De Tour is a village in Chippewa County in the Michigan. The population was 421 at the 2000 census. The village is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula, in Detour Township. The village was originally named Warrenville in 1848 after Ebenezer Warren, the first postmaster in the township. The name was changed to De Tour on July 25, 1856 when a new postmaster, Henry A. Williams, assumed office. De Tour was incorporated as De Tour Village in 1961 (the word “Village” is a part of the village’s name).

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 325 people and 166 occupied households. The population density was 90.3 per square mile (35.3/km²). There were 307 housing units at an average density of 86.2 per square mile (33.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 82.8% White, 12.9% Native American, and 4.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.

There were 200 households out of which 15.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 38.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the village the population was spread out with 15.4% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 19.2% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $45,104. Males had a median income of $27,188 versus $33,125 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,967. About 6.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.6% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.