924 (18.1%)
Number of voting age people in 1st District	506,861(76.5%)
Number of counties in 1st District	30.5
Ten largest counties in 1st District by population
Marquette	64,634
Chippewa	38,543
Delta	38,520
Houghton	36,016
Emmet	31,433
Alpena	31,314
Dickinson	27,472
Iosco	27,339
Cheboygan	26,448
Charlevoix	26,090
Five largest cities in 1st District by population
Marquette	21,765
Sault Ste. Marie	14,689
Escanaba	13,140
Alpena	11,304
Menominee	9,131
Total family households in 1st District	298,609
The 1st District is the 2nd largest congressional district in land mass east of the Mississippi River
The 1st District has more shoreline than any other district in the continental United States