Menominee County, Michigan


Menominee County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,502. The county seat is Menominee. The county's name comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe the Menominee people. The county was created in 1861 from the area partitioned out of Delta County, under the name of Bleeker. When the county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee.
Menominee County is part of the Marinette, WI–MI micropolitan statistical area.
WWW menomineecounty.com

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Major highways

Airport

Adjacent counties

By land
By the Menominee River
By Green Bay

Communities

Cities

Villages

Civil townships

Census-designated place

Unincorporated communities

Indian reservations

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 23,502. The median age was 49.4 years. 18.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 25.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 104.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.8 males age 18 and over.
The racial makeup of the county was 91.5% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 3.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.6% from some other race, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.1% of the population.
36.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 63.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 10,725 households in the county, of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.1% were married-couple households, 23.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 13,212 housing units, of which 18.8% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 77.8% were owner-occupied and 22.2% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.7%.

Education

School districts include:
Hannahville Indian School, a Bureau of Indian Education-affiliated tribal school, is in the county.

Government

Menominee County was strongly Republican-leaning at its start, but has been more middle-leaning during the 20th century. Since 1876, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 69% of the elections. In 2016, Donald Trump became the first Republican to carry the county by over 60 percentage points since 1920, and he improved his margin in both subsequent elections.
Menominee County operates the County jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance etc. – are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Elected officials