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Gogebic County, MI

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 72% of Michigan's ($72,875); poverty 14.4% against 13.2%; 0.1% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Ironwood 4,997 · median household income $41,250
• Bessemer 1,733 · median household income $53,523
• Wakefield 1,683 · median household income $55,759
• Ramsay 312 · median household income $54,643
• Watersmeet 250 · median household income $63,452
• Marenisco 223 · median household income $39,375

FURP records in Gogebic County, MI

Cross-reference: 208 nonprofits for 14,319 residents is 145.3 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $109,359,211 is $7,637 per resident, 29.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $52,732.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• ASPIRUS IRONWOOD HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC Ironwood, MI · $92,895,818
• GOGEBIC-ONTONAGON COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY Bessemer, MI · $5,240,315
• ANDERSON BLUFF & RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION INC Ironwood, MI · $3,234,814
• COPPER PEAK INC Ironwood, MI · $1,463,328
• GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND Ironwood, MI · $1,449,686
• IRONWOOD THEATRE INC Ironwood, MI · $752,997
• DOVE INC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ESCAPE INC Ironwood, MI · $453,034
• KEEN AGER CORPORATION Wakefield, MI · $431,379
• HELP ORPHANED PETS EVERYWHERE Ironwood, MI · $318,750
• GOGEBIC RANGE HEALTH FOUNDATION Ironwood, MI · $314,813

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS Ironwood, MI · $2,819,156
• BRIAN DRAYS HOMECARE Bessemer, MI · $744,158
• DONNA M CATALDO PC Bessemer, MI · $643,031
• NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA LABS Bessemer, MI · $567,453

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

• Gogebic Community College Ironwood, MI · 844

Political committees

• CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TO ELECT GERALD GERBIG Ramsay, MI
• COMMITTEE TO ELECT SVEN JOHNSON TO U S CONGRESS Bessemer, MI
• COMMITTEE TO ELECT THEODORE G. ALBERT TO CONGRESS Ironwood, MI
• KATHY STUPAK-THRALL FOR CONGRESS Watersmeet, MI
• LYDIA CHRISTENSEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE Ironwood, MI

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• JACQUART FABRIC PRODUCTS, INC. Ironwood, MI · 3
• ACES, LLC Ironwood, MI · 2
• BESSEMER PLYWOOD CORP. Bessemer, MI · 2
• LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA Watersmeet, MI · 2
• A & J FUEL PRODUCTS, INC. Bessemer, MI · 1
• ASCENSION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Watersmeet, MI · 1
• BIG PICTURE LOANS LLC Watersmeet, MI · 1
• BIOSOURCE CORP Ironwood, MI · 1
• CMC CONSULTING, LLC Watersmeet, MI · 1
• DUCK CREEK TRIBAL FINANCIAL LL Watersmeet, MI · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• JAMES EMIL ROCCO Wakefield, MI · $5,293
• ZUHAIR GHANEM Ironwood, MI · $3,164
• GAYLE J. MASLAKOW Ironwood, MI · $2,042
• NITIN NIGAM Ironwood, MI · $1,650
• SHARON WEBER Watersmeet, MI · $1,449
• David Wood Ironwood, MI · $495
• LISA A MEZA Watersmeet, MI · $322
• BRITTANY S SCHNELLER Ironwood, MI · $234
• GARY L CHAMPION Ironwood, MI · $220
• HEATHER K. NYMAN Ironwood, MI · $197

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Jacquart Fabric Products, Inc. Ironwood, MI · 15
• Bacon Group LLC Ironwood, MI · 2
• HumiDirect, Inc. Ironwood, MI · 2
• Ironwood Brewing Company Ironwood, MI · 2
• Keepers of the Faith Co. Bessemer, MI · 2
• SUPERIOR NMW, LLC Marenisco, MI · 2
• Superior Springs, LLC Marenisco, MI · 2
• be that adult, LLC Ironwood, MI · 1
• Big Picture Loans, LLC Watersmeet, MI · 1
• BK Golf, LLC Ironwood, MI · 1

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS Watersmeet, MI · $128,919,516
• GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE Ironwood, MI · $46,384,328
• CITY OF IRONWOOD Ironwood, MI · $18,194,033
• CITY OF BESSEMER Bessemer, MI · $16,884,758
• WATERMEET TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Watersmeet, MI · $14,402,784
• GOGEBIC-ONTONAGON COMMUNITY ACTION Bessemer, MI · $14,140,895
• SNOW COUNTRY CONTRACTING INC Bessemer, MI · $10,769,086
• IRONWOOD HOUSING COMMISSION Ironwood, MI · $10,521,793
• GOGEBIC-ONTONAGON COMMUNITY ACTION Ironwood, MI · $9,708,070
• GOGEBIC RANGE WATER AUTHORITY Ramsay, MI · $9,224,100

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0