2024 population: 14,217 ( 159 from 2020)
Land area: 1102.1 square miles
Population density: 12.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	12,933	90.97%	2.6%
Black:	118	0.83%	24.2%
Indian:	454	3.19%	2.3%
Asian:	67	0.47%	15.5%
2+ races:	312	2.19%	23.3%
Hispanic:	333	2.34%	34.8%

Total non-White:	1,284	9.03%	17.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	402	7.0
Deaths:	944	16.4
Net Migration:	338	5.9
Net Immigration:	43	0.7

Change in White population:	-346	-2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	187	1.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
14,376
13,279	92.37%
95	0.66%
444	3.09%
58	0.40%
253	1.76%
247	1.72%
1,097	7.63%

2010
16,427
14,965	91.10%
676	4.12%
383	2.33%
38	0.23%
220	1.34%
142	0.86%
1,462	8.90%

2000
17,370
16,297	93.82%
299	1.72%
374	2.15%
41	0.24%
201	1.16%
153	0.88%
1,073	6.18%

1990
18,052
17,379	96.27%
246	1.36%
296	1.64%
34	0.19%
n/a
97	0.54%
673	3.73%

1980
19,686
19,146	97.26%
123	0.62%
326	1.66%
22	0.11%
n/a
63	0.32%
540	2.74%

1970
20,676
20,547	99.38%
4	0.02%
94	0.45%
10	0.05%
n/a
13	0.06%
129	0.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
1,161	7.1
1,951	11.9
-1,696	-10.3
35	0.2

-1,686	-10.3
-365	-2.2

Number	Rate
2000's
1,242	7.2
2,272	13.1
-327	-1.9
20	0.1

-1,332	-7.7
389	2.2

Number	Rate
1990's
1,645	9.1
2,635	14.6
18	0.1
-21	-0.1

-1,082	-6.0
400	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
2,055	10.4
2,694	13.7
-883	-4.5
n/a

-1,767	-9.0
133	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-788	-3.8
n/a

-1,401	-6.8
411	2.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Gogebic County, MI

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
50.6
2,391	16.8%
11,826	83.2%
4,047	28.5%

6,937
2.04

3,784	54.5%
3,028	80.0%
308	8.1%
3,153	45.5%

2010
Number	Percent
46.8
2,777	16.9%
13,650	83.1%
3,514	21.4%

7,037
2.11

4,171	59.3%
3,195	76.6%
402	9.6%
2,866	40.7%

2000
Number	Percent
42.7
3,561	20.5%
13,809	79.5%
3,931	22.6%

7,401
2.21

4,589	62.0%
3,693	80.5%
385	8.4%
2,812	38.0%

1990
Number	Percent
40.3
4,065	22.5%
13,987	77.5%
4,326	24.0%

7,477
2.32

4,904	65.6%
4,061	82.8%
342	7.0%
2,573	34.4%

1980
Number	Percent
39.4
4,805	24.4%
14,881	75.6%
4,076	20.7%

7,647
2.50

5,465	71.5%
4,681	85.7%
254	4.6%
2,182	28.5%

2022 Housing Data for Gogebic County, MI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	438	6.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	399	5.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	441	6.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	458	6.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	600	8.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	362	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	222	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	420	6.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	222	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	575	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	695	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	719	10.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	421	6.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	396	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	303	4.4%
$200,000 or more	266	3.8%

Median Household Income	47,913
Per Capita Income	33,516

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	430	6.2%
Public Assistance	182	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,027	14.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	5,516	66.8%
Unemployed	348	4.2%
In Armed Forces	17	0.2%

Total Labor Force	5,881	71.2%
Not in Labor Force	2,378	28.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,072	2,016	50.7%
Non-Profit	179	268	40.0%
Self-Employed	319	148	68.3%

Local Government	275	289	48.8%
State Government	182	149	55.0%
Federal Government	109	68	61.6%

Total Private + Self	2,391	2,164	52.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	745	774	49.0%
Total	3,136	2,938	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	17.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	729	12.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,284	21.1%
Professional, Technical	1,230	20.2%
Service Occupations	1,144	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	68	1.1%
All others	1,694	27.9%

White Collar		53.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	920	15.1%
Retail trade	887	14.6%
Manufacturing	766	12.6%
Construction	465	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	410	6.7%
Public administration	384	6.3%
Educational services	345	5.7%
Finance and insurance	329	5.4%
Other services	300	4.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	269	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	265	4.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	197	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	174	2.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	90	1.5%
Information	83	1.4%
Wholesale trade	81	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	69	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	26	0.4%
Utilities	21	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	195	1.34%
Puerto Rican	26	0.18%
Cuban	9	0.06%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	9	0.06%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	9	0.06%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	22	0.15%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	22	0.15%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	17	0.12%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	49	0.34%
Filipino	8	0.05%
Vietnamese	7	0.05%
Chinese	6	0.04%
Korean	5	0.03%
Japanese	1	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	13,750	98.0%
Spanish	107	0.8%
Other Indo-European	69	0.5%
Other	37	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	20	0.1%
German, other Germanic	18	0.1%
Tagalog	8	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7	0.0%
Vietnamese	7	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Finnish	2,728	18.7%
German	2,408	16.5%
Italian	1,983	13.6%
American	1,559	10.7%
English	1,393	9.5%
Polish	1,153	7.9%
Irish	1,034	7.1%
Swedish	941	6.4%
French	502	3.4%
Norwegian	399	2.7%
Croatian	286	2.0%
Dutch	240	1.6%
French Canadian	224	1.5%
Scottish	212	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	169	1.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	14,550	99.7%
Not a citizen	47	0.3%

Native	14,455	99.0%
Foreign-born	142	1.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
96	0.8%	334	2.9%	3,714	32.8%	4,648	41.0%	1,667	14.7%	866	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	96	0.8%
9-12 Years	334	2.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,714	32.8%
Some College	4,648	41.0%
Bach. Degree	1,667	14.7%
Grad Degree	866	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	7,276	6,678	598	8.2%	7.7%
1991	7,437	6,794	643	8.6%	9.3%
1992	7,797	7,031	766	9.8%	9.1%
1993	8,161	7,376	785	9.6%	7.3%
1994	8,379	7,631	748	8.9%	6.1%
1995	8,402	7,549	853	10.2%	5.3%
1996	8,276	7,350	926	11.2%	4.9%
1997	8,202	7,450	752	9.2%	4.3%
1998	7,984	7,398	586	7.3%	4.0%
1999	7,955	7,445	510	6.4%	3.8%

2000	7,739	7,235	504	6.5%	3.6%
2001	8,023	7,434	589	7.3%	5.2%
2002	7,857	7,247	610	7.8%	6.2%
2003	7,875	7,214	661	8.4%	7.1%
2004	7,832	7,224	608	7.8%	7.0%
2005	7,767	7,157	610	7.9%	6.8%
2006	7,772	7,171	601	7.7%	7.0%
2007	7,618	7,020	598	7.8%	7.1%
2008	7,527	6,885	642	8.5%	8.2%
2009	7,445	6,507	938	12.6%	13.1%

2010	7,154	6,245	909	12.7%	12.2%
2011	6,926	6,136	790	11.4%	10.0%
2012	6,811	6,064	747	11.0%	9.0%
2013	6,733	6,010	723	10.7%	8.7%
2014	6,710	6,113	597	8.9%	7.2%
2015	6,528	6,044	484	7.4%	5.4%
2016	6,354	5,961	393	6.2%	5.0%
2017	6,315	5,941	374	5.9%	4.6%
2018	6,204	5,889	315	5.1%	4.2%
2019	6,006	5,708	298	5.0%	4.1%

2020	5,852	5,402	450	7.7%	9.9%
2021	5,624	5,315	309	5.5%	5.8%
2022	5,680	5,384	296	5.2%	4.2%
2023	5,922	5,641	281	4.7%	3.9%
2024	6,308	5,934	374	5.9%	4.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	10,405
Median Value	$87,800

Occupied	6,937	66.7%
Vacant	3,468	33.3%

Owned	5,732	82.6%
Rented	1,205	17.4%
Median Rent	$503

Single-Family Units	9,183	88.3%
Detached	9,102	87.5%
Attached	81	0.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	549	5.3%
Mobile Homes	244	2.3%

Gogebic County, MI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gogebic County, MI

2022 Housing Data for Gogebic County, MI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gogebic County, MI

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Gogebic County, MI

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gogebic County, MI

Historical Labor Force Data for Gogebic County, MI