Gogebic County
Facts and figures about Gogebic County
Gogebic County is the westernmost county in the state of Michigan in the Upper Peninsula, and serves as Michigan’s “western gateway.” The county borders along Lake Superior and the northeastern edge of Wisconsin. The county also borders Ontonagon and Iron counties in Michigan and Iron and Vilas counties in Wisconsin. The county is predominately rural, and is home to Lake Gogebic, the largest lake in the U.P., as well as the Ottawa National Forest and Lake Gogebic State Park. Major U.S. highways that run through the county include U.S. 2 and U.S. 45. Other state highways include M-28 and M-64. Distance between Gogebic County’s seat Bessemer and: Chicago 398 Duluth, Minn. 114 Milwaukee 310 Minneapolis 226 Lansing 542 Marquette 139 St. Ignace 306 Detroit 602 Green Bay 214
About the land and its uses Total area in county: Approximately 944,864 acres (1,476.35 square miles.) Forested land: Over 50,000 acres of forested land (not including land managed by Ottawa National Forest, Keweenaw Forest Products and other businesses.) Water: Approximately 25 percent of the total area is surface water (374.5 square miles). The county has 201 lakes and more than 30 miles of shoreline along Lake Superior.
Places Largest city: Ironwood, 4,936 (2018 estimate) County seat: Bessemer Number of cities: 3 (Bessemer, Ironwood and Wakefield) Number of townships: 6 (Bessemer, Erwin, Ironwood, Marenisco, Wakefield and Watersmeet) Population 2020 Census People per square mile 2010 Census 2000 Census
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Characteristics by percent (2019) Males 50.7 Females 49.3 Age under 5 years under 18 years 65 years and over
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93.6 3.4 1.8 0.6 0.5 1.9
Households Average household size: 2.11 people Total number of households (2019): 6,619 Family households by size (2011): 2 persons 2,416 3 persons 832 4 persons 580 5 persons 235 6 persons 66 7 or more persons 42
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