Gogebic County Facts

Census Statistics

	Gogebic County	Michigan
Population, 2003 estimate	17,329	10,079,985
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.2%	1.4%
Population, 2000	17,370	9,938,444
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-3.8%	6.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.6%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.4%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	22.6%	12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.7%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	94.2%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.9%	3.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	93.8%	78.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	66.6%	57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.3%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.8%	21.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,879	1,711,231
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	17.3	24.1?
Housing units, 2002	10,811	4,331,986
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.8%	73.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	14.3%	18.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$39,700	$115,600?
Households, 2000	7,425	3,785,661
Persons per household, 2000	2.20	2.56
Median household income, 1999	$27,405	$44,667
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,169	$22,168
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.4%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	483	236,711
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,986	4,008,572
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.7%	-1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	764	526,958
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	62,518	214,900,655
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	134,963	93,706,078
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,704	$9,576
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	33.3%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	61	49,968
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	126,753	55,909,012
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,102	56,804
Persons per square mile, 2000	15.8	175.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	053	26

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