Gogebic County, Michigan Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Gogebic County is 7th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Size in square miles

Gogebic County is 12th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Gogebic County is 12th in Michigan out of 83 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Main Cities Within Gogebic County, Michigan

Ironwood, Michigan

Gogebic County, Michigan Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Current population (2012)	16,084	67th	9,883,360	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,101.8	7th	56,538.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.9	75th	174.8	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	67th	5.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.4%	78th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.1%	22nd	14.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.8%	12th	88.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.4%	34th	25.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Race - White	91.2%	60th	80.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.3%	23rd	14.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.6%	12th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	46th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	51st	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	78th	4.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.2%	51st	76.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Female residents	46.3%	78th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	47th	6.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Housing units	10,745	71st	4,525,480	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.4%	33rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,268	66th	3,825,182	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.7%	61st	73.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$67,900	83rd	$137,300	$186,200
People per household	2.0	82nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	13	76th	11,692	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Income per capita	$20,759	55th	$25,482	$27,915
Income per household	$34,917	76th	$48,669	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.2%	30th	15.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Gogebic County	Rank	Michigan	US
Non-farm private establishments	412	66th	217,344	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,260	61st	3,379,035	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,661	66th	816,972	27,092,908
Retail sales	$137,990	67th	$109,102,594	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,543	52nd	$10,855	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$55,668	34th	$14,536,648	$613,795,732

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