COUNTY PROFILE - ONTONAGON, Michigan


LOCATION SERVICES
 
Bureau of Industrial Development
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
 
Contact:  Philip Musser, Manager
Phone:    906/487-2560
FAX:      906/487-2858
 
County Seat:  Ontonagon
 
POPULATION
 
1970 Census                    10548
1980 Census                     9861
1990 Census                     8854
Median Age (as of 1990)         40.2 years
 
 
LABOR FORCE
(1992 average)
 
Total Labor Force             3725
Employed                      3325
Total Unemployment             400
Unemployment Rate             10.6%
3-Year Average                 8.5%
 
 
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC BASE EMPLOYERS
 
Firm                                Employees         Product/Service
 
Copper Range, White Pine                 1075  Copper
Stone Container, Ontonagon                296  Corrugated paper
Lakeshore, Ontonagon                      250  Pontoons
 
 
EARNING LEVELS
                                          Average Hourly Rate
Classification                           Minimum       Maximum
 
Assembler - Light                          $5.80         $7.65
Clerk, General Office                      $6.02         $7.28
Electrical Technician                      $4.30         $8.83
Forklift Operator                          $7.48         $8.59
General Laborer                            $5.57         $8.38
Inspector                                  $8.10         $9.07
Machine Operator                           $7.07         $8.13
Machinist                                  $7.83        $10.80
Secretary                                  $5.99         $7.89
Welder                                     $7.11         $9.88
 
Source:  Based on Bell Telephone Co. community survey, adjusted for
         inflation to 1991 using Consumer Price Index.
 
 
DISTANCE TO:
                   Miles    Kilometers
Chicago             430         691
Duluth              160         257
Lansing             500         804
Milwaukee           340         547
Minneapolis         330         530
 
 
TRANSPORTATION
 
Main Highways:  M-26, M-28, M-38, M-64, M-107, US-45
Bus Lines:      White Pine Express
Truck Lines:    1
Rail Lines:     Escanaba & Lake Superior; Wisconsin Central
Ports:          Ontonagon Harbor
Airports:       Hancock (60 miles)
Airlines:       Northwest Air Link
 
 
CLIMATE
As reported by weather station at Ontonagon.
 
January Average Minimum:    8 F./-13 C.    Average Maximum:   24 F./ -4 C.
July Average Minimum:      54 F./ 12 C.    Average Maximum:   78 F./ 26 C.
Growing Season:       110 days
Days below 0 F or -18 C:   25      Average Annual Rainfall:   31 in./ 79 cm.
Days above 90 F or 32 C:    5      Average Annual Snowfall:  118 in./300 cm.
 
 
INDUSTRIAL SITES
(As of January 1993)
 
Community                  Sites    Acres    Hectares    Industrial Parks
 
Carp Lake Twp.                2       122          49              0
Interior Twp.                 4         0           0              0
Ontonagon Twp.                1         0           0              1
Rockland Twp.                 1       300         121              0
Stannard Twp.                 5       228          92              0
     COUNTY TOTAL            13       650         263              1
 
Zero acres indicates less than half an acre or no information available.
 
 
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
 
                   Residential   Industrial      Office      Mercantile
                  Units  Value  Units  Value  Units  Value  Units  Value
 
1991:               43    $1.52    4    $0.09    2    $0.46    2    $0.11
3-Year Average:     33    $1.37    2    $0.38    3    $0.25    1    $0.06
 
Values are reported in millions of dollars. A 3-year average value of 1 may
indicate no construction activity in one or more of the last three years.
 
 
NEW INCORPORATIONS
 
Incorporations in 1992:     11          State Median:   68
Incorporation Rate:        124          State Median:  183
 
Incorporation Rate = incorporations per 100,000 population.
 
 
PROPERTY TAX BASE
(As of 1992)
 
Agricultural    Residential   Industrial    Commercial    Other
     8%             43%          19%            8%         22%
 
County Total State Equalized Value:             $121,007,438.00
County Average Tax Millage Rate (in 1991):                54.35
 
 
UTILITIES
                   Electric           Gas                Telephone*
 
Ontonagon          U.P. Power         Mich. Power Co.    Ontonagon Co.
White Pine         U.P. Power         Mich. Power Co.    Ontonagon Co.
 
* D=digital switching; EA=equal access to interexchange carriers;
  see Source List note.
 
 
WATER
                                 Gallons           Liters         Pressure
                 Source      Capacity   Use    Capacity   Use   (lbs./sq.in.)
 
Ontonagon        Lake             7       6        27      23     25-75
White Pine       Wells
 
Capacity and maximum use in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day.
 
 
SEWER
                                            Gallons            Liters
                     Type               Capacity   Load    Capacity   Load
 
Ontonagon            Primary                 10       4         38      13
White Pine
 
Capacity and present load in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day.
 
 
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
                                   1990               Master   Public Library
Community        Phone Number   Population    Zoning   Plan      (Volumes)
 
Ontonagon        906-884-2305        2040       yes    yes     24,310
White Pine                                      no     no      14,528
 
 
                 ------- Fire Department -------    Police
Community        Class.    FT Paid    PT/Volunt.  (Full-Time)  Solid Waste
 
Ontonagon         7                        30            1     Independent
White Pine        8/9                      25
 
 
County Sheriff Officers:     7      Licensed Landfills in County:    2
 
Other communities in Ontonagon County (1990 population for incorporated
communities in parenthesis):
 
Bergland Twp. (618), Bohemia Twp. (90), Bruce Crossing, Carp Lake Twp. (1193),
Ewen, Greenland Twp. (1001), Haight Twp. (218), Interior Twp. (480), Mass City,
Matchwood Twp. (122), McMillan Twp. (650), Merriweather, Ontonagon Twp. (3238),
Paulding, Rockland Twp. (371), Silver City, Stannard Twp. (873), Trout Creek,
Victoria
 
 
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES (1992-1993)
                                                  K-12    Instruc.     High
Community        School District                Students    Staff     Schools
 
Ontonagon        Ontonagon Area                     797        36         1
White Pine       White Pine                         195        79         1
 
 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(As of Fall 1991)
 
Name and Location                                               Enrollment
 
Gogebic Community College, Ironwood (65 mi.)                          1318
Michigan Technological University, Houghton (60 mi.)                  6921
Northern Michigan University, Marquette (100 mi.)                     8652
Suomi College, Hancock (60 mi.)                                        527
 
 
MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Hospitals in County:           1     Total Beds:     87
Nearest Large Medical Center:  Marquette (100 miles)
Extended Care Facilities:      2     Total Beds:    151
Physicians (MDs and DOs) in County:      7
 
 
HOUSING AND CHURCHES
(Housing as of 1990)
 
Owner occupied:     2949 ( 81.%)     Median Home Value:   $28,100.00
Renter occupied:     692 ( 19.%)     Median Contract Rent:   $192.00
Churches:      Catholic:    4    Protestant:   25
Synagogues:    0   Nearest synagogue is in Houghton (52 miles)
 
 
RECREATION, ATTRACTIONS, AND EVENTS
 
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park; Porcupine Mountain State Park
(downhill and cross-country skiing); Lake of the Clouds; 3 snowmobile
trails (76 miles); recreational harbor facilities at Ontonagon on Lake
Superior. Rockland - old Victorian mining town restoration. County Fair;
Log Jam-Boree (Sept.)
 
 
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
(As of 1989)
 
General Building Contractors                    5
Metalworking Machinery                          0
Commercial Printing                             0
Advertising                                     0
Personnel Supply Services                       0
Computer and Data Processing Services           0
Legal Services                                  2
Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping            1
Retail Establishments                          81
Wholesale Establishments                        8
 
Hotel/Motel Rooms (as of 1986):               333
Television Channels:    1 plus cable
Radio Stations:         3
Newspapers:     Ontonagon Herald
 
 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
(As of 1993)                                                       Offices
                                            Main Office           in County
 
The Citizens State Bank of Ontonagon        Ontonagon                  3
The First National Bank in Ontonagon        Ontonagon                  2
The State Bank of Ewen                      Ewen                       1
 
EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
                                                               Earnings
                                   Employment                ($ millions)
                                1985        1990            1985          1990
 
Total Employment                 3182        4430
Total Income                                               $85.42       $126.24
 
Earnings by Place of Work                                  $48.92        $96.89
 
  Components by Type:
  Wage and Salary                2352        3567          $38.45        $76.72
  Proprietors                     830         863           $6.23         $9.42
    Farm                          171         148           $0.68         $1.56
    Nonfarm                       659         715           $5.56         $7.86
 
  Components by Industry:
  Farm                            191         164           $0.74         $1.64
  Nonfarm                        2991        4266          $48.18        $95.25
    Private                      2203        3539          $35.82        $80.20
      Agric./For./Fish.                                     $0.16
      Mining
      Construction                140         173           $1.94         $2.71
      Manufacturing               653         733          $15.05        $22.66
        Non-Durable Goods         ---         ---          $10.11        $12.52
        Durable Goods             ---         ---           $4.94        $10.14
      Transp. & Utilities          96         148           $2.18         $4.33
      Wholesale Trade              50          91           $1.21         $2.46
      Retail Trade                560         702           $4.20         $6.25
      Fin./Ins./Real Est.         124         116           $1.31         $1.70
      Services
    Government                    788         727          $12.36        $15.05
      Federal                      67          82           $1.40         $1.77
      Military, Civilian           21          20           $0.11         $0.13
      State and Local             700         625          $10.85        $13.15
 
Earnings by Place of Residence                             $44.62        $73.96
 
Zero values indicate confidential information or fewer than 10 employees
or less than $50,000.
 
Per Capita Income:      1985:     $9,501.00      1990:    $14,250.00
 
 

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