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Marquette County

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Marquette County, Michigan
234 W Baraga Ave
Marquette, MI 49855
Phone: (906) 225-8330
Fax: (906) 228-1572
www.co.marquette.mi.us

On the north coast of the Upper Peninsula of MI on Lake Superior; organized Mar 9, 1843 from Schoolcraft County. Name Origin: For Jacques Marquette (1637-75), known as Pere Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer with Louis Joliet (1645-1700).

Area (sq mi): 3425.17 (land 1821.05; water 1604.12). Pop per sq mi: 35.60.
Pop 2005: 64,760. State rank: 29. Pop change: 2000-20005 0.20%; 1990-2000 -8.80%. Pop 2000: 64,634 (White 94.70%; Black or African American 1.30%; Hispanic or Latino 0.70%; Asian 0.50%; Other 3.00%). Foreign born: 1.40%. Median age: 37.50.
Income 2000: per capita $18,070; median household $35,548; Pop below poverty level: 10.90%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $22,315-$24,191.
Unemployment 2004: 6.10%. Change from 2000: 0.10%. Median travel time to work: 17.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 4.40%.

Cities with population over 10,000:
  • Marquette County seat (20,664)

  • See other counties in Michigan.
    Marquette County, Wisconsin
    PO Box 186
    Montello, WI 53949
    Phone: (608) 297-9136
    Fax: (608) 297-7609
    www.co.marquette.wi.us

    In south- central WI, west of Lake Winnebago; established Dec 7, 1836 (prior to statehood) from Marquette District. Name Origin: For Jacques Marquette (1637-75), French missonary known as Pere Marquette; explorer with Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers.

    Area (sq mi): 464.42 (land 455.49; water 8.94). Pop per sq mi: 33.50.
    Pop 2005: 15,237. State rank: 63. Pop change: 2000-20005 -3.80%; 1990-2000 28.50%. Pop 2000: 15,832 (White 92.00%; Black or African American 3.40%; Hispanic or Latino 2.70%; Asian 0.30%; Other 2.60%). Foreign born: 1.50%. Median age: 40.90.
    Income 2000: per capita $16,924; median household $35,746; Pop below poverty level: 7.70%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $20,567-$22,590.
    Unemployment 2004: 6.50%. Change from 2000: -0.80%. Median travel time to work: 25.90 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 49.70%.

    Cities with population over 10,000: None.


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    Kennecott Minerals has been in contract with the State of Michigan since 1992 and has leased and purchased thousands of acres of mineral rights in Marquette County, Michigan and 217,000 acres of mineral rights in Baraga County.
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    There are several reliable records of people seeing pumas in the late 1930s and early 1940s, including one documented record of a cougar from the Huron Mountains of Marquette County in 1937 (Manville 1948).
     
     
     
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