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Ontonagon County, MI

5,870 Population
1,311 square miles 4.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,741 ±$1,521 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,844 ±$3,805 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.6% ±2.5% (731  ±145) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.1 minutes ±2.7 (47,085  ±5,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,978 ±117 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2 ±0.1 (5,793  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.3% ±2% (26  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,256 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$101,000 ±$6,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

6.9% ±1.6% (400  ±95.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.1% ±4.2% (4,586  ±206.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.7% ±2% (813  ±97.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (71  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

14.5% ±1.4% (754  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
754 Total veterans ±72 711 Male ±70 43 Female ±22

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